Games Like Reus

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 63.7% ★, Sandbox 8.5%, Strategy 7.8%, Resource Management 4.7%, Simulation 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel expands on the original's core mechanics with deeper planet-shaping and more complex human interactions.

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 69.7% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Strategy 7.1%, Simulation 4.3%, Resource Management 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the god-game genre where you guide a civilization from the Stone Age to the Space Age while managing planetary resources.

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 80.4% ★, Sandbox 6.7%, Strategy 5%, Simulation 5%, Puzzle 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features similar environmental manipulation mechanics where you must reshape the terrain to protect your followers from natural disasters.

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 75.1% ★, Sandbox 14.9%, Simulation 5.8%, Indie 2%, Fantasy 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox god-game that allows you to influence the development of civilizations, wars, and ecosystems on a global scale.

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

Why similar: God Game 63.8% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 4.5%, Resource Management 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused god-game that emphasizes the tactile experience of shaping the world and managing the needs of your growing population.

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 75.4% ★, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 8.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: This strategy game focuses on the management of a religion, requiring you to influence followers and compete with other deities.

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 73.5% ★, Simulation 11.7%, Indie 6.4%, Strategy 4.6%, Puzzle 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based god-game where you influence the environment and human progress through limited divine interventions.

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 61.5% ★, Sandbox 9.7%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 5.7%, Resource Management 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: You act as a god who can only influence the world through written commandments, forcing you to rely on indirect control over your people.

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 68.4% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 5.5%, 2D 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to classic god-games that focuses on 2D terrain manipulation and expanding your tribe's territory.

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 65.7% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 9.4%, Indie 5.8%, Puzzle 3.6%

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

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

Why similar: God Game 51.4% ★, Sandbox 17.9%, Simulation 12.3%, Indie 5.9%, Casual 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on nature, this game shares the satisfying loop of manipulating an ecosystem to help life thrive.

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 70% ★, Sandbox 9%, Simulation 5.9%, Puzzle 4.7%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the elemental puzzle-solving aspect of creation, tasking you with combining elements to build a world.

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 61.1% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Indie 6.8%, Strategy 6%

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

Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

Why similar: God Game 34.1% ★, Sandbox 30.1%, Strategy 15%, Simulation 6.4%, Resource Management 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features similar resource management and base-building mechanics where you guide a group of dwarves to survive and thrive.

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 63.8% ★, Strategy 13%, Sandbox 8%, Simulation 6%, Resource Management 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines god-game elements with colony simulation, requiring you to manage resources and defend your people from supernatural threats.

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

Why similar: Sandbox 39.5%, Strategy 32.1%, Simulation 20.2%, Resource Management 3.7%, Management 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate indirect simulation game where you manage a complex society and its environment through deep, emergent systems.

Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!

Why similar: God Game 70.8% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Simulation 6.3%, Resource Management 4.1%, Nature 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: An early-access title that focuses on the simulation of life and planetary development under divine guidance.

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 63.9% ★, Strategy 12.2%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 9.4%, Nature 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy god-game that emphasizes the strategic placement of resources to foster life.

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

Why similar: God Game 72.9% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Simulation 6.5%, Resource Management 4%, Casual 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a grand scale of evolution and planetary development that captures the feeling of playing with life on a cosmic level.

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

Why similar: God Game 77.4% ★, Simulation 6.5%, Puzzle 5.4%, Indie 5.3%, Casual 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist and colorful puzzle game centered on the act of creating and evolving a world.

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 36.5%, Strategy 27%, Simulation 15.9%, Indie 8.4%, Resource Management 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A complex colony-sim that requires careful resource management and environmental planning to keep your gnomes alive.

Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Why similar: Sandbox 31.1%, Strategy 24.3%, Simulation 17.3%, Resource Management 9.3%, 2D 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: While thematicly different, it shares the indirect management style where you design the environment to influence the behavior of the inhabitants.

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 39%, Strategy 32.5%, Simulation 18.2%, Singleplayer 6%, Fantasy 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale colony simulation that allows you to manage the growth and environment of a sprawling city-state.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Sandbox 33.8%, Strategy 27.9%, Simulation 16.9%, Indie 7.8%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep simulation of human behavior and resource management where you act as the guiding hand for a group of survivors.

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: Strategy 35.3%, Sandbox 22.7%, Simulation 20.2%, Resource Management 7.6%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the struggle of managing a small population against the harsh realities of the environment and resource scarcity.

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 53.2%, Singleplayer 18%, 2D 16.6%, Fantasy 9.3%, Funny 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a blend of base management and god-like powers as you grow your own religious following.

In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.9%, Simulation 24.4%, Indie 13.3%, Strategy 12.8%, Resource Management 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique automation game where you manage the development of a planet by programming robots to perform tasks for your civilization.

Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!

Why similar: Sandbox 58.9%, Simulation 24.7%, Casual 9.1%, Relaxing 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A casual exploration and shaping game that captures the joy of building a world from scratch.

Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.

Why similar: God Game 60.3% ★, Sandbox 22.2%, Simulation 10%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the physics-based manipulation of planets and stars, perfect for those who enjoy the 'god' aspect of planetary control.

Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.

Why similar: Sandbox 44.7%, Simulation 22.8%, Resource Management 17.8%, Nature 9.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A resource management game where you must balance the development of your civilization with the long-term health of the planet's ecosystem.

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 61.8% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 6.7%, Indie 3.7%

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

Why similar: Simulation 30.9%, Strategy 24%, Indie 11.4%, Sandbox 8.7%, Addictive 6.7% ★

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

Why similar: God Game 53.6% ★, Sandbox 20.9%, Simulation 7.5%, Indie 7.3%, Casual 4.1%

Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.7%, Indie 23.7%, Puzzle 17.9%, Casual 14.8%, Singleplayer 8.3%

Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery. Become Dr. Burke, a would-be surgeon with a less than conventional toolkit, as he performs procedures on patients including the Heavy from TF2! ...is that a hammer?

Why similar: Simulation 36.2%, Puzzle 23.6%, Indie 21.3%, Casual 8%, Singleplayer 7.1%

Step into rhythmic bliss with Runner2! Best Indie Game winner, Guinness World Record holder, and narrated by Charles Martinet. Unleash vibrant moves and beats in 120 levels!

Why similar: Indie 40.2%, Addictive 19.8% ★, Singleplayer 13.5%, Casual 9.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%

Immerse yourself in massive fleet battles where your dog-fighting skills will directly affect the fate of the cosmos.

Why similar: Simulation 47.6%, Indie 34.5%, Singleplayer 10%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%

ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

Why similar: Strategy 42.9%, Puzzle 15.6%, Indie 13.6%, Addictive 12.4% ★, Relaxing 9.4%

The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

Why similar: Strategy 29.7%, Puzzle 25.4%, Indie 15.7%, 2D 15.1%, Singleplayer 8.5%

Take Your Creature From Zero To Galactic HeroGet out of your starship and turn your Spore creatures into legendary Space Captains. For the first time, beam down with your allies to take on action-packed, planetside adventures. Complete quests, collect rewards, and even create your own missions.

Why similar: God Game 55.4% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Joe Danger, the world’s most determined stuntman, returns to embark on a death-defying thrill-ride across the set of the greatest blockbuster movie ever made. Across 100 crazy levels he’ll chase crooks by police bike, destroy laser-firing robots with a stolen jetpack, escape giant boulders in a minecart, time-travel to punch dinosaurs...

Why similar: Indie 66.3%, Casual 33.7%

A rock-solid combination of rock-rolling action, deep strategy, and captivating art and music from different ages of history, this is a game of crush or be crushed!

Why similar: Strategy 65.9%, Indie 24.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%, Casual 3.1%, Multiplayer 1.6%

Embark on an epic 2D pirate simulator RPG adventure, where you navigate both land and sea. Upgrade your ship, recruit and level up your crew, and uncover hidden treasures as you become a legendary pirate.

Why similar: Sandbox 75.6%, Simulation 24.4%

Use your power, show your might! Play this Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game! AWESOMENAUTS combines 2D platforming with team-based strategy and hero based action. Whether you are a new recruit or an intergalactic legend, play AWESOMENAUTS!

Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Indie 24.9%, 2D 20.1%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%, Multiplayer 4.6%

In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.

Why similar: Indie 44.8%, 2D 27%, Singleplayer 17.3%, Puzzle 5.2%, Strategy 5%

Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.

Why similar: Strategy 46.8%, Simulation 23.6%, Indie 8.7%, Sandbox 6.3%, Addictive 5.9% ★

Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

Why similar: Sandbox 31.1%, Simulation 20.7%, Strategy 14.9%, Resource Management 9.5%, Nature 7%

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Puzzle 52.3%, Indie 27.1%, Singleplayer 8.5%, 2D 7.1%, Great Soundtrack 5%

Set out on a grand adventure in this turn-based, retro style, pixel-art RPG, inspired by the great titles of the 90's. Take on the roles of in-game players taking on the roles of their characters in a traditional pen and paper RPG session in the ultimate meta roleplaying experience.

Why similar: Indie 45.4%, Singleplayer 15.7%, Casual 13.8%, Fantasy 13.2%, 2D 7.6%

Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.

Why similar: Indie 58.9%, 2D 26.5%, Singleplayer 6.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%, Funny 2.6%

Toki Tori 2+ may look cute, but it’s a challenging puzzle adventure game. Whistle and stomp are the only moves you need to solve increasingly complex puzzles, as you go anywhere, anytime on a lush forest island.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.8%, 2D 19.2%, Casual 14.5%, Relaxing 12.3%, Fantasy 9%

Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.

Why similar: Strategy 31.4%, Simulation 22.7%, Indie 21.9%, Singleplayer 8.9%, Casual 6.5%

Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

Why similar: Indie 46.8%, Addictive 20.8% ★, 2D 15.3%, Singleplayer 12.5%, Fantasy 4.6%

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 72.7% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Indie 8.4%, Casual 4.9%

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 37.4%, Sandbox 28.3%, Simulation 15.3%, Resource Management 12.1%, Singleplayer 3.7%

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 61.7% ★, Sandbox 10.4%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 6%, Resource Management 5.4%

You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.

Why similar: Strategy 66.1%, Indie 15.7%, Singleplayer 7.6%, Fantasy 5.7%, Multiplayer 1.9%

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 72.5% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Sandbox 7.2%, Simulation 6.3%, Indie 3.8%