Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Clockwork Empires
A unique colonial city-building simulation game
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Clockwork Empires launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Build the world’s first sentient supercomputer
2017 · its alternatives →
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This is a weekend project that spiraled out of control. I was originally trying to get Claude to play a ROM of the SNES SimCity. I struggled with it and that led me to Micropolis (the open-sourced SimCity engine) and was able to get it to work by bolting on an API. The weekend hack turned into a headless city simulation platform where anyone can get an API key (no signup) and have their AI agent play mayor. The simulation runs the real Micropolis engine inside Cloudflare Durable Objects, one per city. Every city is public and browsable on the site. LLMs are awful at the spatial stuff, which…
Feb 2026 · hallucinatingsplines.com · its alternatives →
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Escape a cold, inhumane factory and free yourself!
2016 · its alternatives →
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It all started as an experiment to see if I could build a game making heavy use of Deno and its SQLite driver. After sharing an early build in the „What are you working on?“ thread here, I got the encouragement I needed to polish it and make a version 1.0 for Steam. So here it is, Microlandia, a SimCity Classic-inspired game with parameters from real-life datasets, statistics and research. It also introduces aspects that are conveniently hidden in other games (like homelessness), and my plan is to continue updating, expanding and perfecting the models for an indefinite amount of time.
Dec 2025 · microlandia.city · its alternatives →
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A multi-agent world model you can play
May 2026 · agora.odyssey.ml · its alternatives →
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A prequel to one of the most addictive tower defense games
2014 · its alternatives →
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Exists▲132Generate your own 3D worlds and team-deathmatch in minutes
2025 · exists.ai · its alternatives →
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Crazy endless arcade with amazing artwork and concept!
2016 · its alternatives →
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Modern Empire is a thrilling online war simulation and strat
2016 · its alternatives →
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Dear Hacker News, I'm kindly asking for your participation in the open beta for my AI-managed mini-games website. Thank you in advance! For a limited time window, I'm setting the all-free feature flag to true. I hope you have a lot of fun exploring the AI's sense for games! Here and there, I tweaked it to help with visual consistency. I would be deeply grateful if you opted into analytics. $2,300 in API tokens... Cheers!
Jun 2026 · minigames.world · its alternatives →
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