Groups comparison
City-building - 1980 to 2021
Involving planning, construction, and management of population centers (cities) and the people involved with them.
God game - 1981 to 2018
Strategy sub-genre where the player controls the game on large scale, often acting as a god of some sort or with no specific character, where player attempts to interact with and influence a number of autonomous individuals.
Sandbox - 1982 to 2023
A genre characterized with players ability to do pretty much whatever they want, often with construction/crafting options with little to no challenges (by default). Likely also employs open world design.
Godling protagonist (God-like protagonist;God protagonist;Demi-god protagonist) - 1986 to 2018
The protagonist is a god, demi-god or anything similar.
Involving planning, construction, and management of population centers (cities) and the people involved with them.
God game - 1981 to 2018
Strategy sub-genre where the player controls the game on large scale, often acting as a god of some sort or with no specific character, where player attempts to interact with and influence a number of autonomous individuals.
Sandbox - 1982 to 2023
A genre characterized with players ability to do pretty much whatever they want, often with construction/crafting options with little to no challenges (by default). Likely also employs open world design.
Godling protagonist (God-like protagonist;God protagonist;Demi-god protagonist) - 1986 to 2018
The protagonist is a god, demi-god or anything similar.
citybuilding
godgame
sandbox
godlingprotagonist