Games Like Ruinarch

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 31.1% ★, Colony Sim 17.2%, Politics 11.9% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Artificial Intelligence 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a pure god-game sandbox experience where you can unleash disasters and influence the development of civilizations.

KeeperRL is a retro dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements. Take the role of an evil keeper and build a formidable dungeon. Recruit sinister minions, equip and train them to explore the world and fight the forces of good.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.1% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 9.1%, Management 9%

Why You'll Like It: A villain-protagonist game that combines dungeon building with god-like control over your minions and their environment.

Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.6% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Management 8.6%, God Game 8.5% ★, Simulation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the villain-protagonist experience, requiring you to build a base and manage monsters while causing trouble for local heroes.

War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 22.9% ★, God Game 16.7% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Colony Sim 11.9%, City Builder 10%

Why You'll Like It: A classic dungeon management game that captures the dark, villainous tone and strategic base-building feel of Ruinarch.

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: Colony Sim 28.2%, Base Building 16.8%, City Builder 10.5%, Sandbox 7.9%, Management 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for emergent social drama and colony storytelling, providing deep character interactions that mirror the chaos of Ruinarch.

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 22.9%, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 14.1%, Building 10.4%, Sandbox 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides unparalleled depth in simulation and emergent narrative, allowing for complex social dynamics and world-altering events.

Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.

Why similar: God Game 20% ★, Colony Sim 17.9%, City Builder 13.7%, Base Building 10.9%, Dark Humor 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that tasks you with building a hellish landscape and tormenting souls in a sandbox environment.

A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 47% ★, Base Building 18.9%, Building 9.7%, Management 8.2%, Strategy 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential villain-protagonist simulator where you build a secret lair and manage minions to achieve global domination.

Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.

Why similar: God Game 71.9% ★, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 10.2%, 2D 6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic god-game where you play as an eldritch horror spreading chaos and corruption across the land.

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: Colony Sim 31.4%, Base Building 27.8%, Dark Humor 18%, Building 12.9%, Strategy 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base management with dark, god-like influence over your followers, forcing you to make morally questionable decisions.

At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 37.1% ★, God Game 23.7% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Dark Humor 9.2%, Management 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Blends real-time strategy with dungeon management, putting you in the role of a villainous commander seeking to conquer the surface world.

Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...

Why similar: God Game 23.3% ★, Colony Sim 18.5%, Artificial Intelligence 13%, Base Building 11.4%, Dark Humor 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Puts you in the role of a malevolent artificial intelligence managing a facility, focusing on manipulation and resource control.

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 28.2%, God Game 20.8% ★, City Builder 19.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony management with god-like powers and tower defense elements to protect your village from constant threats.

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: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 8.6%, Sandbox 8%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval kingdom simulator that emphasizes character traits and social drama, much like the interpersonal chaos in Ruinarch.

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: Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A colony sim that grants you god-like powers to influence the lives and decisions of your subjects in a fantasy setting.

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 26% ★, Colony Sim 21.3%, City Builder 16%, Building 8.6%, Sandbox 8%

Why You'll Like It: A planet-scale god-game that allows you to guide or punish a civilization as they evolve through the ages.

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 27.7% ★, Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 13.9%, Base Building 11.5%, Management 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A god-game where you control powerful giants to shape the world and influence the development of human settlements.

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 72.2% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game where you create your own religion and influence the lives of your followers to gain power.

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 22.3% ★, Colony Sim 16.6%, City Builder 12.8%, Base Building 10%, Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the choices you make as a deity, allowing you to influence the world through either benevolence or malice.

Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Sandbox 16.6%, Base Building 11.9%, Simulation 11.3%, Survival 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation game with god-like progression and complex social dynamics based on Chinese mythology.

Dwelvers is a unique real-time strategy Dungeon Keeper-like with resource management, logistics, battles, magic spells, trading, crimes against humanity, labyrinths, and so much more. Are you able to eradicate the pesky humans once and for all? Of course you are. The Dark Mother wills it.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 36.8% ★, God Game 17.8% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Management 8.6%, Sandbox 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dungeon management game that emphasizes the villainous perspective and the logistics of building an underground empire.

Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 30.8% ★, God Game 21.4% ★, Colony Sim 14.5%, Base Building 6.9%, Building 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that puts you in the role of a villainous overseer managing a dungeon and its inhabitants.

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?

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, Base Building 14.8%, City Builder 14.5%, Management 9.6%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A colony sim with a strong focus on procedural storytelling and managing the survival of your people in a harsh world.

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 22.7% ★, Colony Sim 16.9%, City Builder 13.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that lets you play as a deity managing a growing population and their environment.

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: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 15.1%, Building 12%, Sandbox 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox management game that allows you to design and run a facility, often leading to chaotic social outcomes.

Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, City Builder 18.4%, Management 10%, Building 9.7%, Medieval 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony sim that focuses on the management of a medieval society and the social hierarchy of your subjects.

Conquer and destroy the dirty Humans by sending swarms of bugs to crush their home worlds. Evolve your Buggos into stronger, faster, more murderous creatures that can rip the Human defenses to shreds! No one can stop your evolutionary powers. You are the evil Buggo Hivemind!!!

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Base Building 20.3%, City Builder 18.5%, Building 9.5%, Strategy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game where you control a swarm of insects, focusing on expansion and base-building through a villainous perspective.

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: God Game 20.9% ★, Colony Sim 19%, City Builder 15.1%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that lets you play as a goblin tribe, focusing on expansion and survival through a villainous lens.

Manage Hell. Manipulate the Overworld. Build the resurrection business of your dreams! In Sintopia, you’re tasked with managing the bureaucratic administration of Hell: “re-educate” the sinful, generate profit, play god and expand your hellish empire. All part of a day’s work at Hell Incorporated.

Why similar: God Game 24.8% ★, Colony Sim 15.6%, City Builder 13.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Dark Humor 10.6%

Become a God, build a civilization. In this dynamic Roguelite God Simulator, guide human civilization on a procedurally generated pixel world. Watch your people grow, defend them against heretics, and build an immortal legacy.

Why similar: God Game 28.7% ★, Colony Sim 20.2%, Artificial Intelligence 12.8%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 9.2%

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 20.1% ★, Colony Sim 19.4%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Management 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A colony management game that focuses on the daily lives and interactions of your subjects in a structured environment.

In this world, it’s all about the gold! Use it to build up a fantasy town, recruit heroes, give quests, raise a Godbeast, cast powerful spells, and expand your influence—all one gold coin at a time.

Why similar: God Game 22.6% ★, Colony Sim 18.3%, City Builder 13.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Management 7.4%

Everybody wants to rule the world! Achieve global power with EVIL GENIUS, the one and only complete world domination simulator. All the everyday tasks of the deliciously wicked mastermind are available to experience and master from building your ultra-secret base to developing spectacular super-weapons to carry out your nefarious master...

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 53% ★, Base Building 22.4%, Strategy 5.9%, Management 5.2%, God Game 4.8% ★

Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.

Why similar: Colony Sim 40.5%, City Builder 20.9%, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 6.2%, Dark Humor 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A colony sim set on a floating city that requires careful management and strategic decision-making to survive.

Hell Architect is a hell colony sim. Build and manage your hell. Take care of the sinners with funny cartoon-style tortures, fill their needs, develop buildings, gather resources, grow your population. Prologue is a free standalone version of the game 'Hell Architect'.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 8.5%

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

Why similar: God Game 27.8% ★, Colony Sim 21.7%, Artificial Intelligence 13.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Sandbox 9.7%

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

Why similar: God Game 21.9% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Dark Humor 11.2%, Management 9.9%, Base Building 9.5%

Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 15%, Management 11.3%, Building 10.8%

Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 21.7% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 10.8%, Management 10%

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 31.9%, City Builder 22.7%, Building 11%, Sandbox 9.6%, Survival 6.7%

A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 14.8%, Base Building 13.4%, Dark Humor 9.7%, Building 9.3%

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 25.9% ★, Politics 19% ★, Colony Sim 14.4%, Artificial Intelligence 11%, War 8.9%

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: Colony Sim 23%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 9.4%, Sandbox 8.9%

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 34.4% ★, Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 19.6%, Management 10%, Sandbox 6.2%

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: Colony Sim 21.5%, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 9.6%, Management 8.6%

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!

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7%, God Game 13.6% ★, City Builder 13.4%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 7.7%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 9.6%, City Builder 9.1%, Sandbox 7.7%

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.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 14.4%, Base Building 14.1%, Building 10%, Medieval 8.6%

A bold reimagining of the God Game genre from the creator who defined it. Shape a living world as a god - or step into it and experience it through your people. Build, guide and defend your town by day, then survive the night when everything is under threat. There is no single solution. Only yours.

Why similar: God Game 30% ★, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 13.9%, Dark Humor 11.6%, Management 9.5%

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 36.6% ★, Artificial Intelligence 13.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 10.5%, Open World 7.8%

Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™. Play as the devious Martians as you construct detailed enclosures, manage staff, and most importantly - abduct and experiment on humans for the entertainment of your Martian guests!

Why similar: God Game 20.6% ★, Colony Sim 16.6%, City Builder 13.6%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 8.7%

The bastard child of Grand Strategy and Tower Defense, with a black humor infused plot, set in a grim, disillusioned world. Quell the rebellion, tame the Western Marches, disobey your orders and save your brandy. Not strictly in this order.

Why similar: City Builder 22%, Base Building 16%, Dark Humor 14%, Sandbox 12.6%, Medieval 8.8%

Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, God Game 14.8% ★, City Builder 12.1%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 8.1%

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?

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Management 10.2%

A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepted by the individual alien races, attracting them to harness their expertise and research new...

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, God Game 19.1% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Management 10.9%

Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 11.1%, Management 8.2%

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: Colony Sim 19.2%, City Builder 15%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 8.9%, Management 8.1%

Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6%, God Game 21.7% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Sandbox 8.5%, Survival 7.2%

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 46.5% ★, Simulation 25.7%, Sandbox 21.1%, Strategy 6.7%