- #1 WorldBox - God Simulator
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 56,385 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!
Why similar: God Game 34.3% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Political Sim 14.1% ★, Colony Sim 13.1%, Artificial Intelligence 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive god-game sandbox where you can watch civilizations evolve, wage war, and shape the world map in real-time.
- #2 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,014 reviews2023
Dev: JoySpark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Ages of Conflict is a versatile Map Simulation game where you create and observe custom AI nations battle it out across an infinite number of worlds. Paint beautiful maps and scenarios, and command nations to change history into your liking!
Why similar: God Game 20.7% ★, Political Sim 16.6% ★, Alternate History 12.9%, Level Editor 11.3%, Artificial Intelligence 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a highly similar map-based simulation focused on automated nation-states fighting for territorial dominance.
- #3 Age of History 3
96% matchVery Positive85% of 18,617 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.7% ★, Alternate History 20%, Wargame 17.1%, Level Editor 12.4%, War 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deep grand-strategy game that allows for complex historical simulations and map-based empire management.
- #4 Galimulator
95% matchVery Positive91% of 502 reviews2018
Dev: Snoddasmannen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Galimulator is a galactic empire simulation and sandbox game. See how Empires rise and fall, and how the people in them climb through the ranks to bring prestige to their Dynasty. Then throw in an invasion of self replicating Smatter monsters if you want to spice things up.
Why similar: God Game 52.3% ★, Sandbox 27%, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a chaotic, procedural simulation of galactic empires rising and falling, mirroring the scale of Fantasy Map Simulator.
- #5 Warnament
94% matchVery Positive85% of 495 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based grand strategy game, simple for newbies yet challenging for masters. As the leader of a nation, you will conquer territories and advance in military, technology, culture, or politics. Choose from historical scenarios or create your own with an editor.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.6% ★, Level Editor 21.4%, Sandbox 20.3%, Alternate History 10.2%, Military 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox wargame that allows for detailed map manipulation and large-scale geopolitical conflict simulation.
- #6 Europa Universalis IV
94% matchVery Positive88% of 137,236 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 281.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.4% ★, Alternate History 20.4%, Wargame 13.6%, Sandbox 11.7%, Military 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for historical grand strategy, offering unparalleled depth in simulating the rise of nations over hundreds of years.
- #7 Old World
93% matchVery Positive82% of 6,828 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.8% ★, Alternate History 21%, War 16.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Military 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A historical strategy game that focuses heavily on the evolution of dynasties and the long-term development of empires.
- #8 Imperator: Rome
92% matchMixed66% of 26,881 reviews2019
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 37.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 45.5% ★, Political Sim 33.3% ★, Strategy 7.7%, War 5.6%, Simulation 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: This grand strategy title focuses on the management and expansion of ancient empires with a strong emphasis on map-based politics.
- #9 Crusader Kings III
91% matchVery Positive90% of 143,057 reviews2020
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 28.7 hrsMean: 149.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 42.8% ★, Medieval 18.1%, War 13.6%, Sandbox 13.2%, Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at simulating the political and personal histories of nations over centuries, perfect for those who enjoy the narrative of empire evolution.
- #10 Shadow Empire
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,947 reviews2020
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.9% ★, Wargame 24.6%, War 22.3%, Strategy 6.1%, Simulation 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a uniquely deep procedural history and map-based empire management system that feels like a more complex evolution of the genre.
- #11 Deisim
90% matchVery Positive93% of 909 reviews2022
Dev: Myron Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.
Why similar: God Game 32.1% ★, Political Sim 19.6% ★, Colony Sim 17.3%, Artificial Intelligence 14.8%, Sandbox 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused god-game that lets you physically shape the world and observe the growth of your followers.
- #12 The Universim
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,640 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: God Game 47.3% ★, Colony Sim 26.8%, Sandbox 16.7%, Procedural Generation 3.3%, Strategy 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game that focuses on guiding a civilization from the stone age to the space age on a planetary scale.
- #13 Terra Invicta
89% matchVery Positive80% of 9,823 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 52.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Alternate History 22.1%, War 15.4%, Sandbox 13.6%, Military 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A complex geopolitical simulation that tasks you with managing global factions and their influence on the world stage.
- #14 Reus 2
88% matchVery Positive94% of 2,295 reviews2024
Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!
Why similar: God Game 51.3% ★, Colony Sim 25.3%, Sandbox 14.2%, Strategy 4.2%, Simulation 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers god-game mechanics where you control the environment to influence the development of human societies.
- #15 Victoria 3
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 60,895 reviews2022
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 120.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.7% ★, Political Sim 30.7% ★, Alternate History 16%, Sandbox 8.8%, Military 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep socio-economic simulation of nations, allowing you to watch the industrial and political evolution of the world.
- #16 Universe Sandbox
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 32,034 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Why similar: God Game 50.4% ★, Sandbox 38.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Indie 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the planetary and cosmic scale, allowing you to simulate the physical evolution of worlds.
- #17 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,252 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 51.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, Political Sim 18.8% ★, Alternate History 12.7%, Wargame 12.7%, Military 10%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly detailed geopolitical map simulation with a focus on military and economic management.
- #18 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 153,279 reviews2021
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Sandbox 36.5%, War 30.5%, Wargame 16.4%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on combat, its sandbox nature and chaotic simulation elements appeal to fans of emergent gameplay.
- #19 Age of History II
84% matchVery Positive90% of 49,951 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 62.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.6% ★, Political Sim 22.3% ★, War 18.2%, Alternate History 11.3%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: A simplified but effective grand strategy game focused on map-painting and historical conquest.
- #20 Realpolitiks II
86% matchMixed46% of 668 reviews2021
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead your people to glory and write a new chapter of history in Realpolitiks II, a real-time grand strategy game where you lead any contemporary nation in an attempt to secure world dominance.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.6% ★, Political Sim 40.2% ★, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 7.4%, Indie 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A political simulation that allows you to manage modern nations and navigate complex global conflicts.
- #21 Stellaris
83% matchVery Positive86% of 196,831 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 144.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 52.8% ★, Sandbox 23.2%, Military 9.1%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that uses procedural generation to create unique galactic histories and empire interactions.
- #22 MiniMap Kingdom
82% matchVery Positive86% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: YuruOwO
Windows
Build your own kingdom on unlimited Map!
Why similar: God Game 24.9% ★, Political Sim 20.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Colony Sim 13.4%, Idler 11%
Why You'll Like It: A casual approach to kingdom management that emphasizes simple, satisfying simulation loops.
- #23 Planetary Life
81% matchVery Positive94% of 919 reviews2025
Dev: Sotenbox
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!
Why similar: God Game 51.3% ★, Colony Sim 20.7%, Sandbox 19.3%, Procedural Generation 4.6%, Simulation 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural simulation that focuses on the development of life and civilizations on a planetary surface.
- #24 Democracy 4
81% matchVery Positive82% of 6,385 reviews2022
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
Why similar: Political Sim 47.7% ★, Grand Strategy 30.9% ★, Artificial Intelligence 9.1%, Strategy 5.7%, Simulation 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A pure political simulation that challenges you to manage the complex internal affairs of a modern nation.
- #25 Songs of Syx
80% matchVery Positive94% of 9,164 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.3% ★, Colony Sim 27.2%, Sandbox 17.5%, Medieval 12.7%, Strategy 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale city-builder that allows for god-like oversight of thousands of citizens and their evolving society.
- #26 SuperPower 2 Steam Edition
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,858 reviews2014
Dev: GolemLabsPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 87.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
SuperPower 2 is the only global geopolitical simulation game which allows players to control entire countries. Players control countries in 3 major areas: political, economic and military, but this time, in a beautiful real-time 3D environment.
Why similar: Political Sim 51.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, War 10%, Strategy 5.6%, Simulation 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic geopolitical simulation that allows for deep control over global politics and military strategy.
- #27 Doodle Empires
78% matchVery Positive92% of 1,263 reviews2025
Dev: Turtle Stack Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.
Why similar: God Game 32.8% ★, Alternate History 28.1%, Sandbox 13.9%, Wargame 9.6%, Medieval 4.7%
- #28 Pandora's Toybox
77% matchVery Positive85% of 417 reviews2026
Dev: BetaLabPub: 2P Games
Windows
Become a God, build a civilization. In this dynamic Roguelite God Simulator, guide human civilization on a procedurally generated pixel world. Watch your people grow, defend them against heretics, and build an immortal legacy.
Why similar: God Game 31.5% ★, Colony Sim 15.4%, Artificial Intelligence 13.1%, Political Sim 12.4% ★, Sandbox 12%
- #29 World Warfare & Economics
79% matchMixed60% of 687 reviews2023
Dev: Okron Studio
Windows · Mac
Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!
Why similar: Political Sim 31.4% ★, Grand Strategy 29% ★, War 12.7%, Sandbox 10.4%, Military 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A global-scale simulation that blends economic management with military strategy on a world map.
- #30 Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition
79% matchMixed50% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The latest expansion of the ultra-realistic world simulator, where you play as the head of state or the opposition! New Features: tourism simulator, party strategies with regime censures, personal wealth management, a European army, AI and robotics.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.2% ★, Grand Strategy 29.1% ★, Wargame 14.9%, War 7.5%, Strategy 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed, data-driven simulation of modern global politics and economics.
- #31 Observe
78% matchPositive90% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Kisotik Games
Windows
A world that plays itself. Watch nations battle for domination across a 3,400-region map, build infinite alternate histories, meddle with god-like powers, or program your own AI countries and climb the global ranked ladder.
Why similar: Political Sim 24% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Alternate History 18.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, War 8.5%
- #32 Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2
76% matchVery Positive84% of 7,445 reviews2023
Dev: Brilliant Game Studios
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Welcome to Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2, the most ridiculous and insane battle simulator in existence! Create eye watering battles with hundreds of thousands, even millions of characters on screen! Jump into multiple campaigns in game or player made, or play in sandbox mode and FPS invasion
Why similar: God Game 32.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, Sandbox 14%, Wargame 13%, Artificial Intelligence 10.5%
- #33 EarthRoyale
77% matchVery Positive85% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Lizzycat / Lizabeth Gidlund
Windows · Mac · Linux
EarthRoyale is a Map simulation Observer game where the game each turn chooses one of many events to edit the world map
Why similar: Political Sim 29% ★, God Game 23.3% ★, Alternate History 22.5%, Wargame 11.8%, War 4.6%
- #34 Nations
76% matchVery Positive90% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: Krzysztof SteinerPub: Krzysztof Steiner Games
Windows
Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.8% ★, Political Sim 23.7% ★, Alternate History 16.1%, Wargame 15%, War 8.7%
- #35 Solar Nations 2
75% matchVery Positive85% of 595 reviews2025
Dev: Flomgus Games
Windows
In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.3% ★, Political Sim 21.7% ★, Alternate History 14.8%, Wargame 11.8%, War 9.8%
- #36 EarthRoyale 3
75% matchMixed67% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Lizzycat / Lizabeth Gidlund
Windows · Mac · Linux
A simulation map observation game where you watch the world simulate into the future in the most chaotic way possible
Why similar: God Game 55% ★, Alternate History 21%, War 10.2%, Simulation 8.3%, 2D 2.9%
- #37 Age of Clicks
74% matchMixed64% of 448 reviews2026
Dev: David IusPub: Red Border Studio
Windows
Age of Clicks - A unique blend of global strategy and clicker gameplay. Manage your country with clicks: build factories, mine resources, and lead armies into battle. Click your enemies into surrender and reshape the political map of the world!
Why similar: Political Sim 31% ★, Level Editor 17.3%, Wargame 16.2%, Idler 15.7%, Sandbox 13.2%
- #38 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
73% matchVery Positive81% of 380 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Lordy
Windows
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.9% ★, Political Sim 22.2% ★, Medieval 12.5%, Sandbox 11%, Wargame 8.6%
- #39 MMORPG Tycoon 2
74% matchVery Positive86% of 3,124 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.
Why similar: God Game 66.1% ★, Sandbox 27.3%, Simulation 5.7%, Indie 0.9%
- #40 Terra Firma
71% matchVery Positive94% of 603 reviews2025
Dev: Working as Intended
Windows
Play god and create your own world in this complex simulation. Plate tectonics, wind and water erosion and plant life all develop and interact to produce a world that is viewable from a single tree to kilometres across.
Why similar: God Game 62% ★, Sandbox 21.9%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #41 Primitive Society Simulator
72% matchVery Positive84% of 753 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, Alternate History 17.2%, Wargame 16.5%, Sandbox 15.4%, War 15%
- #42 Manor Lords
70% matchVery Positive84% of 90,512 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 46.4% ★, Medieval 19.8%, Colony Sim 12.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Strategy 6.3%
- #43 Sinner Maker
69% matchVery Positive91% of 475 reviews2026
Dev: PantokratorPub: Metro Team
Windows
Sinner Maker allows you to create characters and simulate a society built around them. Construct homes, manage their needs, and watch as they fall in love, form friendships, and even become enemies. Manage resources and solve emerging problems if you want your soul to be saved.
Why similar: God Game 41.3% ★, Colony Sim 24.2%, Political Sim 17.3% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 4%
- #44 Fata Deum - The God Sim
71% matchMixed60% of 460 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Why similar: God Game 49.1% ★, Colony Sim 24.8%, Sandbox 17.1%, Strategy 4.8%, Simulation 4.2%
- #45 Ultimate Arena
73% matchVery Positive80% of 995 reviews2016
Dev: Triverske
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Pick and create characters to fight to the death in this action-packed nonsensical arena simulation.
Why similar: God Game 26.3% ★, Political Sim 18.5% ★, Alternate History 16.1%, Wargame 12.1%, Level Editor 10.6%
- #46 Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
68% matchVery Positive83% of 2,496 reviews2026
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The grand strategy classic returns with improved gameplay, a massive 13,892 province map, expanded diplomacy and wartime capitulation, new civilizations and scenarios, atomic weapons, smarter AI, enhanced visuals, UI upgrades, and major performance improvements.
Why similar: Political Sim 29.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Wargame 14.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, War 11.9%
- #47 Kingdom's Life
72% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, Political Sim 23.7% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Wargame 12.4%, War 10.2%
- #48 Religion inc.
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: GameFirst
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Create your own unique religion in god simulator strategy sandbox games
Why similar: God Game 55.8% ★, Alternate History 23.8%, Medieval 8.5%, Strategy 6.5%, Simulation 5.4%
- #49 Canvas of Kings
69% matchVery Positive93% of 855 reviews2023
Dev: Hannes Breuer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Canvas of Kings is a minimalistic mapmaking tool that focuses on randomness and auto-generated elements on user-definable and interactive paths, plots and rooms.
Why similar: Level Editor 37.2%, Sandbox 30.5%, Medieval 22.4%, Procedural Generation 6.5%, Simulation 3.4%
- #50 The Sandbox
73% matchMixed55% of 575 reviews2015
Dev: PIXOWL INC.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
READY FOR CRAFTING VIRTUAL WORLDS ON YOUR PC?The acclaimed world-building game featuring a unique mission-based approach is coming onto PC via Steam Early Access. With over 16 million players on mobile & tablets versions and 1,500,000 pixel blocks creations shared in the Online Gallery to date, this PC version is taking world...
Why similar: Sandbox 45.3%, God Game 43.1% ★, Simulation 5.7%, Strategy 4.1%, Indie 1.1%
- #51 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
68% matchVery Positive84% of 319 reviews2026
Dev: 古玩工作室
Windows
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27% ★, Political Sim 21.5% ★, Wargame 12.4%, War 9.7%, Alternate History 8.9%
- #52 Lawgivers II
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 698 reviews2023
Dev: Damian BernardiPub: SomniumSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lawgivers II is a political sandbox game that features multiple electoral systems, approve/reject bills and govern a country. Start out your career from the very bottom, and perhaps one day, lead your nation to become the most influential in the world.
Why similar: Political Sim 44.5% ★, Grand Strategy 27.9% ★, Sandbox 18.7%, Strategy 4.3%, Simulation 3.7%
- #53 Reus
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,987 reviews2013
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In Reus, you control powerful giants to shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains, oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices.
Why similar: God Game 74.1% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 3.5%, 2D 1.4%
- #54 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
68% matchMixed48% of 58,486 reviews2025
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.3% ★, Political Sim 22.2% ★, Alternate History 17.6%, War 13.2%, Military 11.3%
- #55 Terra Firma 2
67% matchVery Positive92% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: Working as Intended
Windows
Shape breathtaking worlds in Terra Firma 2, a vast simulation where your creations evolve through the forces of nature. Sculpt the land, then watch as weather, erosion, and life itself transform your world into a dynamic, living ecosystem- right down to every plant and creature.
Why similar: God Game 62% ★, Sandbox 26%, Simulation 6.1%, Strategy 4.6%, Indie 1.2%
- #56 Tiny Civilization
67% matchVery Positive93% of 2,184 reviews2022
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
Why similar: God Game 40% ★, Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Alternate History 15.2%, Medieval 8.2%, Strategy 4.6%
- #57 The Political Process
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,151 reviews2019
Dev: Verlumino Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a dynamic world of politics in this turn-based, political simulator. Create a character, run for political office, write legislation, balance budgets, and more as you move up the political hierarchy.
Why similar: Political Sim 87.7% ★, Simulation 5.9%, Strategy 5.5%, Indie 0.9%
- #58 Collapse: A Political Simulator
69% matchMixed66% of 200 reviews2021
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
is a grand strategy game that takes place in 1992-2004. You take lead of your own Party in the face of the total devastation of one of the fictional post-Soviet states in Europe. Try to realize your (or someone else's) political dreams in the shaky arena of this dilapidated situation.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.6% ★, Grand Strategy 29.9% ★, Alternate History 24.7%, Strategy 3.9%, Simulation 3%
- #59 Simmiland
67% matchVery Positive87% of 1,940 reviews2018
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!
Why similar: God Game 81.6% ★, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 3.5%, Indie 2.3%, 2D 1%
- #60 Maestro's Cold War 2
64% matchVery Positive96% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Alternate History 12.8%, Wargame 12.5%, Sandbox 12.2%