The Best World-building Games

Update : Topiopolis added at rank #2.
Here are our 10 Best World-building Games:
1

Afterlife (2023)

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early access PC Windows Xbox One

Be the main character, and show your strategy to protect the village by stopping monsters attacking it in the afterlife and to get back to where you were.


  • 2d
  • world-building
  • simulation
  • dark
  • metroidvania
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • immersive
  • pixel
  • archery
  • scroller
  • platform
  • nature
  • board-game
  • tactical

2

Topiopolis (2025)

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Topiopolis is a medieval world-building game based on accumulating and arranging tiles in the right places. You unlock new tiles when you place them next to others.

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  • city-building
  • medieval
  • simulation
  • world-building
  • casual
  • 3d
  • tile
  • puzzle

3

EverMerge: Merge & match game (2020)

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IOS iPhone

EverMerge is a part merge, part world-building puzzle game. Find new mergeable items - and meet classic characters and creatures. Drag, merge and organize pieces the way you want on the wide-open game board.


  • quests
  • world-building
  • wide-open
  • puzzle
  • discovery
  • sandbox
  • endless

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