Ymir similar games & best alternatives

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Ymir

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2019

Should you play it?

Ymir is a 4X multiplayer strategy game combined with a city builder where each player develops a civilization of pigmen starting at the stone age.

What works

  • Deep and complex economic simulation
  • Long-term multiplayer with diplomacy and cooperation
  • Unique technology discovery system
  • Active and friendly community
  • One-man passionate development

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve and complexity
  • Slow pacing especially in persistent mode
  • Bugs and occasional crashes
  • Limited singleplayer ai and content
  • High price for early access state

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

  • Primitive Society Simulator

  • Sid Meier's Civilization® IV

  • Rise of Nations: Extended Edition

  • Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

  • Battle Nations

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Ymir but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Cossacks: Back to War

  • TFC: The Fertile Crescent

  • Age of Empires II (Retired)

  • American Conquest: Fight Back

  • Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

  • Cossacks: Art of War

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Ymir: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026