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Games Like Genesis of a Small God

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Strategy, God Game, Colony Sim.

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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 82% — of 65 reviews
Released: 2024-11-14
Developer: Pierre Nury
Genres: Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive81% of 2,162 reviews2022
    Dev: Majic Jungle
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 21.6%, Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 14.6%, Base Building 10%, Building 7.4%

  2. #2 A Game of Humans
    96% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
    Dev: Scion Studios
    Windows

    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 18.8%, Colony Sim 17.1%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 10.3%, Life Sim 8.6%

  3. #3 Fata Deum - The God Sim
    96% 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 21.3%, Colony Sim 14.6%, City Builder 13.3%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 7.2%

  4. #4 Creo God Simulator
    95% matchMostly Positive79% of 241 reviews2025
    Dev: MKSM Design LLC
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.

    Why similar: God Game 32.5%, City Builder 20.4%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Management 10.3%, Sandbox 6.1%

  5. #5 The Universim
    94% 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 25.2%, Colony Sim 19.5%, City Builder 17.2%, Building 9%, Sandbox 8.1%

  6. #6 Deisim
    94% 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 25.9%, Colony Sim 18.9%, Base Building 11.3%, Life Sim 10.6%, Building 9.7%

  7. #7 Reus 2
    92% 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 23.6%, Colony Sim 15.8%, City Builder 13.2%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 7.1%

  8. #8 Crest - an indirect god sim
    93% matchMixed65% of 375 reviews2018
    Dev: Eat Create Sleep
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 30.6%, Real-Time 20.4%, Base Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9.2%, Resource Management 8.3%

  9. #9 Masters of Albion
    91% matchMixed66% of 622 reviews2026
    Dev: 22cans
    Windows

    A bold reimagining of the God Game genre from the creator who defined it. Shape a living world as a god - or step into it and experience it through your people. Build, guide and defend your town by day, then survive the night when everything is under threat. There is no single solution. Only yours.

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  10. #10 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 764 reviews2025
    Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 15.1%, God Game 13.8%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 8.4%

  11. #11 Pandora's Toybox
    90% 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 35.2%, Colony Sim 23.4%, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Strategy 5.9%

  12. #12 Noble Fates
    88% matchVery Positive83% of 1,483 reviews2021
    Dev: Xobermon, LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

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  13. #13 WorldBox - God Simulator
    86% 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 36.8%, Colony Sim 19.1%, Sandbox 14%, Life Sim 9.5%, Building 8.6%

  14. #14 Stonehearth
    87% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,072 reviews2018
    Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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: Colony Sim 30.6%, City Builder 25.6%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, God Game 5.7%

  15. #15 The First Thrust of God
    89% matchVery Negative5% of 64 reviews2018
    Dev: SUNYU Games
    Windows · Mac

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

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  16. #16 Idol Hands
    89% matchMixed44% of 188 reviews2015
    Dev: Pocket GamesPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Idol Hands is a strategy game where you gradually take over the world by guiding your people and defeating other gods.

    Why similar: God Game 46.5%, Sandbox 16.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Open World 11.8%, Simulation 11.3%

  17. #17 Goblins of Elderstone
    86% matchMostly Positive73% of 404 reviews2023
    Dev: Outerdawn
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?

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  18. #18 Nova Roma
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
    Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

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  19. #19 The Mims Beginning
    85% matchMostly Positive76% of 295 reviews2016
    Dev: Squatting PenguinsPub: The End of the Sun Forge
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Experience a mystical journey with the Mims in this strategic god-like adventure—build, grow, protect, and wield divine powers. Now it's completely free! Also check out our other story-rich fantasy game, The End of the Sun, where you become a tracker of mythical beings and unravel mysteries.

    Why similar: God Game 26.3%, Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 16.8%, Sandbox 7.6%, Resource Management 7%

  20. #20 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
    84% matchMixed54% of 110 reviews2024
    Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
    Windows

    El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.

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  21. #21 Reprisal Universe
    84% matchMostly Positive76% of 404 reviews2014
    Dev: electrolyte
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 18 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%

    Reprisal Universe places you in charge of the very elements themselves. Raise and lower land to expand your tribes, harness the power of fire and water. Explore the hidden mysteries of the Universe and gather your people together once again.

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  22. #22 The Kingdom of God
    83% matchMixed68% of 216 reviews2023
    Dev: 明枭网络
    Windows · Mac

    The Kingdom of God: Creation is an independent game integrating territory management, resource management, strategic chess and exploration. As a new God, players develop their own country in the dangerous universe and eventually become the king of the new generation of gods.

    Why similar: Strategy 32%, Indie 12%, Building 11.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Management 11.1%

  23. #23 Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
    82% matchMostly Positive77% of 766 reviews2022
    Dev: Erik RempenPub: Silk Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Welcome to the mystical world of Kainga, an unusual roguelite village-builder! Take control of a Thinker and, with the help of your people, grow a unique town to complete short challenges while discovering the world and adapting to the pressures of the environment, beasts and other tribes.

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  24. #24 Lifecraft
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 147 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixbits
    Windows · Mac

    Survive and evolve as an organism with this simulation game in which you will literally start as a single cell and manage and organize all its functions to a fully fledged system! Assemble, breathe, eat, fight threats, produce energy, grow, anything is possible!

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  25. #25 Hearthlands
    82% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
    Dev: Four White Cats
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.

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  26. #26 Gold Gold Adventure Gold
    79% matchMostly Positive71% of 862 reviews2026
    Dev: Can Can Can a Man
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    In this world, it’s all about the gold! Use it to build up a fantasy town, recruit heroes, give quests, raise a Godbeast, cast powerful spells, and expand your influence—all one gold coin at a time.

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  27. #27 Reus
    80% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,987 reviews2013
    Dev: Abbey Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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  28. #28 Godhood
    79% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,090 reviews2020
    Dev: Abbey Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Create your Religion, raise your Disciples, and guide them to bring you glory! Inspire growth in your Disciples so they may challenge the false gods and convert their followers. Defeat your rivals, and become the One Truth!

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  29. #29 Goblin Camp
    77% matchMostly Positive78% of 120 reviews2026
    Dev: Korppi Games Ltd
    Windows · Linux

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    76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,542 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?

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  31. #31 Religion inc.
    77% matchMostly Positive72% of 138 reviews2025
    Dev: GameFirst
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%

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    73% matchVery Positive92% of 2,098 reviews2026
    Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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  33. #33 Gods and Idols
    78% matchMixed69% of 758 reviews2016
    Dev: JatteGames
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    Take the role of a newly ascended deity in Gods and Idols. Carve your place among the stars in an open, dynamic, and massive MMORTS universe. Command the powers of the cosmos, form alliances, and use your worshipers as instruments to further your goals.

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  34. #34 Soulmask
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,226 reviews2026
    Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.

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  35. #35 Fate Tectonics
    78% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2015
    Dev: Golden Gear GamesPub: Toy Temp
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    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 61.1%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 15.6%, Indie 6.3%

  36. #36 Celestial Empire
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 718 reviews2025
    Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.

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  37. #37 Sinner Maker
    72% 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 32.1%, Colony Sim 25.5%, Life Sim 12.9%, Sandbox 7.7%, Management 7.5%

  38. #38 Ruinarch
    75% matchMixed63% of 1,420 reviews2023
    Dev: Maccima Games LLCPub: Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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!

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  39. #39 God For A Day
    74% matchMixed58% of 76 reviews2026
    Dev: Funky Forest
    Windows

    In this narrative-based simulation game, you play as the Son of God. Your mission: Decide, bless or condemn city residents. Uncover the person's story through their items and secrets before making decisions. Your choices alter the city's destiny, and impact your revelation on Judgment Day.

    Why similar: Simulation 42.8%, Strategy 40.4%, Indie 10.3%, Singleplayer 6.4%

  40. #40 Gods of the Fallen Land
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 119 reviews2017
    Dev: Crow's Key Studios
    Windows

    Gods of the Fallen Land is an action-strategy game centered around base building and villager management. Take on the role of a leader trying to rebuild humanity in a broken and dangerous world. Lead your followers into battle and make strategic decisions on what to develop and build to survive.

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  41. #41 Sintopia
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,065 reviews2026
    Dev: Piraknights GamesPub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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  42. #42 TFM: The First Men
    75% matchMixed60% of 413 reviews2022
    Dev: Gathering Tree
    Windows

    An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?

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  43. #43 Super Island God VR
    74% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2019
    Dev: Empyrean Interactive
    Windows

    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.

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  44. #44 Territory: Farming and Warfare
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 755 reviews2026
    Dev: Wit Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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  45. #45 Songs of Syx
    70% 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.

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  46. #46 STARIO: Haven Tower
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 356 reviews2025
    Dev: Stargate Games
    Windows

    A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.

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  47. #47 Fantasy Map Simulator
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 4,296 reviews2024
    Dev: The Stranger
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Fantasy Map Simulator: Create and watch imaginary worlds evolve over centuries. Design maps, simulate nations and their politics, and control destinies. See empires rise and fall on your desktop wallpaper. A unique simulation for history buffs and creative minds.

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  48. #48 Odd Realm
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 1,017 reviews2024
    Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
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    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%

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  49. #49 Gnomoria
    72% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,539 reviews2016
    Dev: Robotronic Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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  50. #50 Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,451 reviews2013
    Dev: Illwinter Game Design
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 47.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.

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  51. #51 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    70% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  52. #52 Blacksmith Master
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 2,724 reviews2025
    Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  53. #53 Aztecs: The Last Sun
    68% matchMixed69% of 134 reviews2026
    Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
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    Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!

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  54. #54 Planetary Life
    66% 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!

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  55. #55 Hexagod
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 83 reviews2025
    Dev: Aarimous
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A satisfying roguelike village builder set in the eye of an apocalyptic storm. Place hexagon tiles, unlock adjacency bonuses, and find powerful relics to create game breaking synergies. Prove you are worthy of becoming the next Hexagod… before the storm destroys it all.

    Why similar: God Game 31.7%, City Builder 24.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 7.8%, Management 7.7%

  56. #56 Kingdoms and Castles
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 31,383 reviews2017
    Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

    Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Colony Sim 20.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Resource Management 8.9%, Building 8.5%

  57. #57 Kingdoms Reborn
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 9,712 reviews2020
    Dev: Earthshine
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

    Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Colony Sim 21.4%, Base Building 13.7%, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 7.4%

  58. #58 Gods vs Humans
    71% matchMixed57% of 115 reviews2014
    Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Microids Indie
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%

    Humans are building a tower to reach the Kingdom of the Gods! Embody one of these divinities to foil their attempts. But, be careful not to kill them with your special powers, because your survival depends on their devotion!

    Why similar: God Game 66.1%, Strategy 33.9%

  59. #59 Celestial Empire: Prologue
    65% matchVery Positive86% of 416 reviews2025
    Dev: President Studio
    Windows

    Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 21.1%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 11.6%, Management 10.8%

  60. #60 Pixel Survivors
    70% matchMixed65% of 294 reviews2016
    Dev: Patagoniart
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Pixel Survivors is a god management game. Create some land and build structures to keep your small society settled. See how long you can keep your village alive!

    Why similar: Simulation 32.8%, Resource Management 21%, Strategy 19%, Management 18.6%, Indie 6.3%

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