- #1 FireMatch Empire
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FireMatch Studio
Windows
Awaken the first Stickfolk. Explore an endless world. Build your cities. Develop new technologies. Unlock new eras. Shape a peaceful civilization. No war, only creation.
Why similar: God Game 28.1% ★, Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 16.8%, Simulation 7.1%, Strategy 6.7%
- #2 Reus 2
96% matchVery Positive94% of 2,321 reviews2024
Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.0 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 30.1% ★, Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 12.2%, Sandbox 7.8%, Nature 7.2%
- #3 Landslide
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: 灵风工作室
Windows
Watching people run and build their towns in the mountains and resist the threat of local indigenous tribes! Here, you can destroy their town, open up the massacre mode, attach someone to their town, and experience new technologies, weapons, characters and stories.
Why similar: God Game 31.2% ★, Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 14.3%, 2.5D 10.4%, Simulation 10%
- #4 Adhain
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Wormhole
Windows · Mac
Become a god and expand your influence through kindness or fear. Grow your settlements, make villages believe in you, and teach your creature how to follow your example. Play alone or join other gods, as allies or rivals.
Why similar: God Game 32% ★, Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 10.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Simulation 6.3%
- #5 Croswa
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Ausuc Games
Windows · Linux
A world where mechanical and magical civilizations intersect. A strategy and simulation game in which you become a god and build multiple civilizations.
Why similar: God Game 27.9% ★, Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 12.8%, 2.5D 10.9%, Sandbox 10%
- #6 Biosphere-3
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Biekka Games
Windows · Mac
Biosphere-3 is a God-view Ecosystem Sandbox. Splice DNA to design species, watch them forge food webs and survival strategies. Raise volcanoes or glaciers to shape a dead planet. Unleash lightning, acid rain or hurricanes to steer evolution. Awaken as the creator — the last biosphere is yours.
Why similar: God Game 31% ★, Colony Sim 22.4%, Sandbox 12.7%, Nature 8.1%, Simulation 7.5%
- #7 GodWright
93% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: JaceDevPub: IronStack LLC
Windows · Linux
Build a pixel world and play god. Shape the land, seed civilizations, and watch kingdoms grow, trade, and wage war. Protect a favorite village or unleash dragons, meteors, and black holes. A single-player god-game sandbox with free play and optional objectives.
Why similar: God Game 28.6% ★, Colony Sim 18.9%, City Builder 12.7%, Sandbox 10%, Life Sim 10%
- #8 Halloween Store Simulator
92% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Rogue Muse Games
Windows
🎃 Begin your Halloween empire building and managing your first Halloween Store! Manage your staff and products to attract new customers! Grow your Halloween empire by building Halloween restaurants, cafes, and entertainment! Expand and make every day and everything Halloween! 🎃
Why similar: God Game 26.4% ★, Colony Sim 22.4%, City Builder 14.6%, Life Sim 10.3%, Sandbox 6%
- #9 The Universim
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 10,670 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.3 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 30.5% ★, Colony Sim 24.8%, City Builder 15.4%, Sandbox 10.2%, Procedural Generation 5.2%
- #10 Goblin Camp
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: Korppi Games Ltd
Windows · Linux
Build a new home for your goblins! Grow your settlement from a little encampment to a bustling city in a beautiful procedurally generated northern forest. Fish, farm, explore the forest and harness the spirits in a unique fantasy citybuilder inspired by Finnish mythology.
Why similar: God Game 25.6% ★, Colony Sim 20.6%, City Builder 13%, Sandbox 9.3%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #11 Re:Draw
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kam_ushek99
Windows · Linux
One day the Erasure happened. The world didn't die - it was simply erased. You're one of the few left holding a pencil. Restore the erased world from scratch: sketch, bring ecosystems to life, and watch as the settlers you drew build a civilization.
Why similar: God Game 31% ★, Colony Sim 26.6%, Life Sim 11.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #12 KN Tower - Build your skyscraper empire
89% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Kricom NetworkPub: KN GameStudios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, expand and manage your own skyscraper in this deep building and management simulation. Design every floor, optimize elevators, manage tenants, businesses and finances. Create a vibrant vertical metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, City Builder 15.6%, Life Sim 12.1%, 2.5D 11%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #13 A Game of Humans
89% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Scion Studios
Windows
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 25.1% ★, Colony Sim 23.9%, City Builder 15.8%, Life Sim 10.4%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #14 Deity's Domain
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unlikely Games
Windows
Deity's Domain is a God game with City-building elements. Set on a mystical Norse island, you compete with other deities for supremacy over the faithful. You can choose to be a kind or a cruel god, shaping the world around you with your decisions as you grow your personal Pet companion.
Why similar: God Game 28.5% ★, Colony Sim 19.2%, City Builder 13.3%, Sandbox 8.5%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #15 Planetary Life
86% matchVery Positive94% of 948 reviews2025
Dev: Sotenbox
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 28.4% ★, Colony Sim 18.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Life Sim 9.8%, Nature 9%
- #16 Wilderness Survey
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 无限工作室
Windows
《荒野调查队》是一款俯视角殖民地生存与远征游戏。管理各具需求的调查员,建设营地、生产物资、抵御荒野威胁,并组建小队深入洞穴与废墟执行任务,在不断变化的天气和事件中寻找让聚落延续下去的方法。
Why similar: God Game 30.8% ★, Colony Sim 29.6%, City Builder 14.3%, Sandbox 8.5%, Simulation 8.4%
- #17 Bridges & Docks
86% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Set Sail Games
Windows · Mac
Build the island of your dreams - either by hand or using procedural generation tools. Create cozy islands while completing objectives to unlock new items & tools. Adjust the quantity of bridges, the maximum height of the terrain, and meticulously tweak configurations to create unique island worlds!
Why similar: God Game 20% ★, Colony Sim 16.7%, City Builder 12.9%, Sandbox 11.9%, Minimalist 8%
- #18 Pioneers
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andy Cadman
Windows
Pioneers is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you transform barren planets into beautiful habitable ecosystems by terraforming the landscape and building a new home for humankind. Explore a variety of inhospitable planets that you turn into a colourful thriving world.
Why similar: God Game 28.1% ★, Colony Sim 20.3%, City Builder 13.6%, Nature 11.3%, Minimalist 7.2%
- #19 Sapiens
84% matchVery Positive80% of 2,200 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: God Game 30.4% ★, Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 15.3%, Life Sim 9%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #20 Planeta
84% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Tomas Daugela
Windows
Planeta is a planet-building game where you can create and customize your planet as you wish! Main goal is to create conditions for humans to live and build a rocket ship and fly to the moon!
Why similar: God Game 32% ★, Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 14.1%, Sandbox 11%, Simulation 6.8%
- #21 Spherical Symphony
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maaz BaigPub: Night Rain Studios
Windows
Guide tiny planets back into harmony in Spherical Symphony. Balance each world’s living systems, recruit cozy catfolk helpers, befriend cosmic sea creatures, trade between worlds, repel threats, and awaken the sleeping sun at the heart of it all.
Why similar: God Game 26.9% ★, Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 12.4%, Life Sim 9.7%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #22 Terra Firma
81% matchVery Positive94% of 605 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 41.4% ★, Life Sim 14.2%, Sandbox 13.7%, Simulation 11.7%, Nature 9.9%
- #23 Stonedeep
83% matchMixed46% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5%, God Game 16.4% ★, 2.5D 15%, City Builder 9.6%, Sandbox 9%
- #24 Primordial Empire
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marc A. Züst (Feisty Cyst)Pub: Slug Disco
Windows
Build a microscopic empire in this 2D colony sim. Cultivate ecosystems starting from basic stem cells, and evolve your plants and microorganisms into an intricate web of life. Assimilate wildlife, fend off invaders, and establish a cooperative network of colonies to thrive in the primordial soup.
Why similar: God Game 25.7% ★, Colony Sim 22.7%, City Builder 12.8%, Life Sim 9.4%, Nature 9.1%
- #25 Fata Deum - The God Sim
81% matchMixed60% of 463 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
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 28.5% ★, Colony Sim 20.6%, City Builder 13.2%, Sandbox 9.4%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #26 Angkor: The Holy City
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, God Game 18.8% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Resource Management 7%
- #27 Fantasy World Manager
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Florian AlushajPub: Legendary Pixels
Windows
Create a vast, living fantasy world: heroes, creatures, quests and events; cultures, religions and factions; overworlds, interiors and dungeons-filled with stories, wars and choices.
Why similar: God Game 38.2% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Sandbox 13.4%, Life Sim 10.8%, Procedural Generation 7.7%
- #28 Keepshore
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: fp32.ai LLC
Windows
A calm 3D island town-builder spanning nine ages, from stone huts to electric streets. Raise workshops, wire production chains, work a living market, and grow a town that keeps producing while you're away. Settle a new island to advance the age — every shore you leave sends tribute home forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, City Builder 18.1%, Life Sim 11.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Simulation 10.3%
- #29 WildRoot
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rahul Das
Windows
Build a thriving colony in a mysterious forest where every season, setback, and choice creates a different story.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, God Game 22.6% ★, City Builder 12.4%, Sandbox 9.9%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #30 To Save Humanity From Virus
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Tomas Daugela
Windows
To Save humanity From Virus is a building game where you are on a different planet trying to get resources to create a vaccine. The virus hit the earth and the only way to save humanity is to gather resources from the different planet.
Why similar: God Game 29% ★, Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 15%, Sandbox 10.4%, Minimalist 7.2%
- #31 MeowFactory
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Smola Game Studio
Windows
Welcome to the MEOWFACTORY! Automate production lines and manage limited space to achieve perfection. Connect machines with conveyor lines and minimize hand (well, paw) labour! In the near and depressing future, when the world is on the verge of destruction, ONLY MEOWORKERS can revive production!
Why similar: God Game 32.5% ★, Colony Sim 24.8%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9%
- #32 Hexagon World
77% matchMostly Negative31% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
Hexagon World is a God simulation game where you control the world.
Why similar: God Game 31.1% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Sandbox 11.9%, Nature 11.2%, Minimalist 6.6%
- #33 Kingdom Square
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mete İlhan
Windows
A tile-based minimalist city-building and automation game set in the middle ages.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, City Builder 18.4%, 2.5D 16.4%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 7.9%
- #34 Eco Park
76% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: LunaBrod
Windows
Eco Park is a game about ecology and lo-fi hip-hop. Manage a dynamic ecosystem with creatures eating, breeding, and dying in real time. You’ll need to introduce species to increase biodiversity. Keep population sizes under control, or one species might extinguish another.
Why similar: God Game 30.6% ★, Colony Sim 26.9%, City Builder 16.4%, Life Sim 11%, Strategy 6.9%
- #35 StarShip-DF
72% matchPositive100% of 45 reviews2026
Dev: 四哥
Windows
Build a 3D multi-layer starship and lead your colonists. Mine resources and salvage wreckage in space, or land to gather supplies on planets. Fight enemies, protect your crew, and build robots for the ultimate mobile base.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, God Game 27.1% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Sandbox 10.5%, Simulation 8.2%
- #36 Zoo Park Story
74% matchVery Positive86% of 132 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Well, what are you waiting for? Build a top-ranking zoo, set social media ablaze, and show the world your wild side!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, City Builder 16.8%, Nature 13.1%, Life Sim 12.8%, Simulation 8.3%
- #37 Your Island -KIMI NO SIMA-
75% matchVery Positive81% of 104 reviews2019
Dev: Andymente
Windows
Your people landed on a virgin forest island. Develop the island, build a house, make fields and barns, develop agriculture, fishery and industry, Let's develop into a wonderful island. It is a box-garden / sandbox-type simulation game that guides people and develops and develops islands. Andy maintenance (c)
Why similar: God Game 27% ★, Colony Sim 25.7%, City Builder 15.2%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 6.2%
- #38 Wild Souls
74% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Halfondarr
Windows
Plant a tree, watch the forest grow. Wild Souls is a chill ecosystem sim with no time pressure, inspired by Don't Starve and Zoo Tycoon. Build your own world like you would a garden, experiment which animals and plant species can live together, manage and balance the populations, write YOUR stories.
Why similar: God Game 37.5% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Nature 13.1%, Minimalist 7.4%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #39 Worlds Builder
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JoyBits Ltd.
Windows
WORLDS Builder is game about alchemy, controlling forces of nature, creating worlds, building, researching and trading! Create new lands, mountains and forests, build houses, farms and workshops, discover new technologies. Start with a small mining village and grow it into a rich city!
Why similar: God Game 29% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Sandbox 11.7%, Life Sim 11.4%, Simulation 6.4%
- #40 Idol Hands
76% 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 48.1% ★, Sandbox 17.8%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 12.4%, Open World 9.1%
- #41 GODBOX
73% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Freakshow Interactive
Windows · Mac
GODBOX is a coding god-sim where you program life, grow your power by unlocking divine domains, and compete against rival deities. Help your devoted Folk survive while you harness their faith to fuel your divine ascension.
Why similar: God Game 29.8% ★, Colony Sim 19.5%, Life Sim 8.5%, Sandbox 8.4%, Nature 7.9%
- #42 WorldBox - God Simulator
71% 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 40.4% ★, Colony Sim 22.2%, Sandbox 15.9%, Life Sim 9.5%, Simulation 6.1%
- #43 Creo God Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 243 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 36.4% ★, Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 16.9%, Sandbox 7.1%, Procedural Generation 6%
- #44 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 47.4% ★, Sandbox 18.4%, Simulation 14.5%, Nature 8.7%, Top-Down 6.9%
- #45 Antbox
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: nonanonanonanonanonanona
Windows
Customize your own ant colony. Test its viability against starvation and predation. Pit rival colonies against each other and see who comes out on top. Do you like to watch ants go about their day?
Why similar: God Game 41.9% ★, Sandbox 19%, Simulation 11%, Nature 10.5%, Procedural Generation 6.4%
- #46 Rise to Ruins
72% matchVery Positive88% of 7,765 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.7 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: Colony Sim 33.9%, God Game 25.2% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Sandbox 6.2%, Strategy 6.1%
- #47 Cafe Master Story
70% matchVery Positive97% of 443 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Serve up food, drinks, and smiles in this retro cafe management sim!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, City Builder 16.5%, Life Sim 13.9%, Sandbox 13.7%, Simulation 8.5%
- #48 AI Society
69% matchMixed63% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: b8ve
Windows · Linux
Build a town or run a game studio, both staffed by AI characters with real personalities. Watch townsfolk work, argue, fight, and raid dungeons. Or play the RPG your own AI dev team designs, builds, and ships while you run the company. Runs 100% locally on your machine.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, City Builder 19.7%, Life Sim 14.3%, Sandbox 12%, Simulation 11.2%
- #49 Don't get lost
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 481 reviews2023
Dev: Michael HutcheonPub: miicck
Windows · Linux
A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim. Build colonies in an infinite world, alone or with friends via Steam or self-hosted multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, City Builder 14.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Open World 7.7%
- #50 Whomers Ate My Lawn!
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Dreaming Saints
Windows
Dive into a simple yet charming world where curious Whomers creatures dig, eat, and survive in a compact 64x64 grid. This minimalistic simulation offers a peaceful experience of watching and interacting with small digital beings as they go about their lives
Why similar: God Game 30.8% ★, Colony Sim 26.2%, Life Sim 13.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Top-Down 5.7%
- #51 Pick Me Up
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ultra Sunny Studio
Windows
Experience survival and combat in a point-and-click colony simulation. Gather resources, build structures, and lead your tribe to prosperity. Interact directly with objects, ruling this world with a sacred cursor.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, God Game 25.6% ★, City Builder 18%, Sandbox 9.1%, Strategy 4.8%
- #52 Ages of Cataria
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Third Pie Studios
Windows
Set in a new fantastical world, Ages of Cataria is a cozy-friendly town sim. Watch as your village evolves from humble beginnings, with just one family, to a community of multiple families living together across generations of time.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, God Game 26.3% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Top-Down 7.1%, Simulation 6.7%
- #53 Reus
70% 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 64.9% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 6.5%, Resource Management 3.4%
- #54 Colonus
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Badhenke Studios
Windows · Mac
A medieval village-building game about shaping a charming settlement, cultivating the land, and watching a small community flourish.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, City Builder 20%, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 14.6%, Resource Management 6%
- #55 Manus Domini
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gik Studios
Windows
Control multiple nations on their paths through history. While balancing relations with outer powers. Whether your strategy is trade, war or technological superiority you will always need to be one step ahead of your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, God Game 24.6% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 6.1%
- #56 Boopie Island
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lord Drw Games
Windows
Build a cozy colony for your Boopies! Keep them happy with swings, flowers, and plenty of cozy surprises — and watch your little village grow.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, City Builder 18.8%, Sandbox 10.9%, Life Sim 9.9%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #57 Humanica
64% matchVery Positive94% of 215 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, City Builder 18.2%, Sandbox 9.5%, Nature 8.3%, Resource Management 7%
- #58 Keep Them Busy
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hooded Penguin
Windows · Mac
A colony sim where you build, manage, and expand across an open galaxy. Keep NPCs occupied, or they’ll develop autonomous behaviours—leading to crime, chaos, or rebellion. Balance industrial growth with environmental preservation, enforce laws, and defend your colony from extra-terrestrial threats!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, God Game 28.1% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Life Sim 10.7%, Simulation 6%
- #59 Crest - an indirect god sim
68% matchMixed65% of 376 reviews2018
Dev: Eat Create Sleep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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% ★, Nature 11.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Procedural Generation 7.4%, Open World 6.6%
- #60 Frostward
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Acres Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a settlement. Survive the winter. In this procedural colony simulator, your villagers are your lifeline. Guide them through a harsh wilderness and expand a struggling camp into a massive, thriving colony island.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, City Builder 16.3%, Life Sim 13.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Resource Management 8.5%