Games like Sapiens

Chasing that relaxing and replayable feeling you got from Sapiens? These games are a good place to start.

Humanica
Humanica is a settlement builder that starts you in 10,000 B.C. with sticks, stones and a handful of hungry settlers, then walks you all the way to iron tools and windmills. Explore a hexagonal world, shape the land itself, and grow a village that looks as cheerful as it is hard-won.
Also in Colony sim and City builder · Relaxing, Replayable, Colorful
92% of 235 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$14.99
Paleon
Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!
Also in Colony sim and City builder · Relaxing, Replayable
81% of 387 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Dawn of Man
Lead a band of Stone Age humans through 10,000 years of prehistory: hunt mammoths, stockpile food for winter, raise megaliths and research your way to the Iron Age. A slow, satisfying survival colony sim where each settlement tells its own story.
Also in Colony sim and City builder · Relaxing, Replayable
86% of 17,172 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 310$24.99
Ancient Cities
Ancient Cities is a survival city builder set in the European Stone Age. Pick any time and place, from the end of the Ice Age to the late Neolithic, and guide a tribe through generations: gather, hunt, build, and watch your people live and work on their own in a fully simulated world. Slow, detailed and surprisingly peaceful for a game about not starving.
Also in Colony sim and City builder · Relaxing, Replayable
64% of 1,927 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$29.99
Tribe: Primitive Builder
You are the builder of an exiled tribe on a realistic island, chopping wood, crafting axes and spears, and raising shelters, kitchens and workshops by hand. Villagers take over the hauling and crafting once you set them to it, and rituals unlock grander blueprints across four lands. Gentle, low-pressure survival with a story to follow.
Also in Colony sim and City builder · Relaxing
79% of 703 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$19.99
Primitive Society Simulator
Lead a Stone Age tribe from flint tools to bronze, feeding your people while five ancient nations circle. Part colony sim, part grand strategy: build, farm, fight, trade and make rivals pay tribute. Every run plays out differently, at your own pace.
Also in Colony sim and City builder · Relaxing, Replayable
83% of 657 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$19.99
Don't get lost
A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim. Build colonies in an infinite world, alone or with friends via Steam or self-hosted multiplayer.
Also in Colony sim and City builder · Relaxing, Replayable
78% of 479 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Polylithic
Lead a Stone Age tribe from desperate hunter-gatherers to the first real settlements. Craft humanity's earliest tools, hunt mammoths, tame a hyena, and grow a village in a bright low-poly world that would very much like to eat you. Play the story alone or build your tribe with up to 9 friends.
Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Replayable, Colorful
70% of 321 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$14.99
Evolution of Ages: Settlements
Evolution of Ages is a game of managing resources in the ruins of our world. Recruit characters and level their skills and equipment from the stone age until the space age, while trying your best to avoid the very thing that led to our destruction previously.
Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Relaxing, Replayable
85% of 279 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$8.99
Colony Survival
A first-person colony sim in a voxel world. Plant a banner, put colonists to work as farmers, miners and guards, and hold the walls when monsters attack every night. Research your way from the Stone Age to gunpowder, gliders and rails, alone or in co-op.
Also in Colony sim and City builder · Relaxing, Replayable
92% of 8,292 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 111$24.95
Founders' Fortune
Founders' Fortune is a colorful village builder where every settler has a name, a mood and opinions about their bedroom. Design houses wall by wall, farm through the seasons, trade with travelers, and defend your little town from goblins and pirates. Gentle pace, plenty of charm, and a lot of small people to keep happy.
Also in Colony sim and City builder · Relaxing, Replayable, Colorful
81% of 1,864 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$21.99
Settlement Survival
Lead a band of survivors to a new home and raise a town from nothing: shape the land itself, plant crops, survive winters and disasters, and grow a settlement worth moving to. A colorful, low-pressure survival city builder where every map is new and every town plays out differently.
Also in Colony sim and City builder · Relaxing, Replayable, Colorful
85% of 7,783 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 254$19.99

Cheaper than Sapiens

Humanica

Guide a small band of settlers through the ages, shaping a colorful hexagonal world into a thriving village at your own pace.

$14.99

Paleon

Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!

$9.99

Tribe: Primitive Builder

You are the builder of an exiled tribe on a realistic island, chopping wood, crafting axes and spears, and raising shelters, kitchens and workshops…

$19.99

Primitive Society Simulator

Guide a Stone Age tribe through farming, crafting and trade while rival nations watch your borders, all in runs that unfold differently every time.

$19.99

Colony Survival

Put settlers to work in a voxel world, then hold the walls when the monsters come after dark.

$24.95

Settlement Survival

Guide your settlers as they clear land, plant crops and turn an empty map into a thriving medieval home.

$19.99

Polylithic

Gather, craft and build a Stone Age settlement, alone or with up to 9 friends, in a bright open world that fights back.

$14.99

Evolution of Ages: Settlements

Evolution of Ages is a game of managing resources in the ruins of our world.

$8.99

Founders' Fortune

Build houses wall by wall, farm the seasons and keep every settler happy, with the occasional goblin raid to deal with.

$21.99

AColony

A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community.

$19.99

Of Life and Land

Lead villagers through wild lands where every animal and plant is fighting for its own place.

$12.49

Kingdoms Reborn

Settle a fresh world each run, guide your citizens through the ages, and build, trade or compete alongside up to 18 other players.

$19.99

Hidden gems like Sapiens

Humanica

Guide a small band of settlers through the ages, shaping a colorful hexagonal world into a thriving village at your own pace.

$14.99

Havendock

Turn a lonely raft into a cozy ocean colony, fishing debris from the waves and automating your way up to submarines and a rocket.

$19.99

Of Life and Land

Lead villagers through wild lands where every animal and plant is fighting for its own place.

$12.49

Wild West Pioneers

Raise a frontier settlement from a handful of timber shacks to a gold-booming town, at whatever pace suits you.

$19.99

Synergy

An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources.

$24.99

Pioneers of Pagonia

Settle the foggy isles of Pagonia, befriend its tribes and piece together what broke the world, alone or with friends.

$20.99

Settlements Rising

Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game.

$18.99

Primitive Society Simulator

Guide a Stone Age tribe through farming, crafting and trade while rival nations watch your borders, all in runs that unfold differently every time.

$19.99

Going Medieval

Raise three plague survivors into a walled medieval town in a wilderness reclaimed by nature.

$29.99

CivIdle

Found a settlement, research your way through the ages and watch your civilization expand one building at a time.

Free

Polylithic

Gather, craft and build a Stone Age settlement, alone or with up to 9 friends, in a bright open world that fights back.

$14.99

Paleon

Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!

$9.99

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