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Games Like Genesis of a Small God

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

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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 — 83% — of 63 reviews
Released: 2024-11-14
Developer: Pierre Nury
Genres: Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive93% of 851 reviews2022
    Dev: Myron Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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

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  2. #2 Sapiens
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 2,103 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 21.3%, Colony Sim 17.2%, City Builder 14.4%, Base Building 10%, Building 7.3%

  3. #3 The Universim
    96% 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 24.9%, Colony Sim 19.6%, City Builder 16.9%, Building 9%, Sandbox 8.1%

  4. #4 Fata Deum - The God Sim
    94% 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 20.6%, Colony Sim 14.7%, City Builder 13%, Base Building 9.3%, Resource Management 7.4%

  5. #5 A Game of Humans
    95% 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 18.6%, Colony Sim 17.1%, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 10.3%, Life Sim 8.7%

  6. #6 Creo God Simulator
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 237 reviews2025
    Dev: MKSM Design LLC
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    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 32.1%, City Builder 20.2%, Colony Sim 18.9%, Management 10.7%, Sandbox 6.1%

  7. #7 Reus 2
    93% 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!

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  8. #8 WorldBox - God Simulator
    91% 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 36.4%, Colony Sim 19.2%, Sandbox 13.9%, Life Sim 9.8%, Building 8.5%

  9. #9 Stonehearth
    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,970 reviews2018
    Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 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 30.8%, City Builder 25.3%, Building 12%, Sandbox 10.3%, God Game 5.6%

  10. #10 Crest - an indirect god sim
    92% matchMixed65% of 373 reviews2018
    Dev: Eat Create Sleep
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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 30.4%, Real-Time 19.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, Resource Management 8.9%

  11. #11 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
    90% matchVery Positive85% of 729 reviews2025
    Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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!

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  12. #12 Noble Fates
    89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,455 reviews2021
    Dev: Xobermon, LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 Odd Realm
    88% 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?

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  14. #14 Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 763 reviews2022
    Dev: Erik RempenPub: Silk Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 19.6 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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  15. #15 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 46.1%, Sandbox 16.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 11.6%, Open World 11.5%

  16. #16 Goblins of Elderstone
    86% matchMostly Positive74% of 394 reviews2023
    Dev: Outerdawn
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    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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  17. #17 The First Thrust of God
    87% matchVery Negative5% of 64 reviews2018
    Dev: SUNYU
    Windows · Mac

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

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  18. #18 The Mims Beginning
    85% matchMostly Positive76% of 289 reviews2016
    Dev: Squatting PenguinsPub: The End of the Sun Forge
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    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.

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  19. #19 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
    84% matchMixed56% of 106 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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  20. #20 Gods and Idols
    84% matchMixed70% of 754 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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  21. #21 The Kingdom of God
    83% matchMixed69% 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.

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  22. #22 Lifecraft
    82% 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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  23. #23 Hearthlands
    82% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
    Dev: Four White Cats
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 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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  24. #24 Gold Gold Adventure Gold
    80% matchVery Positive82% of 284 reviews2025
    Dev: Can Can Can a Man
    Windows

    Gold makes God. Embrace city-building chaos around a monster-filled dungeon where danger & profit go hand in hand. Assign heroes quests, evolve powerful pets and expand your influence one gold coin at a time. Recruit, defend, explore — all in pursuit of Glory and Gold!

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  25. #25 Ruinarch
    81% 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!

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  26. #26 Fantasy Map Simulator
    77% matchVery Positive89% of 3,843 reviews2024
    Dev: The Stranger
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.6 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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  27. #27 Religion inc.
    78% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 reviews2025
    Dev: GameFirst
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%

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  28. #28 Reprisal Universe
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 401 reviews2014
    Dev: electrolyte
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 18 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%

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  29. #29 Godhood
    79% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,081 reviews2020
    Dev: Abbey Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.2 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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  30. #30 Nova Roma
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 670 reviews2026
    Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac

    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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    78% matchMixed62% of 406 reviews2022
    Dev: Gathering Tree
    Windows

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    79% matchMostly Positive75% of 208 reviews2015
    Dev: Golden Gear GamesPub: Toy Temp
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 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!

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  33. #33 Heart of the Machine
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,838 reviews2026
    Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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  34. #34 Goblin Camp
    75% matchVery Positive90% of 81 reviews2024
    Dev: Korppi Games Ltd
    Windows

    Build a new home for your goblins! Grow your settlement from a little encampment to a bustling city in a beautiful procedurally generated northern forest. Fish, farm, explore the forest and harness the spirits in a unique fantasy citybuilder inspired by Finnish mythology.

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  35. #35 Kingdoms and Castles
    75% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
    Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 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.

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  36. #36 First Feudal
    76% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
    Dev: Harpoon Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

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  37. #37 Super Island God VR
    77% 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.

    Why similar: God Game 62.4%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 15.4%, Indie 5.1%

  38. #38 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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  39. #39 Celestial Empire
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 615 reviews2025
    Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    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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  40. #40 STARIO: Haven Tower
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 337 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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  41. #41 Gnomoria
    74% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,532 reviews2016
    Dev: Robotronic Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

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  42. #42 Territory: Farming and Warfare
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 690 reviews2026
    Dev: Wit Studio
    Windows

    From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

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  43. #43 Planetary Life
    69% 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!

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  44. #44 Celestial Empire: Prologue
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 370 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.

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  45. #45 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    73% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

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  46. #46 Songs of Syx
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,777 reviews2020
    Dev: Gamatron AB
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    Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  47. #47 Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
    72% matchVery Positive91% of 1,450 reviews2013
    Dev: Illwinter Game Design
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 48.4 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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  48. #48 Blacksmith Master
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
    Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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  49. #49 Reus
    71% 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.

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  50. #50 Worshippers of Cthulhu
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,460 reviews2025
    Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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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  51. #51 Kingdoms Reborn
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 9,531 reviews2020
    Dev: Earthshine
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.2 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.

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  52. #52 Hexagod
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 80 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.

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  53. #53 Gods vs Humans
    73% matchMixed56% of 113 reviews2014
    Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Microids Indie
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 6.7 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!

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  54. #54 Microcivilization
    66% matchVery Positive80% of 1,364 reviews2026
    Dev: Ondrej Homola
    Windows
    Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.

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  55. #55 Ascension
    67% matchMixed61% of 2,595 reviews2025
    Dev: Element Game 微元游戏Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.

    Why similar: Building 20.6%, Resource Management 19.5%, Sandbox 17.5%, Management 16.7%, Base Building 14.7%

  56. #56 Pixel Survivors
    71% matchMixed65% of 293 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 32.4%, Resource Management 21.7%, Management 18.7%, Strategy 18.7%, Indie 6.2%

  57. #57 Crab God
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 285 reviews2024
    Dev: Chaos Theory GamesPub: Firesquid
    Windows

    Crab God is an atmospheric underwater strategy game. Guide your Crabling colony through wild ocean depths, and defend the egg of the next Crab God.Restore and protect diverse coral reefs, making a difference in the real world as you progress in-game. Make waves, praise the claw!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 19.8%, Resource Management 17.5%, Management 15.6%, Strategy 8.2%

  58. #58 Dwarf Fortress
    65% matchVery Positive95% of 30,806 reviews2022
    Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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: Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Building 11.2%, Management 10.6%

  59. #59 Rise to Ruins
    67% 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: Colony Sim 26.7%, City Builder 21.6%, God Game 20.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Strategy 5.1%

  60. #60 Birthdays the Beginning
    69% matchMixed64% of 965 reviews2017
    Dev: Arc System WorksPub: NIS America, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 63.5%, Sandbox 22%, Simulation 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%

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