Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Idle Realm

Harvest resources, build an empire in a strategy game

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Idle Realm launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Solar Idle▲66
A free, idol space game where you colonise a solar system
2020 · its alternatives →
2
Run an Empire 3.0▲133
Turn runs into adventures
2018 · its alternatives →
3
Bot Land▲83
A free-to-play automated strategy game
2019 · its alternatives →
4
Idle Space Dynasty▲22
You. Space. And a lot of money.
2018 · its alternatives →
5
Fallout Shelter▲180
Build your own vault to survive the apocalypse!
2015 · its alternatives →
6
Run An Empire▲82
A real-world strategy running game, now playable in the UK.
2016 · its alternatives →
7
Banished▲89
City-building strategy survival game
2015 · its alternatives →
8
Full Freeciv client running on WebAssembly▲97
Play Freeciv online! Freeciv is an empire-building strategy game starting at the dawn of time. Can you survive to dominate a modern world?
2022 · freecivweb.com · its alternatives →
9
The Elder Scrolls™: Castles▲175
Build Your Dynasty
2024 · elderscrolls.bethesda.net · its alternatives →
10
0 A. D.▲99
A free, open-source game of ancient warfare
2015 · its alternatives →
11
Run an Empire▲64
The Real-World Territory Control Game
2014 · its alternatives →
12
Kingdom Rush Origins▲93
A prequel to one of the most addictive tower defense games
2014 · its alternatives →
13
Agar.io▲138
Eat cells smaller than you and don't get eaten
2015 · its alternatives →
14AD
A Demo for a Strategy Game▲109
This is something that I've been working on on-and-off in my spare time for the last few years. I started in 2020 during Covid trying to do a Mount and Blade style map in UE4, and it grew from there until where it is now - I would just add a feature, then another, until it came together. Since the start of the year I've really been trying to polish it some more. I've got the full thing planned for a Q3 25 release. Github release if you don't have Steam: https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release
2024 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
15
Farming Simulator 16▲84
Manage your own farm and drive massive machines
2015 · its alternatives →
16
Harvest Moon: Seeds Of Memories▲87
The classic farming series comes to iOS
2016 · its alternatives →
17
Warlight▲87
Customizable risk-like strategy game
2015 · its alternatives →
18
I built 80 mini-games using Fable before it was shut down▲54
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 →
19
Frenzy Farming▲2
run your own farm!
2018 · its alternatives →
20
Landbox - Sandbox Simulator Game▲6
An indies sandbox game
2020 · its alternatives →
21
Realm of Idle Hunts▲2
Pixel-art idle RPG with auto-hunt, bosses, and loot
Mar 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
22
Donald's Domination - Build your Empire in Match 3▲4
Free addictive game
2017 · its alternatives →
23
Grow Empires▲5
fun, addictive, mobile game, strategy, match 3, castle
2017 · its alternatives →
24
War Clicks▲5
Build your army from scratch and fight for your country
2018 · its alternatives →

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