Games like Idle Civilization
If Idle Civilization is your kind of game, the closest matches are Clicker Heroes 2, Go To Hell Must and 闲置神话 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration yields random bonuses, hybrid idle active gameplay and population allocation matters. 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 Idle Civilization: Take command of a pair of villagers and help them build a mighty civilization that will spread across the world and conquer it. Idle Civilization is a civilization builder management game where you will oversee the growth of your people into a mighty kingdom through building, research, warfare, religion, diplomacy, culture, heroic...
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Steam players who put hours into Idle Civilization 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.
Clicker Heroes 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for Idle Civilization fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
Clicker Heroes 2 is an endless incremental idle Action RPG. Embark on a never-ending journey to the top right of your screen.
Go To Hell Must
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Idle Civilization fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
Want to decide where mortals go when they die? Welcome to hell! With one click, you can decide whether mortals should go to heaven or stay in hell.
闲置神话
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Idle Civilization fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
挂爆电费，休闲摸鱼，偷懒耍滑！现代修真为皮；刷宝养成为骨；擦边玩梗为神。宅度与中二度突破天际，在游戏库内随时出击杀掉那些无聊的时间。其将为放置游戏中最离谱的奇葩；其名为 闲 置 神 话 ！
Idle Evolution
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Idle Civilization.
Ranked #4 for Idle Civilization fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
A game combination of genres time-manager / strategy / educational. Simple and addictive whose currency are the atoms and the goal is to have their control and reach the final evolution. God created the world in 6 days... and you?
AdVenture Communist
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Ranked #5 for Idle Civilization fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
The world's greatest communism simulator!
Farmtale
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering with Idle Civilization.
Ranked #6 for Idle Civilization fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
Build your farm from one chicken and explore the world as you progress. Buy animals, harvest crops, hire workers for management, and advance through unique buildings, quests, upgrades, and items in the ultimate idle clicker hybrid!
Tower Wizard
WHY THIS
Shares prestige system and a contemplative mood with Idle Civilization.
Ranked #7 for Idle Civilization fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
xiuzhen idle
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Idle Civilization fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
This is a xiuzhen simulation placement game! From the refining of qi, building the foundation to the ascension of the celestial realm, crossed into the divine realm. （The game has been updated with the english mod, but you will need to select the "english" beta in the properties option to update it）
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Idle Civilization at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Idle Civilization on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Civilization.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Idle Civilization on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Civilization.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Idle Civilization on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Civilization.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Idle Civilization on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Idle Civilization.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Idle Civilization on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Idle Civilization on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Civilization.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Idle Civilization on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and RPG with Idle Civilization.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Idle Civilization on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Idle Civilization.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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 and Simulation with Idle Civilization.
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?
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Civilization.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Civilization.
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 Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
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.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
AdVenture Capitalist
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idle Civilization.
Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
Clicker Heroes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Civilization.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Idle Civilization.
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.
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Frequently asked about Idle Civilization
- How much does Idle Civilization cost?
- Idle Civilization is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Idle Civilization?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Idle Civilization are Clicker Heroes 2, Go To Hell Must, 闲置神话.
- Who developed Idle Civilization?
- Idle Civilization was developed by Very Simple Idea Studios.
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