Games like Humanica
If Humanica is your kind of game, the closest matches are Whiskerwood, Nova Roma and Ostriv — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and cozy. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Humanica: 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!
Players who liked Humanica also play
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Whiskerwood
WHY THIS
Shares tech tree progression and an atmospheric mood with Humanica.
Top pick for Humanica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Nova Roma
WHY THIS
Shares terrain editing and an atmospheric mood with Humanica.
Second-strongest match for Humanica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Ostriv
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Humanica.
Third-strongest match for Humanica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Ground of Aces
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Humanica.
Ranked #4 for Humanica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
Norland
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Humanica.
Ranked #5 for Humanica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Humanica.
Ranked #6 for Humanica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Banished
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Humanica.
Ranked #7 for Humanica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Land of the Vikings
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Humanica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Humanica.
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
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Ostriv
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Humanica.
Reviewers of Humanica cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Sapiens
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Humanica.
Reviewers of Humanica cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
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.
Manor Lords
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Humanica.
Reviewers of Humanica cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Banished
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Humanica.
Reviewers of Humanica cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Dawn of Man
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Humanica cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
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.
Going Medieval
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Humanica.
Reviewers of Humanica cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Humanica at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Humanica on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Humanica.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Humanica on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Humanica.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Humanica on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Humanica.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Humanica on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Humanica on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Humanica.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Humanica on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Humanica.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Human Fall Flat
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Humanica on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Humanica.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Humanica on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Humanica.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Humanica.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Humanica.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Humanica.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Humanica.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Humanica.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Frequently asked about Humanica
- Does Humanica run on Steam Deck?
- Humanica is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Humanica cost?
- Humanica is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Humanica?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Humanica are Whiskerwood, Nova Roma, Ostriv.
- Who developed Humanica?
- Humanica was developed by PanfachDev.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Humanica.
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