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 64.9% ★, Sandbox 8.3%, Strategy 7.5%, Resource Management 4.3%, Puzzle 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it refines the core mechanics of giant-based planet shaping and human management found in the original.

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 75.5% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Simulation 5.7%, Indie 1.9%, Fantasy 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game offers the ultimate god-game experience, allowing you to manipulate civilizations, geography, and natural disasters on a massive scale.

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 80.9% ★, Sandbox 6.6%, Strategy 4.9%, Simulation 4.8%, Puzzle 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This classic god game centers on real-time terrain manipulation and protecting a tribe from the forces of nature.

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

Why similar: God Game 67.9% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Simulation 6%, Resource Management 4.4%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused god game that captures the feeling of indirect influence over a growing civilization through sandbox mechanics.

Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

Why similar: Strategy 39.3%, Puzzle 14.8%, Nature 13.9%, Resource Management 12%, Relaxing 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like Reus, this game focuses on environmental restoration and puzzle-like terrain manipulation to bring life back to a barren planet.

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 72.1% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 4.3%, Resource Management 3%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the genre that blends planetary management with the development of a civilization from the stone age to the space age.

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 62.3% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Strategy 8.6%, Simulation 5.5%, Resource Management 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the 'indirect' aspect of god games, where you influence followers through commandments rather than direct control.

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 74.6% ★, Simulation 11%, Indie 6%, Strategy 4.5%, Puzzle 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based god game that shares the puzzle-like resource management and emergent gameplay found in Reus.

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 69.1% ★, Sandbox 11%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 5.3%, 2D 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled god game that focuses on direct terrain influence and expanding your influence across islands.

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 76.4% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This strategy-focused god game tasks you with managing a religion and influencing followers through indirect divine intervention.

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 52.7% ★, Sandbox 17.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Indie 5.6%, Casual 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A nature simulation game that focuses on balancing ecosystems and evolving species, mirroring the resource-management aspects of Reus.

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 73.7% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Simulation 6.2%, Resource Management 3.7%, Casual 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: An evolutionary sandbox game that allows you to guide a species from a single cell to a space-faring civilization.

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 62% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Indie 6.7%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing god game that focuses on terrain shaping and managing the growth of a small tribe on a changing 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 35% ★, Sandbox 30.4%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 6.2%, Resource Management 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines resource management and building with indirect control over a group of dwarves in a sandbox environment.

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 36.8%, Strategy 26.9%, Simulation 15.7%, Indie 8.4%, Resource Management 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep colony simulation that requires careful management of terrain and resources to keep your population thriving.

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

Why similar: God Game 54.7% ★, Sandbox 20.4%, Simulation 7.2%, Indie 7.1%, Casual 4%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox game where you grow your own solar system, capturing the scale and creative freedom of a god game.

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 64.8% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Sandbox 7.9%, Simulation 5.7%, Indie 3%

Why You'll Like It: It blends traditional god-game powers with deep colony management, requiring you to protect your people from environmental threats.

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 70.8% ★, Sandbox 8.8%, Simulation 5.6%, Puzzle 4.8%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-based god game that focuses on combining elements to create new life and technology, matching the puzzle-like progression of Reus.

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 64.2% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 5.5%, Resource Management 4%

Why You'll Like It: An early-access god game that focuses on sandbox simulation and the development of life on a planetary scale.

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 26.6%, Indie 23%, Puzzle 18.4%, Casual 14.6%, Singleplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: While different in theme, its puzzle-based resource management and unique interaction with the game world share a similar 'toy-like' feel.

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 65% ★, Strategy 11.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Nature 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy and life simulation game that provides players with god-like powers to influence the development of a world.

The best-selling, award-winning franchise is back – on your home PC in gorgeous HD for the first time.

Why similar: Sandbox 39.7%, Puzzle 18.9%, Strategy 12%, Casual 8%, 2D 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox puzzle game that rewards experimentation and indirect problem-solving in a way that feels very rewarding.

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: God Game 32% ★, Sandbox 29.8%, Strategy 21.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Indie 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A colony builder that allows for significant environmental terraforming and building management in a charming voxel world.

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 77.9% ★, Simulation 6.2%, Puzzle 5.5%, Indie 5.1%, Casual 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that tasks you with shaping worlds and managing their growth through logical placement.

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 39.2%, Strategy 32.4%, Simulation 17.7%, Singleplayer 5.9%, Fantasy 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A large-scale colony simulation that gives you god-like oversight over the development and management of a massive city-state.

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 35.4%, Sandbox 23.1%, Simulation 20%, Indie 7.3%, Resource Management 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that focuses on the survival of a small population, emphasizing the delicate balance of resources needed for growth.

Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.

Why similar: Sandbox 41.5%, Simulation 18.1%, Indie 10.8%, Nature 7.4%, Casual 7%

Why You'll Like It: A purely creative, relaxing world-building tool that focuses on the joy of shaping environments without the pressure of management.

Plentiful is a nature sandbox. You shape the land and everything responds—water, plants, animals, and your people. Learn how this world works. Your tribe’s survival depends on it.

Why similar: God Game 66.2% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 7.8%, Simulation 5.2%, Nature 3%

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 44.2%, Resource Management 24%, Simulation 21.3%, Nature 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game focused on environmental management and resource balance, requiring players to consider the long-term impact of their actions.

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 25.3%, Simulation 24.2%, Indie 13.3%, Strategy 12.8%, Resource Management 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A game about automation and resource management that requires careful planning to help a civilization flourish.

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 62.5% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 6.4%, Indie 3.6%

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 30.3%, Strategy 23.8%, Indie 11.2%, Sandbox 8.8%, Addictive 7.3% ★

Shape a planet. Watch history unfold.

Why similar: Strategy 33.6%, Sandbox 28%, Simulation 22.7%, 2D 4.1%, Resource Management 4%

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 35.4%, Puzzle 24.4%, Indie 21%, Casual 8%, Singleplayer 7%

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 56.9% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%

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 55.9%, Casual 34.6%, Funny 9.5%

Existential Nature Simulation

Why similar: God Game 59.7% ★, Simulation 16.3%, Indie 8.8%, Casual 5.1%, Relaxing 3.7%

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 66.6% ★, Strategy 15.1%, Simulation 9%, Indie 5.6%, Puzzle 3.6%

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 45.6%, Addictive 22.2% ★, 2D 15.2%, Singleplayer 12.2%, Fantasy 4.9%

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 76%, Simulation 24%

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

Why similar: Strategy 42%, Puzzle 16.2%, Addictive 13.4% ★, Indie 13.2%, Relaxing 9.3%

World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.4%, Indie 24.4%, Singleplayer 8.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%, 2D 7.5%

Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!

Why similar: Strategy 77.6%, Indie 19.3%, Singleplayer 3%

Add horror and humor to your universe. Make grotesque beasts or cuddly critters, then watch them do the robot, zombie walk, break dance and more! Includes over 100 new items. 60 New parts 48 New paint options 24 New animations

Why similar: God Game 69.2% ★, Simulation 12.4%, Sandbox 9.6%, Strategy 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%

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 74.8% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Indie 7.8%, Casual 4.6%

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 66.2%, Casual 33.8%

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 31.8%, Strategy 24.4%, Simulation 17.3%, Resource Management 8.9%, 2D 5.4%

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 53.1%, Indie 26.1%, Singleplayer 8.2%, 2D 7%, Great Soundtrack 5.6%

Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

Why similar: Sandbox 34.1%, Strategy 20.4%, Resource Management 17.7%, Simulation 17.5%, Indie 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 57.9%, 2D 26.4%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%, Singleplayer 6.2%, Funny 2.9%

Care for a miniature ecosystem in a strange world, exert limited influence to encourage the growth of different fungi and bugs and try to maintain the balance of life.

Why similar: Simulation 33.9%, Sandbox 25.7%, Indie 15%, Nature 11.4%, 2D 5.1%

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 31.1%, Simulation 22.5%, Indie 22%, Singleplayer 8.8%, Casual 6.6%

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 66.8%, Indie 25%, Singleplayer 3.6%, Casual 3.1%, Funny 1.4%

An epic open-world puzzle Metroidbrainia that respects your intelligence! Knowledge is your superpower. Use creatures as tools to determine your own path.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.9%, Indie 21.3%, 2D 16.4%, Singleplayer 14.2%, Casual 10.6%

Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.6%, Indie 32.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%, Singleplayer 7.4%, Casual 5.4%

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 73.3% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Sandbox 7.1%, Simulation 6%, Indie 3.7%

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Sandbox 59.4%, Indie 19.2%, Simulation 9.7%, Singleplayer 8%, 2D 3.7%