Games Like Microcivilization

CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!

Why similar: 4X 21.3% ★, Automation 14.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Historical 11.1%, Idler 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most direct experience to Microcivilization by combining historical 4X progression with idle automation.

A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!

Why similar: 4X 21.9% ★, Automation 13.6%, Incremental 13%, Base Building 9.9%, City Builder 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the historical progression and resource management focus while adding deep choices that impact your civilization's survival.

Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!

Why similar: Incremental 43.1%, City Builder 21.2%, Idler 11%, Resource Management 7.4%, Strategy 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features deep incremental mechanics and meaningful faction choices that reward long-term strategic planning.

A text-based incremental idle game with a ridiculous amount of unique content. Automate old stuff as you unlock new stuff to keep things interesting for hours and hours, no spam clicking necessary! Trimps is everything you love about your favorite games, distilled to their purest form.

Why similar: Automation 32.8%, Idler 25%, Management 12%, Building 10.6%, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic strategic incremental that blends base-building and combat progression with complex resource management.

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 17.8%, Historical 17.6%, 4X 11.6% ★, Diplomacy 8.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: It provides the deep city-building and historical strategy elements that complement the incremental growth of a civilization.

An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

Why similar: Incremental 39.5%, Idler 19.1%, Economy 10.3%, Resource Management 10.3%, Management 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: As the definitive incremental game, it provides the core addictive loop that drives the progression systems found in Microcivilization.

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.

Why similar: 4X 19.2% ★, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, City Builder 12.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Historical 11%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy city-builder that emphasizes the logistical and economic challenges of managing a growing empire.

Survive the ever increasing pressure of time for as long as you can! A minimalistic incremental game about time management that takes inspiration from roguelite games, with a focus on meta-progression. Every generation has a better chance at survival, because previous lives influence its instincts

Why similar: Incremental 55.8%, Idler 28.3%, Resource Management 12.6%, Indie 1.3%, 2D 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique incremental roguelite that uses time management as a core resource, mirroring the decision-making pressure of Microcivilization.

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

Why similar: City Builder 39.5%, Resource Management 13.4%, Base Building 10.8%, Economy 10.3%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its organic city-building and resource management systems offer a more relaxed but equally rewarding civilization-building experience.

Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!

Why similar: Idler 43.5%, Strategy 15%, Resource Management 13.4%, Inventory Management 13.3%, Automation 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly satisfying, complex progression system that appeals to players who enjoy optimizing and automating their growth.

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Why similar: 4X 19.8% ★, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, City Builder 12%, Base Building 11.3%, Historical 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique strategic colony-sim experience where you manage and expand a complex biological empire.

Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.

Why similar: Incremental 21.6%, Automation 18.5%, Diplomacy 18% ★, Idler 15.1%, Resource Management 13%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on scientific progression and automation, providing a satisfying sense of scale as you unlock new technologies.

The Perfect Tower II is a mix between an incremental and a tower defense game. Build a town, manage resources and explore a variety of mini-games and tons of upgrades. Fully automate your game and watch numbers going up!

Why similar: Automation 22.6%, Incremental 18.4%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 15.6%, Idler 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at combining tower defense mechanics with deep incremental automation and base-building elements.

A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.

Why similar: Incremental 27.4%, Automation 24.6%, Base Building 17%, Resource Management 15.8%, Idler 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward incremental game that focuses on the core loop of production and automation.

Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.

Why similar: City Builder 26.3%, Base Building 17%, Historical 16%, Resource Management 12.2%, Building 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends historical city-building with political simulation, capturing the grand-scale evolution of a society.

Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.

Why similar: Automation 16.7%, Incremental 13.1%, Base Building 13.1%, City Builder 11.9%, Resource Management 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the automation and supply chain management aspects found in more complex incremental games.

A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.

Why similar: Incremental 23.2%, Automation 21.7%, Idler 12.8%, Economy 11.8%, Building 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines casual incremental mechanics with colony management to create a lighthearted strategy experience.

An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!

Why similar: Incremental 21.4%, Automation 20.2%, City Builder 18.2%, Resource Management 15.1%, Idler 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a minimalist approach to automation and resource management that is perfect for fans of idle-style city builders.

Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.

Why similar: Incremental 43%, Resource Management 15.7%, Idler 15.2%, Building 8.4%, Economy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed incremental strategy game that emphasizes resource management and character progression.

A short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. Deploy swarms of drones, mine resources, unlock upgrades and harvest the power of the stars!

Why similar: Incremental 21.2%, Automation 20.1%, Resource Management 13.7%, Idler 13.2%, Economy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on resource-gathering and incremental expansion in a sci-fi setting.

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: 4X 24.4% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 12%, Resource Management 11%, Economy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic city-builder that emphasizes resource management and defense against external threats, similar to the combat elements in Microcivilization.

Idle Commonwealth is an idle game that pays homage to the best of the idle genre. Start small, grow your commonwealth, maintain morale, establish governance, invent technologies, trade and conquer your neighbors.

Why similar: Incremental 19.1%, City Builder 15.1%, Idler 14.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, God Game 10% ★

Why You'll Like It: It offers a historical-themed incremental experience that focuses on managing resources and population growth.

Click and Conquer is a short, relaxing incremental game. Drop bombs through the fog of war, uncover hidden enemies, collect rewards, and spend currency to boost passive income, increase bombing power, and unlock new maps.

Why similar: Incremental 42.6%, Idler 20.2%, Resource Management 15.8%, Economy 14.2%, Strategy 5%

Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation game that utilizes incremental clicker mechanics to drive its progression.

An incremental game where you go from small-scale MMO development studio up to global market domination. Improve your server infrastructure, address the technical challenges of running an MMO, release new games, and become the world's #1 MMO game studio.

Why similar: Incremental 30.8%, Idler 17.1%, Economy 9.5%, Resource Management 9.1%, Automation 9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on capitalism-themed incremental mechanics and simulation, mirroring the economic growth aspects of the seed game.

An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

Why similar: Base Building 19%, Automation 19%, Incremental 15%, Resource Management 13.2%, Idler 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines crafting and base-building with incremental progression in a relaxed, exploration-focused environment.

Lazy Galaxy 2 is an idle/clicker game with base-building and RTS elements. Lead an evil (albeit lazy) alien race to conquer the universe! Expand your base, fight vicious foes, and conquer the galaxies. Acquire combat experience and convert into candy, the most precious alien resource!

Why similar: Incremental 44.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Idler 15%, Building 7.7%, Management 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It blends auto-battler mechanics with incremental progression to create a fast-paced strategic experience.

Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!

Why similar: 4X 17.7% ★, Diplomacy 12.3% ★, Historical 12.3%, Base Building 11.6%, City Builder 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A historical survival strategy game that requires careful resource management to ensure your civilization thrives.

Slimeward is an idle game where players build and upgrade a village, recruit heroes, and defeat Monster 'Slime' that fell in front of the house one day,

Why similar: Incremental 23.7%, City Builder 18.2%, Automation 15.1%, Idler 14.1%, Base Building 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling incremental strategy game that adds a unique spatial dimension to the genre.

Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Why similar: 4X 19.9% ★, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, City Builder 12%, Base Building 11.1%, Historical 10.6%

You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

Why similar: 4X 19.8% ★, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, City Builder 11.6%, Base Building 11%, Historical 10.6%

Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!

Why similar: Incremental 21%, Base Building 13%, Idler 12.2%, City Builder 10.4%, Resource Management 9.5%

Ymir is a 4X multiplayer strategy game combined with a city builder where each player develops a civilization of pigmen starting at the stone age.

Why similar: 4X 36.3% ★, City Builder 25.3%, Economy 13.4%, Building 7.5%, Historical 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A complex multiplayer colony-sim that focuses on deep economic management and long-term civilization growth.

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: 4X 20% ★, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, City Builder 11.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Historical 10.4%

One part Minesweeper, one part Civilization. With every click of the mouse your empire grows stronger. But will it be strong enough to withstand the barbarian hordes?

Why similar: 4X 32.4% ★, Mythology 18.4%, Resource Management 13.8%, Historical 12.4%, Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a procedural strategy experience that emphasizes exploration and turn-based decision-making.

Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!

Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Resource Management 16.9%, Idler 16.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Economy 9.8%

This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.

Why similar: God Game 44% ★, Historical 19.3%, Resource Management 14.3%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 9.1%

“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: Incremental 24.6%, God Game 11% ★, Mythology 10.1%, Automation 9.8%, Idler 9.4%

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

Why similar: 4X 38.6% ★, Diplomacy 21.8% ★, Historical 16.1%, Economy 10.7%, Management 6%

Gridkeeper is an incremental game about managing "Grids" and using their power to run MineBots, research tech, and grow your mining empire by getting better Grids.

Why similar: Incremental 29.4%, Idler 18%, Automation 17%, Building 13.7%, Strategy 11.5%

Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.

Why similar: Incremental 18.3%, Automation 18.3%, Inventory Management 12.6%, Idler 11.9%, Resource Management 11.1%

(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.

Why similar: Incremental 39.3%, Idler 16.2%, Economy 11.4%, Building 10%, Management 8.1%

Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.

Why similar: Incremental 23.2%, Idler 15.4%, Resource Management 14.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Economy 11.1%

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: Incremental 78.4%, Strategy 17.6%, Indie 4%

Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!

Why similar: 4X 21.7% ★, Historical 16.1%, City Builder 14.9%, Building 10.3%, Resource Management 9.7%

Revolution Idle is a free idle incremental game with offline progress, prestige layers, and endless automation. Start simple, reach infinity and go further.

Why similar: Incremental 28.7%, Automation 24.7%, Idler 16.8%, Resource Management 15.3%, Management 10.4%

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?

Why similar: 4X 20.8% ★, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, God Game 13.9% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Base Building 11.5%

An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.

Why similar: Incremental 27.4%, Automation 27%, Idler 19%, Resource Management 17.7%, Strategy 5.5%

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.

Why similar: God Game 16% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Mythology 12%, Base Building 11.8%, Historical 10.6%

Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.

Why similar: 4X 20.5% ★, Historical 15%, Base Building 13.2%, City Builder 12.2%, Building 9%

Beaver Clicker is an idle game where you collects logs, then using these logs, you can acquire all sorts of sources for these logs, like convincing squirrels, sponsoring school field-trips, or even taming the fungi found in nature itself to help you in your wood collecting journey.

Why similar: Incremental 35.3%, Automation 13.9%, Idler 11.6%, Economy 9.5%, Resource Management 8%

A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

Why similar: Diplomacy 22.7% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 16%, Historical 14.6%, Building 9.2%

Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, Automation 16.6%, Base Building 15.6%, Resource Management 14%, Building 10%

Orb of Creation is an active incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!

Why similar: Incremental 58.2%, Resource Management 17.9%, Idler 15%, Strategy 7.3%, Indie 0.8%

Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!

Why similar: Incremental 21.6%, Automation 18.1%, Base Building 17.9%, Resource Management 15.4%, Idler 10.3%

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 35.5% ★, City Builder 26.7%, Building 13.2%, Resource Management 9.7%, Management 9.2%

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

Why similar: 4X 22% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Base Building 12.1%, Historical 11.4%, Resource Management 9.2%

Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, Historical 16.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Resource Management 12.1%, Building 9.4%

Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!

Why similar: Incremental 35.6%, Idler 18.3%, Resource Management 14.3%, Management 11.8%, Economy 11.5%

Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!

Why similar: Base Building 15.9%, Automation 15%, Idler 14.3%, City Builder 14.1%, Resource Management 12.7%

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: 4X 34.8% ★, City Builder 20.9%, Base Building 16.9%, Economy 10.7%, Building 10.2%