Polity Painter
Polity Painter is a minimalist sandbox tool for historical map enthusiasts.
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Games like Provinces
Miss the replayable and relaxing pull of Provinces? These games make natural next picks for you.
Fantasy Map Simulator
Draw a world, fill it with nations, and watch centuries of invented history unfold: wars, alliances, dynasties rising and falling. You can play god and steer it all, or let it run as your desktop wallpaper while you work. A quiet, endlessly replayable toy for anyone who ever doodled kingdoms in a school notebook.
Replayable, Relaxing
89% of 4,263 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 79$7.99Observe
A grand strategy sandbox where history writes itself. Watch nations rise, ally and collapse on their own, reach in with God Mode to redraw the map, or take command of any country, including the 1912 First World War campaign. Then build your own worlds, campaigns and national AI from scratch.
Replayable
92% of 126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$7.99Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
A map simulator for watching custom AI nations fight over the world. Paint terrain and borders, set stats and behaviour, then sit back while alliances form, revolts spark and puppet states flip the map. Made for history and geography nerds who like asking what if and watching chaos answer.
Replayable, Retro
96% of 9,505 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 715$6.99Doodle Empires
Draw your own nations onto a map, name them, and watch history unfold one card at a time. Kingdoms expand, split, unite and collapse while you decide which stories deserve to happen. A calm, turn-based sandbox for anyone who ever doodled empires in a school notebook.
Replayable, Relaxing, Minimalist
92% of 1,340 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 74$6.99Fantasy World Manager
Build a fantasy world from scratch and watch it live without you: heroes quest, factions war, creatures roam. A calm, colorful god game for people who love worldbuilding.
Replayable, Relaxing, Retro
70% of 122 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$13.49WorldBox - God Simulator
WorldBox is a pixel-art god simulator and sandbox where you paint continents, settle humans, orcs, elves and dwarves, then watch kingdoms rise, sail away, rebel and fall. Shape traits, cultures and laws or erase it all with lightning, plague and Crabzilla. It rewards tinkering, watching and retelling what just happened.
Replayable, Relaxing, Retro
95% of 52,047 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,155$19.99Polity Painter
Polity Painter is a minimalist sandbox tool for historical map enthusiasts. Effortlessly paint borders, name nations, and visualize alternate histories across diverse world maps including Japan, Europe, and the Americas. Your world, your canvas.
Replayable, Relaxing, Minimalist
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$4.99EarthRoyale
EarthRoyale is a Map simulation Observer game where the game each turn chooses one of many events to edit the world map
Replayable, Minimalist
85% of 170 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Things That Happen on the Map - Realm Simulator
A sandbox world simulator where you generate a world and watch history emerge from interacting systems. Track wars, alliances, economies, cities, families, and individuals, then zoom from shifting borders to personal lives.
Replayable, Relaxing
100% of 17 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$1.99Earth Simulator
Build a planet from scratch or start with the real Earth, then watch humanity grow from tribes to spaceships. Sculpt continents, steer the winds, send rain or meteors, and step down from the heavens to walk the streets of any city you made.
Replayable, Relaxing
92% of 232 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89$4.99Atlas Architect
A creative game where your imagination is your limit.
Replayable, Relaxing
69% of 203 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
Rule a fantasy kingdom in plain text and ASCII, where the choices are absurd and nearly endless. Tax breathing, bet on scorpion fights, hire a bard, or conquer the world.
Replayable, Retro
96% of 2,025 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$4.99
Cheaper than Provinces
Earth Simulator
Shape continents and climates, then watch civilizations rise under your hand, with friends along for the ride.
92% of 232 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89$4.99
Things That Happen on the Map - Realm Simulator
A sandbox world simulator where you generate a world and watch history emerge from interacting systems.
100% of 17 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$1.99
Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
Rule a fantasy kingdom in plain text and ASCII, where the choices are absurd and nearly endless.
96% of 2,025 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$4.99
Age of History II
Guide a civilization from ancient times to the far future, deciding when to build, negotiate or send armies across the map.
89% of 48,334 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 949$5.99
Genesis Relic: Idle Sandbox Simulator
A diverse sandbox idle sim featuring multiple maps from Three Kingdoms to cultivation, cats to cosmos.
92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Countryballs: Rise of Europe
In this game you play for countries of the modern and old world, or create your own.
55% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Potemkin
Potemkin is a sandbox strategy game! Build any map you can imagine! Conquer your enemies! Play on massive maps with hundreds of players at once!
83% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Countryballs Conquest
Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.
86% of 90 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
GodWright
A pixel god game where your people are watching you back. Shape a living world, then bless it or burn it.
33% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Epic City Builder 4
In Epic City Builder 4 you build a whole nation across multiple maps. Pass laws at the national level. Fiddle with the budgets at the city level.
72% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hidden gems like Provinces
States of Power
Command a World War II nation's armies, economy and diplomacy in a grand strategy wargame that fits a full match into one session.
90% of 503 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$9.59
Earth Simulator
Shape continents and climates, then watch civilizations rise under your hand, with friends along for the ride.
92% of 232 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89$4.99
Doodle Empires
Sketch kingdoms onto a blank map, deal out their fates card by card, and see which empires rise, fracture or fade.
92% of 1,340 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 74$6.99
Nations
Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion.
90% of 146 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Observe
Watch nations rise and fall on their own, redraw the map as a god, or take command of any country in a world you can build from scratch.
92% of 126 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$7.99
Warnament
Pick a nation, build alliances and armies, and take your own version of history into turn-based matches with friends.
84% of 498 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$9.74
Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
Rule a fantasy kingdom in plain text and ASCII, where the choices are absurd and nearly endless.
96% of 2,025 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$4.99
Fantasy Map Simulator
Draw a world, seed it with nations, and steer or simply observe as wars, alliances and dynasties shape its history.
89% of 4,263 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 79$7.99
Deisim
Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.
93% of 885 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$14.99
EarthRoyale
EarthRoyale is a Map simulation Observer game where the game each turn chooses one of many events to edit the world map
85% of 170 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Soulash 2
Carve out a life in a grim open world, then watch your bloodline carry on when death comes for you.
85% of 2,413 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$18.99
Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
Draw your own nations and borders, then let the AI turn your map into an ever-changing story of alliances and war.
96% of 9,505 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 715$6.99
Newest games like Provinces
County of Fortune
Place villages across a medieval landscape, grow them into cities, and weave trade between them.
80% of 151 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 692$22.49
Civitas: World Simulator
Guide a country from ancient times to the far future, juggling war, diplomacy and politics in a sandbox that reacts to every decision.
88% of 59 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 102
Fantasy World Manager
Shape a living fantasy realm, then step back and watch heroes, factions and creatures carry on without you.
70% of 122 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$13.49
Provincia Wars
Provincia Wars is a real-time strategy game inspired by the Roman Empire.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$7
Things That Happen on the Map - Realm Simulator
A sandbox world simulator where you generate a world and watch history emerge from interacting systems.
100% of 17 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$1.99
Crown Of Hispania
Rewrite the Reconquista in a grand strategy game set in 11th-century Iberia, where population, religion, and war evolve dynamically based on your…
94% of 48 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Cozy Country
Escape into Cozy Country, a peaceful fantasy landscape creator.
89% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
States of Power
Command a World War II nation's armies, economy and diplomacy in a grand strategy wargame that fits a full match into one session.
90% of 503 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$9.59
Earth Simulator
Shape continents and climates, then watch civilizations rise under your hand, with friends along for the ride.
92% of 232 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89$4.99
Age of Clicks
Grow an industry, raise armies and take over the map in a strategy idler where every conquest opens up more to manage.
72% of 651 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$12.99
National Transit
A sandbox strategy game. Build your nation's transport network, grow your economy, develop your cities, and raise your people's prosperity.
96% of 70 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$7.99
Polity Painter
Polity Painter is a minimalist sandbox tool for historical map enthusiasts.
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$4.99