- #1 Stacklands
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,013 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: Card Game 56.2%, Simulation 21.9%, Strategy 8.4%, Indie 7.6%, Casual 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core card-based management mechanics where you manipulate the environment and resources through deck interaction.
- #2 Reus
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,900 reviews2013
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In Reus, you control powerful giants to shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains, oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices.
Why similar: God Game 73.5% ★, Simulation 11.7%, Indie 6.4%, Strategy 4.6%, Puzzle 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic indirect god-game where you control powerful giants to shape the planet and influence the growth of human settlements.
- #3 These Doomed Isles
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: God Game 54.2% ★, Card Game 17.2%, Simulation 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Strategy 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines card-based deckbuilding with god-game mechanics, forcing you to protect your civilization from waves of enemies.
- #4 WorldBox - God Simulator
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,884 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 70.8% ★, Simulation 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the ultimate sandbox experience for a god-game, allowing you to watch civilizations rise and fall through your direct or indirect interventions.
- #5 Reus 2
94% matchVery Positive95% of 2,219 reviews2024
Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 72.8% ★, Simulation 13.1%, Puzzle 4.7%, Strategy 4.4%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel refines the original's indirect god-game mechanics with more depth in civilization development and environmental puzzle-solving.
- #6 WitchHand
94% matchVery Positive91% of 609 reviews2024
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.
Why similar: Card Game 47.6%, Simulation 39%, Strategy 10.9%, 2D 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.2%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based 4X strategy game that uses similar card-stacking mechanics to manage resources and expand your influence.
- #7 Crest - an indirect god sim
93% matchMixed65% of 373 reviews2018
Dev: Eat Create Sleep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 66.3% ★, Simulation 18.6%, Indie 7.1%, Strategy 4.6%, Casual 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the indirect nature of god-gaming, where you influence followers through commandments rather than direct control.
- #8 Godhood
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,081 reviews2020
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 69.5% ★, Simulation 23.3%, Strategy 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused god-game where you manage your own religion and influence followers through tactical turn-based combat.
- #9 Card Survival: Tropical Island
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,951 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 45.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Card Game 47%, Simulation 34.9%, Indie 9.7%, Strategy 7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a card-based interface to manage survival and exploration, capturing the tactile feel of Simmiland's interaction system.
- #10 Terra Nil
90% matchVery Positive88% of 8,333 reviews2023
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 42.5%, Puzzle 35.4%, Casual 17.6%, Singleplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: An environmental puzzle game where you act as a force of nature to restore ecosystems, mirroring the restorative god-like feel of Simmiland.
- #11 From Dust
91% matchMixed67% of 2,936 reviews2011
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 79.9% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 2.4%, Puzzle 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential god-game that focuses on manipulating the terrain and elements to protect your people from natural disasters.
- #12 Galimulator
89% matchVery Positive91% of 497 reviews2018
Dev: Snoddasmannen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Simulation 48.3%, God Game 47.9% ★, Strategy 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic sandbox god-game that lets you observe and influence the development of space-faring civilizations.
- #13 Cardboard Town
88% matchVery Positive81% of 2,136 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
Why similar: Card Game 48.6%, Simulation 38.1%, Strategy 9%, Casual 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that utilizes cards to determine building placement and events, aligning perfectly with the card-driven strategy of Simmiland.
- #14 Dorfromantik
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,027 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Why similar: Simulation 46.6%, Indie 17.4%, Puzzle 14.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Casual 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: While more puzzle-oriented, its tile-based world-building provides a similarly relaxing and satisfying growth experience.
- #15 Fate Tectonics
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 208 reviews2015
Dev: Golden Gear GamesPub: Toy Temp
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 51.6% ★, Simulation 22.3%, Indie 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Strategy 6%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game where you build a world by placing tiles, requiring careful planning to keep your civilization alive.
- #16 Equilinox
86% matchVery Positive92% of 2,999 reviews2018
Dev: ThinMatrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 48.8% ★, Simulation 35.3%, Indie 10.9%, Casual 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing nature simulation where you manipulate ecosystems and evolve species, focusing on the growth and balance of life.
- #17 Doodle God
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,502 reviews2015
Dev: JoyBits Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 65.5% ★, Simulation 16.6%, Indie 8.2%, Puzzle 5%, Casual 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic puzzle game that tasks you with combining elements to create a world, sharing the creative 'god' theme.
- #18 The Wandering Village
83% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Simulation 97.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique god-like relationship with a giant creature, requiring you to manage a settlement on its back while balancing the environment.
- #19 Tiny Civilization
84% matchVery Positive94% of 2,135 reviews2022
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 90.1% ★, Strategy 7.6%, 2D 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: Uses match-3 and card mechanics to simulate the progression of a civilization through the ages.
- #20 Fantasy Map Simulator
82% matchVery Positive89% of 3,843 reviews2024
Dev: The Stranger
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 81.1% ★, Simulation 12%, Strategy 3.5%, Indie 2.4%, 2D 1%
Why You'll Like It: An idler-style god-game that lets you watch the history of a fantasy world unfold based on your initial parameters.
- #21 Tidal Tribe
85% matchVery Positive87% of 94 reviews2019
Dev: PowPit
Windows
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 53.4% ★, Simulation 31.9%, Indie 11.7%, Strategy 2.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing god-game focused on terraforming and managing a small civilization in a sandbox environment.
- #22 Rise to Ruins
84% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 59.7% ★, Simulation 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Strategy 6%, Indie 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends god-game elements with colony simulation, allowing you to influence the world while managing the needs of your villagers.
- #23 The Universim
81% matchVery Positive80% of 10,483 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 78.1% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Strategy 3.9%, Casual 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A modern colony sim that gives you god-like powers to influence the evolution and technological progress of your planet's inhabitants.
- #24 Cat God Ranch
79% matchVery Positive94% of 2,138 reviews2024
Dev: CrazyPotato Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Lead hundreds of "wise" little animals to pay tribute to the Cat God!! 7 animal families, 100+ animals, 10+ Cat Gods, 100+ items, and various animal combinations waiting for you to explore!
Why similar: Simulation 47.5%, Card Game 38.3%, Strategy 8.5%, Casual 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that incorporates card-based mechanics to grow your ranch and satisfy your feline subjects.
- #25 LuckLand
79% matchVery Positive95% of 456 reviews2023
Dev: e-Jade
Windows
LuckLand is a strategy casual game that combines elements such as card building and Roguelike. To achieve ultimate victory, all you need to do is rotate the chessboard. This game does not include any real world currency gambling or micro trading.
Why similar: Card Game 39.3%, Simulation 30.6%, Indie 13.2%, Strategy 9%, Casual 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that uses card mechanics to manage resources and build a thriving settlement.
- #26 Super Island God VR
82% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: Empyrean Interactive
Windows
Jump into Super Island God and take on the role of a lost island tribe's deity in this exciting new God Simulator. Harness your divine power in this built-for-VR game and reward (or punish) your civilization as they journey through dozens of handcrafted challenges.
Why similar: God Game 59.4% ★, Simulation 26.9%, Indie 7.8%, Strategy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a tactile, immersive god-game experience where you manipulate a small island and its inhabitants in virtual reality.
- #27 Earthtongue
81% matchVery Positive90% of 210 reviews2015
Dev: June StringsPub: junestrings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 65.9%, Indie 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, 2D 2%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist nature simulation that allows you to observe and influence the growth of life forms in a 2D ecosystem.
- #28 Genesis of a Small God
78% matchVery Positive83% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Pierre Nury
Windows
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 67.4% ★, Simulation 19.7%, Indie 7.1%, Strategy 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy god-game that focuses on the development of a small-scale civilization through building and management.
- #29 Doodle Empires
76% matchVery Positive92% of 982 reviews2025
Dev: Turtle Stack Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.
Why similar: God Game 59.3% ★, Simulation 26.8%, Strategy 5.8%, Indie 5.1%, Pixel Graphics 1.7%
- #30 Hearthlands
80% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: God Game 48.7% ★, Simulation 30.5%, Indie 11.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that focuses on the management and growth of a medieval society, offering a more traditional simulation experience.
- #31 Idol Hands
78% matchVery Positive84% of 944 reviews2022
Dev: 樹懶叫工作室Pub: Mango Party
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Uesugi Wakari, the ex-member of an idol group, was kicked out after a masturbation video leak. How will you rebuild her dream and turn her into a superstar? Your hectic journey (and nasty fun) has begun! With 30+ pornos, 400+ pics, 20+ outfits, and more, Idol Hands will blow your... (Cough)... mind!
Why similar: Simulation 83.2%, Casual 11.5%, 2D 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game that emphasizes indirect influence over your followers as they expand across the map.
- #32 Odd Realm
75% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: God Game 55.4% ★, Simulation 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Indie 7.4%, Strategy 5%
- #33 Factory Planner
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 319 reviews2026
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.
Why similar: Card Game 49.8%, Simulation 28.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Casual 5.1%, Indie 2.8%
- #34 Rogue Hex
74% matchVery Positive89% of 252 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: Card Game 49.4%, Simulation 34.7%, Strategy 14.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #35 Creo God Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 66.8% ★, Simulation 17.5%, Indie 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%, Strategy 4.1%
- #36 Microcivilization
71% matchVery Positive80% of 1,364 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Homola
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
Why similar: God Game 85.1% ★, Strategy 7.4%, Indie 5.7%, 2D 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #37 Awe
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 258 reviews2015
Dev: Badland Development StudioPub: BadLand Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 65.4% ★, Simulation 16.7%, Indie 8.7%, Puzzle 5.1%, Casual 3.7%
- #38 Card Cultivation
73% matchMixed65% of 491 reviews2026
Dev: DarkIndexPub: IndieArk
Windows
Card Cultivation is a card management game that visualizes the process of cultivating immortality through cards. In the game, you will play as a cultivation practitioner: cultivate techniques, explore treasures, and craft weapons, Throughout re-cultivation, you will recover memory.
Why similar: Card Game 48.8%, Simulation 33%, Strategy 9.7%, Casual 4.4%, 2D 2.8%
- #39 Terra Firma
71% matchVery Positive94% of 569 reviews2025
Dev: Working as Intended
Windows
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 64.6% ★, Simulation 28.9%, Strategy 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #40 Planetary Life
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 743 reviews2025
Dev: Sotenbox
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 78.8% ★, Simulation 21.2%
- #41 The God
76% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: Struct9
Windows
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 52.8% ★, Simulation 30.7%, Indie 11.9%, Casual 4.6%
- #42 Idol Hands
77% matchMixed44% of 188 reviews2015
Dev: Pocket GamesPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Idol Hands is a strategy game where you gradually take over the world by guiding your people and defeating other gods.
Why similar: God Game 61.4% ★, Simulation 25.4%, Strategy 6.5%, Indie 4.4%, Casual 2.3%
- #43 Empire of the Gods
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 84 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Ancient Egypt cards. Master power, wealth, faith and life. Work your way up from a small tribe to a flourishing Empire. Win the Gods' favor and become the mightiest Pharaoh.
Why similar: Card Game 48.2%, Indie 25.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Casual 8.4%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #44 EarthRoyale
71% matchVery Positive85% of 178 reviews2024
Dev: Lizzycat / Lizabeth Gidlund
Windows · Mac · Linux
EarthRoyale is a Map simulation Observer game where the game each turn chooses one of many events to edit the world map
Why similar: God Game 58% ★, Simulation 26%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Casual 2.4%, 2D 1.7%
- #45 Life is Hard
73% matchMixed62% of 558 reviews2021
Dev: Pirozhok Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Life is Hard is a godsim town simulator game developed by a two-man-team. Your main aim here is to manage your town. Expand your domain, prevent famine, make war, trade with others, attract new people. Make history!
Why similar: God Game 33.9% ★, Simulation 32.6%, Indie 12.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #46 Fhtagn Simulator
70% matchVery Positive89% of 559 reviews2022
Dev: 锁眼工作室Pub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Fhtagn Simulator is a Cthulhu Roulette Deckbuilder. Set up card slots on roulette to maximize card's value. Collect evil creatures, spells, items and environment to build your deck. Your ultimate mission is to sacrifice spirit collected by cards to unseal the ancient gods that have come to earth!
Why similar: Card Game 50.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Indie 12.1%, Strategy 9.6%, Casual 5.2%
- #47 Deisim
70% matchVery Positive93% of 851 reviews2022
Dev: Myron Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.
Why similar: God Game 72% ★, Simulation 15.5%, Indie 4.9%, Strategy 4.6%, Casual 2.4%
- #48 Tile Tale
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Push colorful tiles into the grid creating fields of the same type to gain new tile types. Create different worlds such as jungle islands, wasteland volcano land or even a big city!
Why similar: God Game 84.6% ★, Strategy 7.6%, Puzzle 6%, Indie 1.2%, 2D 0.5%
- #49 Technotopia
69% matchVery Positive85% of 628 reviews2024
Dev: YustasPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Welcome to Technotopia, a city-builder card game. Take on the role of an AI designed to build a perfect city. Build districts, meet the needs of diverse communities and maintain the delicate balance between factions vying for control over you!
Why similar: God Game 62.2% ★, Card Game 23.6%, Puzzle 5.5%, Strategy 5%, Casual 3%
- #50 Vox Populi: Brazil 2022
69% matchVery Positive95% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Velsin
Windows
Play as an existing or fully customized political figure, and campaign for many alternative Brazilian elections! In "Vox Populi: Brazil 2022", you and the characters around you must promote your ideas and your popularity throughout the country to claim victory!
Why similar: Card Game 39.2%, Pixel Graphics 22.3%, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 11.8%, Indie 9.8%
- #51 Rana Card
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,332 reviews2025
Dev: VisionRanaPub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rana Card is a roguelike deck-builder where you play as a farm manager chasing TimeTech's KPI targets. Draw cards in high-stakes moments, survive Time Explosions, and unlock powerful cards. Build your deck, chart your own path, and face branching events and cataclysmic years on the road to success.
Why similar: Card Game 64.5%, Indie 12%, Strategy 11.3%, Casual 8.7%, 2D 2.4%
- #52 Paper Kingdom
68% matchMixed62% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: obece
Windows
Paper Kingdom is a colony management game. Stack cards to gather resources, build structures, explore and fight invaders. Turn a nomadic tribe into an empire.
Why similar: Card Game 49.1%, Simulation 26.3%, Indie 9.9%, Strategy 7.6%, Casual 3.2%
- #53 Tiny Kingdom
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: neltile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tiny Kingdom is a minimalist city-building strategy game where every placement matters. Start with a single hut and grow a thriving kingdom by combining buildings, unlocking synergies, and creating efficient layouts.
Why similar: Card Game 43.4%, Simulation 33.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Strategy 8.2%, 2D 1.8%
- #54 Terracards
68% matchVery Positive85% of 744 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Purrfect
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Farm, sell, learn, repeat. Terracards is a tactical roguelike-deckbuilder where you manage your own farm, You'll utilize animals, crops, and structures through cards, transforming them into valuable resources and wealth with each turn. But beware - deplete your funds, and it's game over.
Why similar: Card Game 47.1%, Strategy 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Indie 11.6%, Casual 9.2%
- #55 Crop Rotation
67% matchVery Positive94% of 548 reviews2023
Dev: Sprouting Potato
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Crop Rotation is a farming-theme card drafting game. Cards are played automatically so you can focus on the deck building and building synergies.
Why similar: Card Game 47.7%, Simulation 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Indie 10.1%, Strategy 8.3%
- #56 Aotenjo: Infinite Hands
66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,064 reviews2025
Dev: XO CatPub: XD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Mahjong Roguelike. Aotenjo: Infinite Hands is an deckbuilder where you will use Mahjong styles all over the world to beat innate threats, play different Patterns and combos, reach the "bottom" of Aotenjo, and discover ancient secrets....
Why similar: Card Game 51.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Strategy 14%, Simulation 12.4%, 2D 2.6%
- #57 Terra Firma 2
66% matchVery Positive89% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: Working as Intended
Windows
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 64.1% ★, Simulation 21.1%, Indie 7.5%, Strategy 3.5%, Puzzle 1.7%
- #58 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
65% matchVery Positive97% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: GortagonGame
Windows
Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!
Why similar: Card Game 43.9%, Simulation 43.3%, Strategy 10.3%, 2D 2.6%
- #59 Choice of Life: Middle Ages
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,774 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!
Why similar: Card Game 47.6%, Simulation 22.8%, Indie 12.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Casual 4.1%