Games Like Idol Hands

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 62.2% ★, Strategy 13.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Simulation 8.5%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the indirect control mechanic where you use giants to shape the world and influence the growth of human settlements.

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 60.7% ★, Sandbox 25.7%, Simulation 12.3%, Indie 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: An expansive sandbox that allows you to act as a deity, creating worlds and watching civilizations rise, fall, and war with each other.

Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous in this modern God-Game where Nature is the Star!

Why similar: God Game 69.1% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic god-game that focuses on environmental manipulation and protecting your people from natural disasters.

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!

Why similar: God Game 61.7% ★, Strategy 20.6%, Simulation 17.8%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game where you build your own religion and compete against other gods for influence.

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

Why similar: God Game 52.9% ★, Sandbox 20.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 9.8%, Casual 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This VR-focused title offers a tactile experience of building a world and interacting with your followers in real-time.

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 53.1% ★, Sandbox 19.4%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 8.6%, Open World 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A modern god-game that tasks you with guiding a civilization from the Stone Age to the space age while managing planetary resources.

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 46.3% ★, Sandbox 15.7%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Open World 10%

Why You'll Like It: You influence your followers through commandments rather than direct orders, forcing you to think strategically about how they interpret your will.

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 61.4% ★, Simulation 25.4%, Strategy 6.5%, Indie 4.4%, Casual 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique card-based god simulation where you influence the world by playing cards to trigger events and environmental changes.

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.

Why similar: God Game 47.8% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Open World 11%, Simulation 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired god-game that emphasizes tribal expansion and terraforming, closely mirroring the feel of classic titles like Populous.

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 47.2% ★, Sandbox 17.3%, Open World 12.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the genre that allows you to choose between paths of benevolence or tyranny as you influence your followers.

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 46.1% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 11.6%, Open World 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A focused god-game experience that emphasizes small-scale management and tribal development.

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 54.2% ★, Strategy 21.8%, Simulation 20.1%, Indie 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-based world-building game where you must balance the land to keep your civilization thriving.

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.

Why similar: Sandbox 48.6%, Strategy 29.5%, Simulation 21.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends colony management with god-like oversight, allowing you to influence the lives and personalities of your subjects.

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 51% ★, Strategy 37.7%, Casual 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A casual strategy game that focuses on the direct interaction between gods and their worshipers through various challenges.

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 52.7% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Sandbox 14.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Indie 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A hybrid of god-game and colony-sim that forces you to manage resources and defend your village from constant threats.

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 46.2% ★, Sandbox 18.6%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 15.6%, Indie 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A historical sandbox simulation that allows you to guide a civilization through various eras of development.

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: Sandbox 35.1%, Strategy 23.2%, Open World 21.9%, Simulation 19.9%

Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale city builder that provides a god-like perspective over thousands of citizens in a fantasy world.

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 55.9% ★, Simulation 21.7%, Strategy 19.4%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-exclusive god-game that focuses on direct interaction with a small island population.

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 37.3% ★, Simulation 32.3%, Sandbox 20.1%, Strategy 10.3%

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

Create your own unique religion in god simulator strategy sandbox games

Why similar: God Game 63.7% ★, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 17.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy simulation that focuses on the global spread and management of a religion, emphasizing influence and growth.

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 45.9% ★, Simulation 23.6%, Sandbox 18.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing god-game that focuses on terraforming and managing the growth of a small island civilization.

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: Strategy 36.6%, Sandbox 34.9%, Simulation 23%, Open World 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A casual city builder that incorporates environmental threats and god-like challenges to test your defensive strategy.

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: Sandbox 35.8%, Strategy 20.9%, God Game 17.3% ★, Simulation 14%, Open World 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: You manage a growing settlement of hearthlings, balancing their needs and protection in a voxel-based world.

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 59% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy god simulation that tasks you with building and maintaining a thriving city-state.

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it captures the essence of managing a cult and exerting divine influence over your followers.

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

Why similar: Sandbox 51.7%, Simulation 48.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique city-builder where you manage a settlement on the back of a giant creature, requiring careful balance of your relationship with the host.

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 48.3% ★, Simulation 18.6%, Sandbox 17.5%, Strategy 15.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox life-simulation that allows you to influence the environment and the development of your people.

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.

Why similar: Sandbox 45.3%, Strategy 26.6%, Simulation 24.1%, Indie 4%

Why You'll Like It: A complex colony-management game where you oversee the growth and survival of a gnome civilization.

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.

Why similar: God Game 52.7% ★, Strategy 42%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deep strategy game where you play as a pretender god fighting for control of the world through magic and armies.

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.

Why similar: God Game 65.3% ★, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 15.6%, Indie 2.9%

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.

Why similar: God Game 59.5% ★, Sandbox 23.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 7.5%, Indie 0.8%

Move mountains, part the seas, and lead mortal armies to victory in Populous. Take on the powers of a mighty deity and battle for supremacy against an enemy god, using thoughtful strategy to shape the isometric world and the fate of its people.

Why similar: God Game 78.1% ★, Strategy 21.9%

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 57% ★, Simulation 28.4%, Casual 9.2%, Indie 5.4%

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 42.2% ★, Sandbox 20.4%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Open World 6.9%

Take command of a pair of villagers and help them build a mighty civilization that will spread across the world and conquer it. Idle Civilization is a civilization builder management game where you will oversee the growth of your people into a mighty kingdom through building, research, warfare, religion, diplomacy, culture, heroic...

Why similar: Strategy 46.4%, Simulation 44.5%, Indie 9.1%

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 54.2%, Strategy 31.1%, Casual 9.6%, Indie 5%

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 57.8%, Sandbox 13.3%, Indie 10.5%, Open World 8.6%, Simulation 7.6%

Idling to Rule the Gods is a free to play Idle-Game with a lot of content and some Minigames. Depending on your play-style, you can play it fast or slow. Either way it can be fun for hundreds of hours!

Why similar: God Game 58.5% ★, Simulation 16.9%, Strategy 16.2%, Casual 5.3%, Indie 3.2%

Begin a journey like no other, become the Ant Queen and establish your empire. Ant Queen is a simulation game where you breed different types of ants to ultimately conquer your surroundings and achieve a stable ant colony.

Why similar: Strategy 34.8%, Simulation 32.4%, Sandbox 27%, Indie 5.7%

This is an IDLE cultivation game. Rise from mortal to immortal! Explore a world inspired by Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions as you master swordplay, elemental magic, or Buddhist powers. Grow spirit crops, craft items, defeat monsters, and loot treasures. Your path to immortality awaits!

Why similar: Strategy 61.3%, Simulation 17.7%, Casual 17.5%, Indie 3.5%

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 47.4% ★, Sandbox 20.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 9%, Open World 5.4%

"Path of Dao" is a strategic simulation game where you connect nodes to harness spiritual energy, facing trials like heavenly tribulations, inner demons, and beasts. Only the steadfast can ascend to immortality!

Why similar: God Game 52.9% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Simulation 16.6%, Casual 9.6%

Agenda is a strategy simulation game in which you control a world-wide independent agency with a set goal of world domination. Try to claim your global influence through the power of your allies and covert operations such as assassinations, bribery or fraud.

Why similar: Strategy 47.7%, Simulation 43.7%, Indie 8.6%

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

Why similar: Strategy 40.9%, Simulation 39.3%, Casual 12.7%, Indie 7.1%

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 50.9% ★, Sandbox 19.5%, Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 11.8%, Indie 2.1%

You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.

Why similar: Strategy 53%, Simulation 47%

Green world simulator. Build good nature strategy. Save the World sandbox game.

Why similar: Strategy 43%, Simulation 42.3%, Casual 13.8%, Indie 0.8%

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.

Why similar: Sandbox 43.7%, Strategy 28.9%, Simulation 27.4%

“The Eastern Sacrifice” is an idle game combining simulation with Eastern Cthulhu-inspired themes. In a world spiraling into chaos over authority, vanquish enemy, gather treasures, and build a devoted religion. Your sanctuary will help you reclaim theurgy, ascend to the divine realm.

Why similar: God Game 51.5% ★, Strategy 21.9%, Simulation 16.4%, Casual 6.6%, Indie 3.6%

Become an "Internship God" and master HAMMY's life.A group of lovely but ignorant HAMMY, a small island with nothing, all of which will change in your hands. Go to give HAMMY different lives and guide them to different future!

Why similar: Simulation 53.8%, Casual 18.3%, Sandbox 17.4%, Indie 10.5%

Survive like a God in this inspiring survival simulation game.

Why similar: Strategy 46.9%, Simulation 45%, Indie 8.1%

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 54.8% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Open World 9.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 9.3%

Lead your people. Survive the wilderness. Fight for honor. Reclaim your eternal reward. A brand new strategy game from the developers of Cultures and The Settlers II.

Why similar: Strategy 53.9%, Simulation 39.2%, Indie 7%

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 56.2% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Open World 8.2%, Casual 4.8%

The Mahjong Roguelike. Aotenjo: Infinite Hands is an deckbuilder where you will use Mahjong styles all over the world to beat innate threats, play different Patterns and combos, reach the "bottom" of Aotenjo, and discover ancient secrets....

Why similar: Strategy 78.4%, Simulation 17.2%, Casual 2.7%, Indie 1.7%

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: Strategy 84.9%, Indie 15.1%