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Our Kickstarter is LIVE — Back Us Now! CivEconomy is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Early backers get exclusive rewards, backer credits, and the chance to directly shape the game's development. Less pretty, more witty. The civilization economics simulator for players who think. CivEconomy: From Bronze to Iron Experience the Bronze Age like never before - where every family's story s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CivEconomy.

About the GameIn Wilderness and Evolution, you will lead a tribe of primitive humans starting from the age of ape-men, embarking on a cross-generational journey of survival and evolution through a perilous world. Assign tribe members to gather, craft, hunt, migrate, and pray as you guide them through harsh environments, fending off wild beasts, natural disasters, and plagues. Collect inventions an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wilderness and Evolution.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 2,876 reviews

The Empire has fallen, leaving in its place multiple successor kingdoms. The lords and ladies of these petty kingdoms squabble for control and influence – whether with cloak and dagger or sword and shield, families feud amongst themselves and against each other as greater threats cast a shadow across the land. Famines wreak havoc on the lives of the peasantry, warfare and disunity threaten the soc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Norland.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

80% User Score Based on 89 reviews

Community About the GameColonies x Grand StrategyFusing the intuitive management of Colony-Build games with the clear competitive stakes and vast scale of Grand Strategy. Dive into diverse breakthrough tactics: Early Rush • Cultural Expansion • Trade/Slavery • Migration • Enforce other tribes to tribute or become your vassal. Combine these approaches, restarting to conquer new paths after each v… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Primitive Society Simulator.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Keziah’s Realm is an immersive survival game where you and 144 NPCs are scattered across a vast map divided into 36 procedurally generated chunks, each belonging to one of eight unique biomes. From the very start, you must forage for resources, craft essential items, and defend yourself to survive the perilous first night. From then on collaboration is key; forming clans with other survivors allow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Keziah's Realm.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

85% User Score Based on 47 reviews

About Medieval LegacyMedieval Legacy is a unique blend of family simulation and city-building strategy, where every decision shapes your legacy. Start as a humble citizen and guide your family through generations. Climb the social ladder to become the most influential family in the land. With strategy, wit, and a bit of luck, you can build a lasting legacy - but beware, as unchecked ambition may l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Medieval Legacy.

Colossal Citadels is a hardcore strategy roguelike, where you expand your settlement into an uncharted continent in The Infinite Ocean. Every worker is a link in a huge chain of survival, each one capable of becoming a hero and changing your whole empire. Take turns, expanding into the lands no one has ever seen before. Find a balance between exploring new resource types (from rare minerals to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colossal Citadels.

The stench of blood permeates the air. The tribe chants your name. Today, the humans pay. A Kingdom To Conquer is a 2D tactical action RPG set in a challenging procedurally generated world. Begin your adventure as a weak monster, clawing your way up the food chain. Scrape by to survive, fighting the few creatures weaker than you, taking quests that pay a pittance or gambling your luck in the pi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Kingdom To Conquer.

In global 4X strategy The Great Tribes, you won’t just recreate familiar nations using tired old blueprints. You will rather create a completely new civilization, guiding it from the earliest days of nomadic tribes to the era of rocket science. Remake the world as you see fit, utilizing large-scale terraforming. Or watch as the environment evolves organically through dynamic unscripted events. The… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Great Tribes.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

84% User Score Based on 4,254 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 4 reviews

Old World is an epic, historical turn-based strategy game. Set in the classical era, Old World gives players the chance to not just build an empire but to found the greatest dynasty of its age. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Old World.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

80% User Score Based on 424 reviews

Critic Score 88%Based on 2 reviews

"Life between myths. Clans, cows, choices. The spiritual successor to King of Dragon Pass, Six Ages combines interactive stories and turn-based strategy. Your small clan’s survival depends on its relations with the warring gods and their followers. Play involves actions such as improving pastures, exploration, trading with your neighbors, and raiding. You can even travel to the Otherworld to visi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

90% User Score Based on 4,192 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Thea: The Awakening is a survival game in a Fantasy setting with hexagonal, turn-based strategic gameplay! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thea: The Awakening.

The world has changed... Years of massive industrialization and overexploitation have deeply disrupted the climate, making it unstable and triggering violent storms as well as major ecological shifts. In the face of this situation, you’ve been forced to start over on new lands. Your task is to rebuild a sustainable society while avoiding the mistakes of the past, in a changing world where food h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Food Industry.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

69% User Score Based on 105 reviews

Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the Stone Age. Humans are not yet apex predators but one of many species living on Earth. You can be part of the change as a tribe leader, taking your people from Paleolithic hunting and gathering to building the first permanent settlements of the Neolithic age, paving the way for future civilizations. But before that can happen, you will h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Polylithic.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 7,062 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

Niche - a genetics survival game is a turn-based strategy game combined with simulation and roguelike elements. Shape your own species of animals based on real genetics. Keep your species alive against all odds, such as predators, climate change and spreading sickness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Niche: a genetics survival game.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

79% User Score Based on 602 reviews

Critic Score 30%Based on 1 reviews

Create your own epic saga of conflict, mythology and community! Rule your own clan, take important strategic decisions, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to King of Dragon Pass.

MediAevi is a medieval fantasy colony sim that was inspired by such great titles as Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld.  Select from one of several playable races, and choose the best colonists to begin your colony.  Choose where to settle in a procedurally generated world, with other towns and settlements that will interact with you.  Build your colony, and research new technologies to advance your weap… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MediAevi.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

97% User Score Based on 214 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

Life after myths. Death, disaster, despair. A standalone survival-storybook combining interactive fiction and turn-based strategy. The world is ending, and your small clan's survival depends on how you manage its relationship with the remaining gods and their followers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music

39% User Score Based on 602 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 3 reviews

At the Gates is an indie strategy game from Jon Shafer, designer of Civilization 5. You are a dark age lord building a kingdom to replace the crumbling Roman Empire. Manage your clans, explore the landscape around you, harvest its resources, and build a mighty economic and military machine. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jon Shafer's At the Gates.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

93% User Score Based on 2,137 reviews

Clanfolk is a medieval colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the harsh winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clanfolk.

Breathe Life Into a Dead WorldBiosphere Simulator is a planetary god game sandbox where you guide an entire world from barren volcanic rock to thriving spacefaring civilization. Shape the atmosphere. Carve oceans. Seed the first microbes. Then sit back and watch evolution unfold across billions of years as ecosystems grow, species adapt, and civilizations rise… or collapse into extinction. Every… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Biosphere Simulator.

Shape your civilization’s destiny in this epic turn-based strategy game. Manage resources, advance technology, and conquer through the ages. Every choice transforms history—will your empire rise to greatness or fall to obscurity? Key Features:Dynamic Historical ProgressionStart from ancient times and guide your people through key historical epochs—medieval, industrial, and modern. Your civilizat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EraTurn.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 1,806 reviews

UnReal World is a unique combination of roguelike roleplaying game and survival simulation set in the Far North long, long ago. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its depth, realism, atmosphere and immersion. The game is completely open-ended and you decide whether you wish to lead a life of a fisherman, a hermit searching for the peace, a brave adventurer, a rough hunter, a t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UnReal World.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

77% User Score Based on 435 reviews

Critic Score 55%Based on 2 reviews

In a uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, above all, their own prejudice. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Help Will Come Tomorrow.

️ Belatoris – Strategy, Adventure & War in a Living Fantasy WorldBelatoris is an adventure RPG with tactical turn-based combat, settlement management, and an open world that’s different every time you play. Lead your legion across dangerous lands, grow your influence, defend your people, and carve your name into legend. ⚔️ A Unique Start to Every JourneyChoose your starting legion – each with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Belatoris.

Forge a Civilization from Nothing From the ashes of a fallen world rises an unlikely sanctuary: a lush, yet perilous island named Luthenia. As the leader of a handful of survivors, your task is to guide them from the brink of extinction and lay the foundations of a new society, a new civilization. Luthenia is a deep colony simulation where every individual matters. You don't give direct orders; … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Luthenia.

Discord About the GameServus! Mayor of Altwaldheim! You've got your work cut out for you and let me tell you this is no easy task! As the newly elected mayor, you will face a great responsibility. The town faces threats from neighboring kingdoms, and keeping its citizens safe and happy is only up to you! Altwaldheim is a challenging, medieval-inspired rogue-like fantasy city builder. Take… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Town in Trouble.

Settletopia is a fantasy colony simulation game with multiplayer support. Develop a small settlement into a thriving multi-settlement civilization that spans the world. Build and Expand Your CivilizationBegin with a humble village and transform it into a thriving civilization. Manage multiple settlements, establish transportation routes, and lead your people through prosperity and danger. Cons… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settletopia.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

80% User Score Based on 11,782 reviews

Enter the world of Eco, a fully simulated ecosystem bustling with thousands of growing plants and animals living their lives. Build, harvest, and take resources from an environment where your every action affects the world around you. An imminent meteor strike threatens global destruction. Can you save the world without destroying it in the process? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eco.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

67% User Score Based on 296 reviews

TFM: The First Men is a strategy simulation enriched with character-driven base building, party-based exploration, and tactical real-time with pause combat. Inspired by the creation stories, Knights and Merchants, and Rimworld. Build your settlement with the help of various paths and crafts. Use countless traits, items, and skills to make the first men in your image. Raise and train children and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TFM: The First Men.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

86% User Score Based on 559 reviews

Turn-based historical strategy-sim will show you history of Predynastic Egypt. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Predynastic Egypt.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

86% User Score Based on 18,468 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dawn of Man.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay

79% User Score Based on 24 reviews

Gameplay introduction"War of Nations 2" ingenuity, integration of unprecedented game mechanism - turn-based gameplay under the framework of grand strategy, this innovative combination not only innovates the traditional mode of operation, by introducing turn-based mechanism, greatly simplifies the player's operational complexity, making the strategic layout more intuitive and smooth. At t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NationWar2:Chronicle.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

53% User Score Based on 659 reviews

What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story. Experience an abstract telling of the lives of our earliest recorded ancestors. Part board game, part machine, part nod to computer games of yore, it begins with a simple mechanic. Spend tokens to traverse … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

72% User Score Based on 248 reviews

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into a great 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 the battlefield. You start the game with a couple of peasants and limited resources to eventually turn your small settlement into a real… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to First Feudal.

A covenant is more than a castle. It is a community, a legacy, and a story that spans generations.   Covenantum is a seasonal covenant-management strategy game inspired by the tabletop role-playing game Ars Magica by Atlas. Lead a fledgling covenant of magi, companions, and grogs through decades of magical research, political intrigue, supernatural mysteries, and Tribunal politics. Every season … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Covenantum.

Liegecraft is a unique 4X strategy sandbox that will take you to a gritty medieval world, offering character focused and emergent storytelling of RPGs wrapped in an addictive ‘one-more-turn’ experience. Wield your vassals as your right hand: conquer lands and bestow wealth, promote the loyal, and banish the disobedient. Rally your lords for epic battles or send them on daring quests. Seize legenda… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liegecraft.

State of Affairs - A Modern Geopolitical SimulationStep into the role of a nation’s leader in State of Affairs, a turn-based political strategy game where history is yours to shape. Navigate the complex realities of governance in the 20th and 21st centuries, balancing domestic and international pressures as you build your legacy. Available Scenarios Japan: Post-WWII Recovery (1952) Rebuild a n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to State of Affairs.

Build an empire, founding its villages and cities. Every kingdom started with a single bonfire, and RAEV allows you to create your own thriving civilization across a sprawling continent. Craft interwoven cityscapes, inspire your people, and build a kingdom to forge your path to greatness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores.

Rule an Empire. Reshape a Century. Sultan's Decree is a card-based strategy game that puts you in control of the Ottoman Empire across 623 years of history. From the dynasty's founding in 1299 to the birth of the Turkish Republic in 1922, every swipe of your finger determines the fate of millions. Balance the demands of four powerful factions -- the Ulema (religion), the Reaya (people), the Milita… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sultan's Decree.

THIS LAND IS MY LAND HAS EXTREMELY STEEP LEARNING CURVE Take your trusty bow, fast mustang, and take back your lands. Engage with roaming patrols, sneak into forts and settlements, explore the beautiful world, craft weapons, and consumables, hunt animals, lead your loyal companions to victory! This Land Is My Land brings you a unique blend of stealth-action and strategy mechanics, allowing you t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Land is My Land.

Welcome to Soulworld After the meteor reshaped the land, survivors began building anew one home, one idea at a time. You arrive in a world still recovering, where villages emerge through the choices and contributions of players. Settle down, start a shop, or help shape the community from the ground up. Every structure has a story, and every player leaves a mark. As you explore, hints of an o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soulworld.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 918 reviews

What's included in the Early Access version? About the GameGame FeaturesBase-Building: Forge your destiny with boundless creativity as you assemble an array of building elements, fashioning your empire from the very stones of your vision. Intricate Interactions: Navigate a labyrinth of relations, alliances, and vendettas with an expansive cast of NPCs hailing from dozens of noble houses, al… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to House of Legacy.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

73% User Score Based on 1,550 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 8 reviews

Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oriental Empires.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 2,799 reviews

The Cataclismo left us broken. Construct fortresses and defend against waves of Horrors in this mix of tower defense and real-time strategy. Lead an expedition beyond the gates of the last city, and reclaim mist-shrouded ruins as you rebuild humanity—stone by stone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cataclismo.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization

69% User Score Based on 3,194 reviews

Critic Score 66%Based on 5 reviews

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Millennia.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

86% User Score Based on 240 reviews

Settlements is a feature rich game of Managing resources and crafting output over a limited space. Set in the ruins of our world, you will recruit workers and level their skills and equipment all the way from the stone age until the space age. The whole time trying your best to avoid the very thing that lead to our current civilisation being smashed back into the stone age. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settlements.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

72% User Score Based on 1,543 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 14 reviews

Massive Chalice is a single player turn-based tactics game within a multi-generational strategy campaign where you must unite your kingdom under a powerful dynasty as an immortal King or Queen to eliminate the demonic threat, and reforge the Massive Chalice. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MASSIVE CHALICE.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

61% User Score Based on 1,190 reviews

Ancient Cities is a Survival and Strategy City Builder PC game through the ages, strongly focused on history and realism. Currently being developed by Uncasual Games. Starting in the Neolithic era, you will have to guide your people through generations, discovering and improving technologies, managing resources and population, facing threats from raiders and Mother Nature herself. And, ultimately… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ancient Cities.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

72% User Score Based on 622 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

Star Dynasties is a role-playing sci-fi strategy game set in a divided galaxy following the destruction of Earth. A unique procedurally generated narrative of human drama and feudal politics is mixed together with a light empire management layer. Your choices. Your legacy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Dynasties.