- #1 Gaia Maker
97% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: Garkimasera Games
Windows · Linux
Gaia Maker is a planet-wide simulation game of terraforming, based on real physics and geology. As the planet's overseer, wield advanced technologies to reshape barren planets into life-filled worlds. Foster animal life, cultivate civilizations, or destroy them. Their fate is in your hands.
Why similar: God Game 33.8% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Idler 12.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Space Sim 9.7%
- #2 Fantasy Map Simulator
96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,362 reviews2024
Dev: The Stranger
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.3 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 26.4% ★, Political Sim 14.6% ★, Grand Strategy 14.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Idler 10.1%
- #3 Command by Voice: World Conquest
96% matchMixed56% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Side Meicai
Windows
Rule a nation by issuing voice or text commands to an AI and conquer the world. Voice input supports Chinese and English; text input supports all languages.
Why similar: God Game 29.9% ★, Political Sim 17.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4%, Sandbox 12.7%, Simulation 7.7%
- #4 GalactiWar - Empire Simulator
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Silver
Windows
Watch empires rise and fall, or intervene with godly powers, in GalactiWar, a space empire simulation sandbox game.
Why similar: God Game 31.1% ★, Sandbox 16.3%, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, Simulation 10.7%, Space 10.2%
- #5 Historarium
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SemiRandom Interactive
Windows
Shape continents, civilizations, and see the rise and fall of empires. Follow individual characters as they rise to power. Or as mighty rulers fall to irrelevance. Create nations and see them evolve through the centuries. Or destroy it all and watch civilization react to your actions.
Why similar: God Game 29.8% ★, Political Sim 15.2% ★, Sandbox 14%, Idler 12.7%, Simulation 10.9%
- #6 Things That Happen on the Map - Realm Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lysemin
Windows · Mac
A sandbox world simulator where you generate a world and watch history emerge from interacting systems. Track wars, alliances, economies, cities, families, and individuals, then zoom from shifting borders to personal lives.
Why similar: God Game 30% ★, Political Sim 22.9% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Simulation 8.4%, Idler 8.3%
- #7 Drag and Conquer
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Grawr
Windows
A fast-paced, easy-to-learn grand strategy game. Drag your orders across the map and conquer enemy territory. Manage your economy to keep your armies supplied with troops and equipment. Play historical 20th-century scenarios or create your own in an advanced editor.
Why similar: God Game 23.7% ★, Political Sim 18% ★, Grand Strategy 17%, Wargame 11.4%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #8 Once Upon The Universe
92% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2026
Dev: Paweł Witkowski ByteEncode
Windows
Once Upon The Universe is a god-game that takes you to the VERY beginning of creation. You begin the game just after the big bang, with nothing but an empty space and a lot of super hot hydrogen in the entire universe. Fill the universe with life and watch it thrive - or destory it.
Why similar: God Game 40.3% ★, Space Sim 16.9%, Sandbox 15.9%, Space 12%, Simulation 6.7%
- #9 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,393 reviews2023
Dev: JoySpark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Ages of Conflict is a versatile Map Simulation game where you create and observe custom AI nations battle it out across an infinite number of worlds. Paint beautiful maps and scenarios, and command nations to change history into your liking!
Why similar: God Game 25.7% ★, Political Sim 16.2% ★, Sandbox 11.9%, Diplomacy 11.6% ★, Idler 10.7%
- #10 Warlord
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Baby War Elephant
Windows
Warlord is a fantasy map simulator where factions build, expand, and fight on their own. Create custom maps, scenarios, factions, and units. Then watch your world come to life.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.2%, God Game 17.2% ★, Wargame 13.2%, Simulation 12.5%, Grand Strategy 9.6%
- #11 Zen Men
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: The Dancing Dots
Windows
Watch a tiny island society evolve as Zen Men meditate, argue, form policies, chase status, and search for the one true creation myth in a strange, living simulation of belief, jealousy, aging, and history.
Why similar: God Game 44.4% ★, Sandbox 18.1%, Idler 17%, Simulation 16.4%, Atmospheric 1.8%
- #12 Kingdoms in Ink
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SQOOL
Windows
A fantasy world's history unfolds on a single map. In this grand strategy game, kingdoms rise, borders shift, and kings and generals pass through the generations. Simply watch, or command a nation and unite the world. Follow towns, people, dragons, and adventurers through a history all your own.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2%, Political Sim 15.7% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Idler 13.6%, Diplomacy 10.6% ★
- #13 Influence
89% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: RISE'S
Windows
You are the unseen force steering humanity toward the light of reason — or the abyss of fear. Every tap reshapes a civilization, and dozens of endings remember your choice. All the while, Fjord — your desktop pet — perches on your window and taps in your place.
Why similar: God Game 38.4% ★, Political Sim 18.6% ★, Idler 16.2%, Simulation 13.5%, Space 7.3%
- #14 SquareLife
88% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Panimu
Windows
Build creatures from a handful of traits and set them loose. Watch them feed, breed, fight, mutate and evolve; simple circles becoming many-sided beasts over generations. Play a free sandbox or escalating campaign goals. Every run is a different living world.
Why similar: God Game 33.2% ★, Sandbox 22.7%, Idler 21.3%, Simulation 19.5%, Indie 1.2%
- #15 Stellar Industrialist
87% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: PcZ Games
Windows · Mac
You are neither a general nor a soldier — you are a Stellar Industrialist. To you, peace is nothing but shutdowns and losses. Venture to the frontlines, strip battlefields for wreckage and salvage, turn spoils into resources, and expand your interstellar arms empire.
Why similar: God Game 19.4% ★, Grand Strategy 12.8%, Space Sim 12.5%, Space 10.4%, Wargame 9.2%
- #16 Evolution: Code of 6 Desires
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: andandy2025
Windows
In this evolutionary simulation game, you play as a deity sowing the seeds of life. Each human you create possesses a unique genome, where the combination of desire genes determines their behavioral patterns and fate trajectory. A sandbox about life, choice, and destiny awaits your discovery.
Why similar: God Game 37.6% ★, Idler 15.2%, Grand Strategy 14.2%, Sandbox 13.9%, Simulation 12.6%
- #17 Civitas: World Simulator
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 3-Storm StudiosPub: Wrenchy Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Civitas: World Simulator is a deep historical-fantasy simulation where nations will dynamically rise, fall, and evolve. In this game we model internal forces like ethnicity, culture, language and other inner political struggles.
Why similar: God Game 19.7% ★, Political Sim 15.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Diplomacy 12% ★
- #18 Provinces
84% matchNo user reviews88% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: HullHeimPub: HullHeim Games
Windows
A world-building sandbox where you create provinces, cultures, nations and characters to build your own custom worlds. Then influence the world you have just created by giving your characters ambitions make your own sandbox stories.
Why similar: God Game 40.9% ★, Political Sim 23.8% ★, Sandbox 16.8%, Wargame 12.9%, Simulation 4.4%
- #19 Reversed Front
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ESC Taiwan
Windows
The players may assume the role of Hong Kong, Tibet, Uyghurs (East Turkestan), Kazakhs, Mongolia, Manchuria, Taiwan or Cathaysian Rebel factions, establishing organisations in 269 territories in the Cathayan Continent to overthrow the Communist regime!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.7%, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Diplomacy 15% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Wargame 11.6%
- #20 Galimulator
84% matchVery Positive91% of 503 reviews2018
Dev: Snoddasmannen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.7 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: God Game 40.6% ★, Simulation 30.5%, Sandbox 23.6%, Strategy 5.3%
- #21 Inspiral: Echoes of Gravity
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: PcZ Games
Windows · Mac
Start as an asteroid, grow by absorbing other celestial bodies to become a planet, a star, and ultimately a black hole. Experience realistic gravity and orbital physics in an ever-evolving sandbox universe.
Why similar: God Game 33.3% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Space Sim 15.7%, Space 15.6%, Simulation 9.4%
- #22 Reus
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,999 reviews2013
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 67.1% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Indie 2.1%
- #23 Mini WW2 Simulator: Gear and War
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bad Aim Studio
Windows
A WW2 god-simulation game where you observe or influence nations’ military development and the course of war. Customize WWII unit loadouts, edit formations, and deploy infantry, artillery, and armored forces to shape the outcome of battles.
Why similar: God Game 32.9% ★, Political Sim 16% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Grand Strategy 11.3%, Wargame 10.4%
- #24 Idol Hands
82% 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 50.6% ★, Sandbox 22.4%, Simulation 16.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Indie 1.3%
- #25 Armory Doctrine
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nightride Games
Windows
Armory Doctrine is a real-time grand strategy game where you run a private arms empire and fight your own wars in a modern world sliding toward war. Expand your factory, master the global weapons market, and decide the fate of every shipment: sell it for profit, equip your own forces or arm a proxy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.7%, Diplomacy 15.2% ★, War 13%, Simulation 10.8%, Political Sim 9.5% ★
- #26 Module Warship
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XiuM
Windows
In 方块战舰:Module Warship, you command the fleet and design the ships.This 2D space sandbox rejects pre-set hulls, offering extreme DIY freedom instead. Assemble dozens of functional modules to craft your ultimate warship from scratch, then lead your custom fleet to conquer the unknown depths of space.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.4%, Space Sim 15.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Simulation 12.6%, Idler 11.4%
- #27 Small Living World 2
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 777 Pixels
Windows
Is a peaceful ecosystem simulator, bringing every aspect of nature to life. From the water cycle and plant growth, to animal behaviors and reproduction, observe your small living world evolve. All the tools are at your disposal to create your perfect forest.
Why similar: God Game 42.1% ★, Sandbox 20.1%, Simulation 17.8%, Idler 17.6%, Indie 0.9%
- #28 开局养成满级修士
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: GAO YU
Windows
idle sandbox game Create and expand your faction. Deploy various units, manage gold resources, and expand your territory. Guide your units through progressive level breakthroughs. Freely combine a variety of weapons (such as swords, staffs, etc.) and magic to shape each unit’s unique combat style.
Why similar: God Game 51.7% ★, Sandbox 21.1%, Simulation 19.6%, Strategy 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #29 Another Map Simulator
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overdramatic Games
Windows
Be the architect and the audience of a living, breathing fantasy world. Generate vast procedural maps, paint your empires, and watch as autonomous AI nations wage war, forge alliances, and build deep economies. Intervene as an active god, or sit back and watch centuries of history unfold.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.8%, Political Sim 25.5% ★, Sandbox 17.9%, Simulation 15.4%, War 6.3%
- #30 From Dust
78% matchMixed67% of 2,990 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 71% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #31 Edge of Power
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: David IusPub: Red Border Studio
Windows
A political sandbox where you become the architect of your state. Change the laws, manage the economy, and change the lives of citizens! Here you write your own history of your own country and the whole world. See how your decisions will affect the course of history!
Why similar: God Game 23.4% ★, Political Sim 16.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.3%, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, Sandbox 10.9%
- #32 The Sandbox
78% matchMixed55% of 575 reviews2015
Dev: PIXOWL INC.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
READY FOR CRAFTING VIRTUAL WORLDS ON YOUR PC?The acclaimed world-building game featuring a unique mission-based approach is coming onto PC via Steam Early Access. With over 16 million players on mobile & tablets versions and 1,500,000 pixel blocks creations shared in the Online Gallery to date, this PC version is taking world...
Why similar: Sandbox 43.8%, God Game 37% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 4.4%, Indie 1.9%
- #33 Celestial Front - Galactic War Sim
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: The Dancing Dots
Windows
Watch as stars battle for control of a simple simulated galaxy. Each star belongs to a faction, indicated by its color, and combat happens automatically between neighboring stars. Your role is to observe the dynamic battlefield as stars change ownership.
Why similar: Idler 20.4%, Sandbox 20.3%, Space Sim 18.1%, Space 12.6%, War 11.9%
- #34 Age of Resistance
74% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Luis Humberto
Windows
Age of Resistance is a modern grand strategy set in South America. Manage your economy, internal stability, political ideologies, and regional conflicts in real-time with pause. Will you be able to dominate the continent?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.1%, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Political Sim 14.9% ★, Simulation 13.8%, Wargame 12.1%
- #35 Crowns of Medieval Europe
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: plausegame7
Windows
Lead one of ten medieval kingdoms in this turn-based grand strategy game. Expand your territory, develop your economy, strengthen your army, and shape the future of Europe through diplomacy, war, and strategic decisions.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.3%, Political Sim 20.2% ★, Simulation 14%, Wargame 13.9%, Diplomacy 12.8% ★
- #36 Solar Smash: Annihilation
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paradyme
Windows · Linux
Solar Smash: Annihilation is the ULTIMATE sandbox simulation game. Unleash galactic chaos with lasers, meteors, black holes, and many more crazy weapons. With stunning graphics, smooth gameplay and an exciting arsenal of destructive tools – the universe is your playground!
Why similar: God Game 43.3% ★, Sandbox 22.8%, Simulation 15.2%, Space 13.8%, Sci-fi 2.8%
- #37 Solar Nations
75% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Flomgus Games
Windows
Command grand fleets and wage strategic wars on an interstellar scale in this new take on galactic Grand Strategy. Transform nature to suit the needs of Empire and surge forward! Will you guide aspiring interstellar nations to glory, or rekindle the flames of a long lost Empire?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.6%, Political Sim 18.5% ★, Space 12.2%, War 11.7%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #38 Trump Simulator 2025
73% matchVery Positive91% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: Luke Gayson
Windows
'Trump Simulator 2025' is a silly little game. Run the country while flying in Air Force One, thousands of feet in the air. Immerse yourself into the role of the President Elect!
Why similar: God Game 35.7% ★, Political Sim 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3%, Wargame 9.9%, Simulation 8.9%
- #39 Spike's Particle Sandbox
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SpikeViper (Kobe Albright)Pub: Vooper Media
Windows
Build machines, trigger chain reactions, and throw planets at each other. SPS combines flowing particles with rigidbody physics at scales from centimeters to thousands of kilometers. Run that experiment you've always wanted without burning down your house.
Why similar: God Game 44.7% ★, Sandbox 18.9%, Space Sim 17.9%, Simulation 16.2%, 2D 1%
- #40 Cascade: Hindcast
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Herni Dedalvs
Windows · Mac
Cascade: Hindcast is an alternate-history grand strategy game where monthly political and military decisions reshape a living war map. Use hindsight, spend scarce political capital, and watch borders, armies, and consequences move in real time.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24%, Political Sim 23% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Diplomacy 13.2% ★, Wargame 11.7%
- #41 Gods of Havoc: Into the Void
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Mykel Flynn
Windows
Gods of Havoc heralds a return to the classic God-Game: watch as your worshippers spread across the galaxy; guide their destiny through dreams; shape their worlds with magic; destroy their enemies with devastating spells; and manipulate space for their advantage! An intense and cunning strategy game. Part of the 'Gods of Havoc' Trilogy!
Why similar: God Game 29.7% ★, Simulation 17.4%, Grand Strategy 16.9%, Space Sim 12.3%, Space 10.7%
- #42 Poison Lizard Paradise
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Dドライブ開発部
Windows
A little cute Chiyari-style lizard growing game is here! Grow up fast ✨Grow up a lot! You may be able to meet various kinds of lizards? Let's love the lizards that move around in all directions ‼️
Why similar: God Game 58.7% ★, Idler 24.5%, Simulation 14.5%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #43 Sheep Island
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Arkhamsoft
Windows
You've get a no people island. Then there is only one thing to do. Use your hands to increase the number of sheep.
Why similar: God Game 53.2% ★, Sandbox 24.7%, Simulation 20.1%, 2D 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #44 Planet Architect
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devote
Windows · Mac
A planet-building sandbox where you create entire worlds from the ground up. Generate unique planets, shape vast landscapes, and use interconnected simulations inspired by real-world processes to bring your fantasy planet to life.
Why similar: God Game 31.6% ★, Sandbox 20.9%, Space Sim 17.1%, Simulation 16.9%, Space 9.1%
- #45 Asteroid Lanes
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FRIVERPub: KAYAC
Windows
Draw trade lanes across a single seamless universe drawn in symbols and lines, and let your ships mine, haul and sell on their own. Chase the materials you lack and the regions you want, push your network outward, and hold the lanes against pirates.
Why similar: Idler 23.2%, Sandbox 21.6%, Space Sim 18.3%, Space 16.1%, Simulation 10.6%
- #46 Mandate Eternal
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mandate Eternal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A grand strategy game that focuses on events across Eurasia during the Ming Dynasty of China. Featuring robust and detailed simulation. Lead your army in a real time 1:1 scaled RTS battle against your enemy. Manage thousands of regional markets and shape your empire to your will.
Why similar: God Game 31.2% ★, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8%, Wargame 11.5%, Simulation 7.7%
- #47 GardenGrow
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ADIRINK
Windows
A cozy houseplant simulation where every plant is alive. Grow, water, prune, and train unique species. Apply buff cards to push plants beyond their natural limits and create your own species with a capable plant editor.
Why similar: God Game 55% ★, Sandbox 22.5%, Simulation 20.6%, 2D 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #48 Worldline Simulator
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TANUKICODE
Windows
A turn-based strategy game with branching visual novels — and the tools to build your own. Wage war, forge alliances, and let every choice reshape the story. The bundled editor lets you author factions, characters, events and novels, tune the rules, and swap the map. It doesn't have to be Japan.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.2%, Sandbox 20.1%, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, Wargame 14.5%, Strategy 9.4%
- #49 Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,739 reviews2026
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The grand strategy classic returns with improved gameplay, a massive 13,892 province map, expanded diplomacy and wartime capitulation, new civilizations and scenarios, atomic weapons, smarter AI, enhanced visuals, UI upgrades, and major performance improvements.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.7% ★, Diplomacy 18.3% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Grand Strategy 13.6%, Wargame 13.2%
- #50 Sandbox:God Simulator
70% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: JYS
Windows
This is a pixel sandbox game where you can place multiple different elements into the scene to create a unique little world.
Why similar: God Game 52.2% ★, Sandbox 22%, Simulation 19.4%, Level Editor 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #51 WorldBox - God Simulator
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 56,966 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 45.8% ★, Sandbox 21.5%, Political Sim 14.8% ★, Simulation 8.6%, Idler 7.6%
- #52 Double Envelopment
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: quinntheceo Pub: quinntheceo
Windows
Double Envelopment is a real-time strategy game where you are a general in charge of conducting an invasion of foreign countries, using a mix of grand strategy, operational artistry, and tactical decision-making to capture enemy cities and infrastructure, and lead your army to inevitable victory!
Why similar: God Game 41.4% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Simulation 15.6%, Wargame 11.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #53 Tank of the Fittest
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wuhan Wind Tunnel Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
Tank of the Fittest is a dark aquarium roguelite. Twist heat, pH, oxygen, and pollution to cull the weak, trigger new traits and evolutions, set off chains of devouring, and forge one apex specimen powerful enough to turn the tank against itself.
Why similar: God Game 42.6% ★, Sandbox 17.5%, Simulation 15.5%, Idler 14.4%, Strategy 8.5%
- #54 Solar 2
69% matchVery Positive91% of 2,235 reviews2011
Dev: Murudai
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.
Why similar: Space 25.1%, God Game 25% ★, Sandbox 22.6%, Space Sim 10.6%, Simulation 8.2%
- #55 SPORE™ Galactic Adventures
69% matchVery Positive89% of 7,782 reviews2009
Dev: EA - MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 29.4% ★, Space 20.8%, Sandbox 19.7%, Simulation 17.9%, Strategy 4.6%
- #56 Power & Revolution 2020 Edition
68% matchMixed62% of 856 reviews2020
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The new version of Geopolitical Simulator 4, the ultrarealistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! Stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic and restart the economy, participate in the US elections or engage in lightning wars with new 2020 scenarios.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.1% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4%, Diplomacy 20.7% ★, Wargame 12.1%, Simulation 9.2%
- #57 三国記II
68% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: lufy
Windows · Mac
《三国记II》是三国记系列的第2部作品,是一款正统的历史模拟策略游戏。以中国东汉末年的三国时期为总体背景,围绕着争夺大陆霸权,展开了一系列的故事。 《三国记II》采取直接在大地图上进行游戏和战斗,让玩家体验征战四方的快感。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.4%, Political Sim 19.1% ★, Simulation 14.9%, Wargame 12.2%, Diplomacy 11.8% ★
- #58 Kim Jong Un Simulator
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3bomb
Windows
Play as Kim Jong Un and gain (or lose) the approval of your citizens in this reactive open world sandbox set in a satirized Pyongyang, North Korea circa 2011.
Why similar: God Game 39.3% ★, Political Sim 25.1% ★, Sandbox 20.7%, Simulation 12.8%, Atmospheric 1.9%
- #59 PLANETOON
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TOBON GAME
Windows · Mac
A space puzzle game where you create galaxies. Discover cosmic surprises and over 60 endings. Complete the ending collection to unlock Endless Mode, and see how far your own galaxy can grow.
Why similar: God Game 42.2% ★, Sandbox 16.8%, Space 15.7%, Simulation 10.3%, Space Sim 8.3%