Games like CivRise
If CivRise is your kind of game, the closest matches are Microcivilization, Thveit and Eden Universe — picked from the ranked list below. 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 CivRise: Forge your civilization in this strategic idle game. Develop knowledge, build wonders, command armies, and recruit historical figures as you evolve from primitive beginnings to a mighty empire. The Heritage system lets your achievements persist, making each new civilization stronger than the last.
Players who liked CivRise also play
Steam players who put hours into CivRise also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Microcivilization
WHY THIS
Top pick for CivRise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
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.
Thveit
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for CivRise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
Thveit is a cozy Norse settlement builder where changing seasons, ancient beliefs, and folklore creatures shape the fate of your settlements. Guide your settlers, manage resources, and grow a thriving community as humans and mythical beings learn to live side by side.
Eden Universe
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for CivRise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
A true God Game where faith, miracles, morality, and your Avatar decide the destiny of Eden itself. Guide your followers, perform divine miracles, and shape a living world as a young god.
Critias Empire
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for CivRise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CivRise.
Turn-Based 4X-like Strategy: Build the peaceful kingdom of Atlantis into a flourishing civilization. Plan carefully or be ready to adapt as the ancient Gods of Olympus rain down floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and all types of disaster.
Divine Ascendancy
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for CivRise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
Command a mortal civilization as a god of Olympus. Build through four ages, unleash 34 miracles, hold the line on the Road of Doubt, slay the dragon — and complete the Ascension Ritual to claim true godhood.
Cargo Protocol: Cyberpunk Trains
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for CivRise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
Build a logistics empire in a grim cyberpunk world: lay tracks, optimize production and delivery chains, research technologies, and expand your influence. Corporations are the new gods, and the Market decides who survives.
CivIdle
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Ranked #7 for CivRise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Sintopia
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Ranked #8 for CivRise fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
Manage Hell. Manipulate the Overworld. Build the resurrection business of your dreams! In Sintopia, you’re tasked with managing the bureaucratic administration of Hell: “re-educate” the sinful, generate profit, play god and expand your hellish empire. All part of a day’s work at Hell Incorporated.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CivRise.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with CivRise.
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 Indie with CivRise.
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.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
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 Indie with CivRise.
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!
Outpath: First Journey
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with CivRise.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with CivRise.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
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More from Catchy
Other recommendable Steam games by Catchy, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Digs TD
WHY THIS
Another title from Catchy, the studio behind CivRise. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
Take on the ultimate tower defense challenge in Digs, a roguelike game where you shape the battlefield, mine resources, and strategize against a variety of enemies. Manage your actions, customize your arsenal with upgrade cards, and explore diverse levels. Can you dig in and emerge victorious?
Digs Mini Icy
WHY THIS
Another title from Catchy, the studio behind CivRise. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
Digs Mini Icy is a mini adventure starring Warf. It incorporates mechanics similar to old classics like Sokoban, but with uniquely designed puzzles and added features. Warf is stuck in an icy mountain and must find his way while collecting gems and overcoming various obstacles
Dyeversion
WHY THIS
Another title from Catchy, the studio behind CivRise. Shares Strategy and Indie with CivRise.
Dyeversion is a color-routing tower defense. Drag liquid hoses from color sources to your towers, mix colors to forge powerful COMBO towers, and route your pipes around the enemy path. Battle dozens of levels, earn tokens, and unlock a deep skill tree.
Frequently asked about CivRise
- What games are most similar to CivRise?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CivRise are Microcivilization, Thveit, Eden Universe.
- Who developed CivRise?
- CivRise was developed by Catchy.
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 CivRise.
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