- #1 WorldBox - God Simulator
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,884 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 30.9% ★, Political Sim 13.4% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Colony Sim 12% ★, Politics 9.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: The definitive sandbox god-game where you can create, destroy, and watch civilizations evolve on a procedurally generated map.
- #2 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,398 reviews2023
Dev: JoySpark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 17.5% ★, Political Sim 15.2% ★, Politics 12.4% ★, Alternate History 11.2%, Level Editor 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly focused map-based war simulator that allows you to observe nations fighting for dominance over time.
- #3 Age of History 3
95% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 27.8% ★, Alternate History 20.1%, Wargame 16.6%, Level Editor 12.2%, War 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A deep grand strategy game that focuses on map-based historical simulation and complex political management.
- #4 Galimulator
96% matchVery Positive91% of 497 reviews2018
Dev: Snoddasmannen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.8 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 51.4% ★, Sandbox 26.9%, Simulation 15.9%, Strategy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural empire simulator that captures the chaotic rise and fall of galactic civilizations with minimal player intervention.
- #5 Doodle Empires
94% matchVery Positive92% of 982 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 33.9% ★, Alternate History 27.1%, Sandbox 13.3%, Wargame 9.6%, Medieval 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist simulation that focuses on the growth and interaction of empires in a sandbox environment.
- #6 Age of History II
94% matchVery Positive90% of 49,233 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 61.4 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 26.7% ★, Political Sim 20% ★, War 15.8%, Politics 12.8% ★, Alternate History 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic grand strategy title that emphasizes map-based conquest and historical alternate-history scenarios.
- #7 Warnament
93% matchVery Positive87% of 367 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 26% ★, Politics 21.5% ★, Level Editor 18.8%, Sandbox 17.6%, Military 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox war simulation that features a powerful map editor and allows for massive, automated geopolitical conflicts.
- #8 EarthRoyale
92% matchVery Positive85% of 178 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 30.1% ★, God Game 22.8% ★, Alternate History 22.2%, Wargame 11.4%, War 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive, map-based simulation that pits nations against each other in a battle for global supremacy.
- #9 Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2
91% matchVery Positive84% of 7,100 reviews2023
Dev: Brilliant Game Studios
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 32.5% ★, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Wargame 12.7%, Artificial Intelligence 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A pure sandbox experience focused on simulating massive-scale battles between thousands of units.
- #10 Shadow Empire
91% matchVery Positive85% of 1,723 reviews2020
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 63.2 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 42.4% ★, Wargame 23.9%, War 22.6%, Strategy 6.1%, Simulation 5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled procedural map and history generation, creating a unique post-apocalyptic world for you to manage.
- #11 Victoria 3
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 58,205 reviews2022
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 114.1 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: Political Sim 25.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Politics 18.9% ★, Alternate History 12.9%, Sandbox 7%
Why You'll Like It: A complex socio-political simulation that allows you to guide a nation through the industrial age on a global scale.
- #12 Crusader Kings III
89% matchVery Positive91% of 137,655 reviews2020
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 28.8 hrsMean: 143.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 42.9% ★, Medieval 18.2%, War 13.7%, Sandbox 13%, Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, character-driven political simulation that shapes the history of dynasties across a detailed world map.
- #13 The Universim
88% matchVery Positive80% of 10,483 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 33.9 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 48.5% ★, Colony Sim 28.2% ★, Sandbox 17.2%, Strategy 3.4%, Simulation 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game that tasks you with guiding a civilization from the stone age to the space age on a planetary scale.
- #14 Reus
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,900 reviews2013
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 73.8% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Strategy 6.5%, Simulation 3.6%, 2D 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game where you manipulate the environment to help or hinder the development of human societies.
- #15 Europa Universalis IV
87% matchVery Positive88% of 135,916 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 279.6 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 33% ★, Alternate History 21.9%, Wargame 14.2%, Sandbox 12.4%, Military 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for grand strategy, offering deep historical simulation and complex diplomatic interactions.
- #16 Imperator: Rome
86% matchMixed65% of 26,771 reviews2019
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 37.3 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 41% ★, Political Sim 31.1% ★, Politics 8.8% ★, Strategy 6.9%, War 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game focused on the political and cultural management of the ancient world.
- #17 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,248 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 50.2 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 22% ★, Political Sim 17.3% ★, Politics 11.8% ★, Alternate History 11.1%, Wargame 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed geopolitical simulator that lets you manage nations from the 20th century into the future.
- #18 Lawgivers II
85% matchMixed70% of 641 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 32.4% ★, Politics 28.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, Sandbox 13%, Strategy 3%
Why You'll Like It: A political sandbox that lets you simulate the legislative process and the rise of political parties.
- #19 Nations
84% matchVery Positive87% of 95 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 28.5% ★, Political Sim 25.1% ★, Alternate History 15.7%, Wargame 14.3%, War 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that emphasizes the growth and management of a nation through historical eras.
- #20 Democracy 4
83% matchVery Positive82% of 6,264 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 36% ★, Politics 32% ★, Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, Strategy 4.2%, Simulation 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A focused political simulation that allows you to test the impact of various policies on a nation's stability.
- #21 Realpolitiks II
84% matchMixed46% of 666 reviews2021
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Political Sim 32.5% ★, Grand Strategy 31.9% ★, Politics 21.5% ★, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern grand strategy game that focuses on the complexities of contemporary international politics.
- #22 Universe Sandbox
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.5 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 51.7% ★, Sandbox 39.6%, Simulation 8%, Indie 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the physical simulation of celestial bodies, offering a different but equally compelling god-like perspective.
- #23 Terra Invicta
79% matchVery Positive81% of 9,023 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 30.3% ★, Alternate History 22.1%, War 15.7%, Sandbox 13.4%, Military 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A complex geopolitical simulation that focuses on the long-term management of global factions during an alien invasion.
- #24 Rise to Ruins
81% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: God Game 37.3% ★, Colony Sim 35.8% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Level Editor 6.8%, Strategy 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines god-game mechanics with village management in a challenging, procedurally generated world.
- #25 SuperPower 2 Steam Edition
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,834 reviews2014
Dev: GolemLabsPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 86.6 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 40.4% ★, Politics 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, War 7.7%, Strategy 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic geopolitical strategy game that allows for deep control over a nation's military and economic policy.
- #26 MiniMap Kingdom
80% matchVery Positive86% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: YuruOwO
Windows
Build your own kingdom on unlimited Map!
Why similar: God Game 24.1% ★, Political Sim 20.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.3% ★, Colony Sim 13.3% ★, Idler 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A casual god-game that simplifies empire management into a charming, bite-sized experience.
- #27 Stellaris
79% matchVery Positive86% of 191,915 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 142.4 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 54.8% ★, Sandbox 23.5%, Military 9.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that features procedural galaxy generation and emergent storytelling through empire evolution.
- #28 Government Simulator
82% matchMixed47% of 187 reviews2017
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Government Simulator is a is a simple economic and political simulation game based on real-world data. Take control of a whole country, like the USA, Germany, France, Russia, or Austria. Change laws, taxes and budgets based on real world statistics and data, and see what happens.
Why similar: Political Sim 59.5% ★, Politics 24.9% ★, Sandbox 6.3%, Simulation 4.5%, Strategy 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation that puts you in the shoes of a head of state dealing with complex domestic and international issues.
- #29 Planetary Life
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 743 reviews2025
Dev: Sotenbox
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 53.4% ★, Colony Sim 22.3% ★, Sandbox 19.9%, Simulation 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: An early-access god-game that emphasizes the simulation of life and planetary development.
- #30 The Political Process
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,101 reviews2019
Dev: Verlumino Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 15.6 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 58.8% ★, Politics 33.3% ★, Simulation 3.8%, Strategy 3.6%, Indie 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation that focuses on the granular details of running for office and managing political campaigns.
- #31 The End of History
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 346 reviews2025
Dev: TatamibeyaPub: WorldMap
Windows
A historical sandbox simulation where every NPC lives their own life. They don't wait for you—they ally, marry, betray, and die. Kingdoms rise and fall by someone's will. Sometimes you shape history, sometimes it sweeps you away—an observer of a once-in-a-lifetime story that only you can witness.
Why similar: Politics 25.4% ★, God Game 23.8% ★, Alternate History 21.2%, War 12.8%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #32 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 147,242 reviews2021
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 36.1%, War 31.1%, Wargame 16.1%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 7.4%
- #33 World Warfare & Economics
77% matchMixed63% of 666 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 26.6% ★, Grand Strategy 23.7% ★, Politics 17.7% ★, War 10.4%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #34 Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition
76% matchMixed49% of 196 reviews2025
Dev: Eversim
Windows
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 28.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26% ★, Wargame 12.8%, Politics 12% ★, War 6.7%
- #35 Lawgivers
76% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2020
Dev: Damian BernardiPub: SomniumSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Lawgivers is a turn-based political simulation game. Run for elections with your own party and enter parliament to approve or abolish laws. Appoint the president and decide whether you want a democracy or just a fake one instead.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.8% ★, Politics 28.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Simulation 3.1%
- #36 Solar Nations 2
74% matchVery Positive90% of 71 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 23.4% ★, Political Sim 19.3% ★, Politics 14.4% ★, Alternate History 12.5%, Wargame 9.7%
- #37 MMORPG Tycoon 2
74% matchVery Positive86% of 3,013 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 14.5 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 66.5% ★, Sandbox 26.9%, Simulation 5.7%, Indie 0.9%
- #38 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
72% matchVery Positive81% of 375 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 23% ★, Medieval 12.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, War 8.6%
- #39 Rebel Inc: Escalation
73% matchVery Positive82% of 7,070 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.8% ★, Alternate History 23.5%, War 15.9%, Military 12%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #40 Reus 2
71% matchVery Positive95% of 2,219 reviews2024
Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 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 50.7% ★, Colony Sim 25.9% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Strategy 4.3%, Simulation 2.8%
- #41 Supreme Ruler 1936
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27% ★, Politics 19.7% ★, War 12.9%, Wargame 12.8%, Sandbox 11%
- #42 Collapse: A Political Simulator
73% matchMixed65% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 29.2% ★, Politics 23.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Alternate History 18.7%, Strategy 3%
- #43 The Emperor and State
72% matchMixed57% of 317 reviews2024
Dev: 涂途Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Politics 23.2% ★, Alternate History 19.6%, Wargame 12.6%, War 11.4%
- #44 Simmiland
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,913 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 81.1% ★, Simulation 12%, Strategy 3.5%, Indie 2.4%, 2D 1%
- #45 Millennia
70% matchMixed67% of 3,746 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 36.1% ★, Alternate History 27.9%, War 16.2%, Military 10.9%, Strategy 5.1%
- #46 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
69% matchVery Positive87% of 741 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
Why similar: Political Sim 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.6% ★, Politics 19% ★, War 13.1%, Wargame 10.9%
- #47 Songs of Syx
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,777 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 34.6% ★, Colony Sim 27.2% ★, Sandbox 17.1%, Medieval 12.8%, Strategy 4.7%
- #48 Terra Firma
68% matchVery Positive94% of 569 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 61.7% ★, Sandbox 21.7%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 8.1%
- #49 Ruinarch
70% matchMixed64% of 1,389 reviews2023
Dev: Maccima Games LLCPub: Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ruinarch is an evil god simulator and sandbox game where you mess with people’s lives for hilarious results! Make them vampires, werewolves or bard haters and cackle as the drama unfolds. Once you’re done, unleash a malicious buffet of spells and custom plagues to wipe them out and start anew!
Why similar: God Game 25.9% ★, Politics 19.1% ★, Colony Sim 14.3% ★, Artificial Intelligence 11%, War 8.9%
- #50 The Sandbox
73% matchMixed55% of 571 reviews2015
Dev: PIXOWL INC.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.5 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 45.2%, God Game 43% ★, Simulation 5.7%, Strategy 4.1%, Indie 1.1%
- #51 Manor Lords
66% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 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 40.9% ★, Colony Sim 29.2% ★, Sandbox 19.8%, Strategy 5.5%, Simulation 4.6%
- #52 Orbi Universo II
68% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Orbi Universo Team
Windows · Linux
Guide your very own civilization's destiny in this abstract strategy sim. Master a complex node system, overcome unique challenges, and evolve your society from humble beginnings to the mastery of the atom. Can your civilization *really* withstand the test of time?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.5% ★, Political Sim 24.5% ★, Politics 21.4% ★, War 12.3%, Strategy 4.6%
- #53 Fata Deum - The God Sim
68% matchMixed60% of 450 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 48.3% ★, Colony Sim 25.5% ★, Sandbox 17.2%, Strategy 4.8%, Simulation 4.2%
- #54 Ultimate Arena
70% 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 26.6% ★, Political Sim 19.9% ★, Alternate History 16.5%, Wargame 12%, Level Editor 10.8%
- #55 Power & Revolution
71% matchMixed56% of 1,294 reviews2016
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
In Power & Revolution, become a Head of State of one or several countries of your choice and extend your influence on the world, or play as a legal or illegal opposition leader and get ready for the conquest to power!
Why similar: Political Sim 45.2% ★, Politics 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 12.2% ★, Strategy 4.6%, Simulation 3.8%
- #56 Primitive Society Simulator
67% matchVery Positive83% of 687 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 22.9% ★, Alternate History 17.2%, Wargame 16%, War 15.2%, Sandbox 15.1%
- #57 Tiny Civilization
66% matchVery Positive94% of 2,135 reviews2022
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 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 39.4% ★, Grand Strategy 30.6% ★, Alternate History 15.2%, Medieval 8.3%, Strategy 4.7%
- #58 Religion inc.
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: GameFirst
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Create your own unique religion in god simulator strategy sandbox games
Why similar: God Game 55.4% ★, Alternate History 23.9%, Medieval 8.7%, Strategy 6.6%, Simulation 5.4%
- #59 ENDLESS™ Legend 2
64% matchVery Positive84% of 2,346 reviews2025
Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.7% ★, Alternate History 20.4%, War 16%, Sandbox 13.7%, Military 10.3%
- #60 Odd Realm
65% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?
Why similar: God Game 39.8% ★, Colony Sim 29.9% ★, Crafting 9.2%, Sandbox 8.8%, Strategy 5%
