Games Like From Dust

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 72.7% ★, Sandbox 9.1%, Simulation 5.1%, Puzzle 4.7%, Strategy 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel refines the god-game experience by allowing you to control powerful giants who shape the environment to foster civilization.

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 80.5% ★, Sandbox 6.7%, Strategy 5%, Simulation 5%, Puzzle 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the elemental nature-shaping feel of From Dust through its unique giant-based terrain manipulation mechanics.

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 72.6% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 6.1%, Simulation 5.3%, Strategy 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A modern god-game that scales from a single planet to a galactic civilization, focusing on the impact of your divine choices.

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 74.9% ★, Sandbox 14%, Simulation 6.9%, Building 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep sandbox god-game that allows you to simulate entire civilizations and natural disasters on a pixel-art scale.

Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.

Why similar: God Game 71.6% ★, Sandbox 13%, Simulation 8%, Building 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: This VR title provides a tactile sense of godhood, allowing you to manually manipulate the terrain and influence your followers directly.

The origins of the world are yours to decide in this engaging and open-ended builder experience! Shape the geography, control the temperature, and give rise to diverse lifeforms. Witness the birth of an entirely new ecosystem, made with your very own hands!

Why similar: God Game 76.3% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: You act as a creator deity shaping a world's climate and terrain to evolve life from single-celled organisms to dinosaurs.

Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

Why similar: Strategy 48.8%, Puzzle 41.6%, Singleplayer 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This environmental restoration game mirrors the satisfaction of healing a landscape and managing natural elements to bring life back to a barren world.

An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.

Why similar: God Game 70.4% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Adventure 4%, Physics 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, physics-based exploration game where you interact with a strange, shifting environment in a way that feels very similar to From Dust.

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 62% ★, Sandbox 21.6%, Simulation 14%, Physics 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the ultimate physics-based simulation of celestial bodies, allowing you to manipulate gravity, climate, and planetary collisions.

Your word is gospel in this god sim set in Sub-Saharan Africa. Influence and try to control your followers using commandments but beware, free will leaves these open to interpretation. Will you create a flourishing civilization or lead them to death and destruction?

Why similar: God Game 74.2% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the indirect influence of a god on a civilization through commandments, focusing on the consequences of your divine will.

Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.

Why similar: Sandbox 46.7%, Simulation 31.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Singleplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on world-shaping and nature restoration, allowing you to cultivate diverse biomes and influence the growth of a living world.

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: Sandbox 39.1%, Simulation 21%, Building 20.8%, Strategy 14.5%, Physics 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: This colony-sim features complex water physics and terraforming mechanics that are essential for survival, echoing the elemental challenges of From Dust.

Equilinox is a relaxing nature simulation game in which you can create and nurture your own ecosystems. Shape the world to your liking, cultivate and raise hundreds of different species, and evolve your wildlife to unlock more exotic plants and animals.

Why similar: God Game 58.7% ★, Sandbox 19.2%, Simulation 16.5%, Beautiful 3.7% ★, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing simulation game where you create and manage ecosystems, focusing on the balance of nature and genetic evolution.

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 69.6% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Simulation 7.6%, Building 5.7%, Strategy 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style god-game where you influence the world and its inhabitants through either benevolent or malevolent choices.

Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

Why similar: God Game 73.2% ★, Sandbox 9%, Building 5.9%, Simulation 5.6%, Strategy 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox colony-sim that tasks you with guiding a primitive tribe through the challenges of an evolving, interactive environment.

Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.

Why similar: God Game 73.4% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Building 6.1%, Simulation 5.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed physics sandbox that lets you experiment with elements and chemical reactions in a way that feels like a digital chemistry set.

Tidal Tribe is a relaxing god game that gives you the power to shape the terrain. Raise and lower the land to protect your villages from waves and floods, all while using that very same water to build lakes and rivers, turning the desert land into a lively forest of trees and bushes.

Why similar: God Game 67.1% ★, Simulation 15.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Strategy 3.2%, Physics 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing god-game that tasks you with modifying terrain to guide your tribe and manage the flow of water and resources.

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 78.6% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Simulation 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: An early-access god-game that focuses on the simulation of planetary life and the development of a civilization from scratch.

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 58.6% ★, Simulation 23%, Sandbox 13.8%, Strategy 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic sandbox simulation that lets you observe and influence the rise and fall of galactic empires over vast periods of time.

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Sandbox 38.5%, Simulation 24.7%, Building 20.6%, Strategy 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an unparalleled level of world simulation, where the environment and its procedural history react to your every decision.

Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.

Why similar: God Game 63% ★, Sandbox 23.1%, Simulation 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%, Physics 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based game where you grow your own solar system by absorbing asteroids and planets, capturing the scale of cosmic creation.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Sandbox 34.9%, Simulation 24.5%, Building 19.8%, Strategy 16.3%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with environmental management, forcing you to adapt to a world constantly threatened by magical storms.

Marble World is a physics sandbox simulator with marbles. Create your own marble races, runs and machines. Customize a variety of tracks, decorations and marbles to create a beautiful world.

Why similar: God Game 70.4% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 7.2%, Building 5.6%, Physics 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox that lets you build intricate machines and landscapes, emphasizing the joy of watching complex systems interact.

Doodle God is an addicting puzzle & world building game where players use logic and ingenuity to create the entire universe. Starting with the basic elements of earth, wind, fire and air players can build a world filled with locomotives, Dragons, skyscrapers, Aliens and more.

Why similar: God Game 74.8% ★, Sandbox 9.1%, Simulation 7.4%, Puzzle 5.8%, Adventure 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game that focuses on the elemental combinations required to create a world, offering a more abstract take on the god-game genre.

You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.

Why similar: God Game 67.6% ★, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 7.7%, Building 6.1%, Strategy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic simulation of a growing civilization, requiring you to manage resources and the environment to ensure survival.

Jump into Super Island God and take on the role of a lost island tribe's deity in this exciting new God Simulator. Harness your divine power in this built-for-VR game and reward (or punish) your civilization as they journey through dozens of handcrafted challenges.

Why similar: God Game 78.5% ★, Simulation 13.8%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A VR god-game that puts you in control of an island, requiring you to manage the needs of your followers through divine intervention.

Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!

Why similar: Sandbox 32.9%, Simulation 21.1%, Building 17.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Strategy 12%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on construction, its advanced physics engine allows for the same kind of creative environmental destruction found in From Dust.

Build up a world piece-by-piece using the power of the god-like Fates, while keeping them happy enough to avoid world-shattering temper tantrums!

Why similar: God Game 74.4% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Puzzle 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game where you build and balance a world, focusing on the structural integrity of the land you create.

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 66.7% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Simulation 8.4%, Building 4%, Strategy 3.6%

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 69% ★, Simulation 12%, Sandbox 11%, Strategy 6.4%, Physics 0.9%

Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.

Why similar: Beautiful 61.3% ★, Sandbox 19.6%, Adventure 13.9%, Singleplayer 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more of an exploration game, it captures the beautiful, atmospheric, and reactive nature of a world that responds to your presence.

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 67.3% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Simulation 7.2%, Building 5.4%, Strategy 4.6%

"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!

Why similar: God Game 70.3% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Simulation 8.5%, Building 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%

A stunning, beautiful world awaits as you take on the challenge of bridging the chasm. Can you solve the puzzles and avert disaster?

Why similar: Simulation 58.7%, Building 27.4%, Puzzle 9.4%, Physics 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the physics of construction and environmental engineering, providing a more structured approach to manipulating the world.

Existential Nature Simulation

Why similar: God Game 67.6% ★, Simulation 22.9%, Beautiful 6.6% ★, Singleplayer 2.8%

Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.

Why similar: Beautiful 80.4% ★, Adventure 17.2%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Awe is a god-game about expressing one’s creativity by shaping and building planets’ ecosystems in a soothing and relaxing ambiance carried by beautiful, minimalist lowpoly 3D art style and atmospheric music.

Why similar: God Game 80.1% ★, Simulation 8%, Puzzle 6.4%, Building 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%

An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.

Why similar: God Game 47.3% ★, Sandbox 19%, Beautiful 16% ★, Puzzle 8%, Adventure 4.9%

Feel the power of god and create your dream world in a beautiful low-poly style. Share your creations with your friends and enjoy.

Why similar: God Game 81.6% ★, Simulation 18.4%

Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.

Why similar: God Game 76.9% ★, Sandbox 13%, Simulation 8.1%, Adventure 2%

Start as an asteroid, grow by absorbing other celestial bodies to become a planet, a star, and ultimately a black hole. Experience realistic gravity and orbital physics in an ever-evolving sandbox universe.

Why similar: God Game 69.5% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 4.9%, Physics 1.9%

Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

Why similar: God Game 31.2% ★, Sandbox 28.2%, Building 15.7%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 10.7%

Dive into the sands of ancient Egypt in 'Egypt Frontiers.' As a master builder, construct majestic monuments, manage resources, and shape history in this captivating simulation game. Are you ready to leave your mark on the Frontiers of Egypt?

Why similar: Sandbox 33.7%, Simulation 22.9%, Building 19%, Strategy 13%, Adventure 7.4%

A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?

Why similar: God Game 68.8% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 6.1%, Building 5.2%

Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.

Why similar: Sandbox 51.6%, Building 19.5%, Adventure 12.8%, Magic 9.1%, Physics 5.3%

Doodle God is an addicting puzzle & world building game where players use logic and ingenuity to create the entire universe. Starting with the basic elements of earth, wind, fire and air players can build a world filled with locomotives, Dragons, skyscrapers, Aliens and more.

Why similar: God Game 61.5% ★, Simulation 25.5%, Puzzle 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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: God Game 58.2% ★, Sandbox 27.6%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 4%, Physics 0.4%

A fictional universe sandbox/exploration game. 🪐☄️✨ Shape your own solar system by terraforming planets. Find new species and make beautiful ecosystems . . . or breed destruction with volcanos, lightning storms and wildfires!

Why similar: God Game 73.5% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 8.9%, Building 4.8%

Now, you are God, and you bring the first thrust of God.

Why similar: Simulation 47.6%, Strategy 31.2%, Adventure 16.8%, Physics 4.5%

As the Greek Goddess Athena, control the wind, seas, and air to guide the hero Odysseus home from the Trojan Wars. The incredibly realistic water current simulation will amaze and challenge you, as you use your powers to protect the Hero's fleet.

Why similar: God Game 64.4% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Adventure 4.5%, Puzzle 4.4%

Care for a miniature ecosystem in a strange world, exert limited influence to encourage the growth of different fungi and bugs and try to maintain the balance of life.

Why similar: Simulation 59.7%, Sandbox 36%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Thirteen unique islands await your guiding hand in this beautiful and engrossing real-time strategy game, unlike anything you have experienced before!

Why similar: God Game 83.6% ★, Strategy 16.4%

Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

Why similar: Sandbox 42.8%, Simulation 20.3%, Building 19.8%, Adventure 7.7%, Strategy 7.4%

A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.

Why similar: Sandbox 46.5%, Building 21.9%, Magic 17.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%

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 80.3% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 2.4%, Puzzle 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%

A physics sandbox simulation game about constructing and demolishing structures. If you like destroying stuff or just mess around, then this game is for you!

Why similar: God Game 72% ★, Sandbox 13.4%, Simulation 8%, Building 4.8%, Physics 1.6%

Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.

Why similar: God Game 39.9% ★, Sandbox 20.5%, Simulation 18%, Building 14.1%, Strategy 5.8%