
games like
Humankind
Humankind leans Optimization (Pure Optimization). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS) - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
12 games like Humankind
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (2 vs 2). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (2 vs 2). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 3) - world gen and mob spawns randomized
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (2 vs 1) - Trivial timing on fishing and combat
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Both lean on execution about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: reads (0 vs 1) - Influence system uses scripted dialogue triggers, no adaptive opponent
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (2 vs 1) - Clicking to plant, minimal pressure
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (2 vs 3) - Light shooter and flight inputs
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Both lean on execution about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: optimization (8 vs 7) - Status effects, rolling HP strategy, and Franklin Badge usage are solvable
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (2 vs 1) - All choices are menu clicks with no physical ceiling
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Both lean on execution about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: reads (0 vs 1) - All AI opponents use fixed scripted behaviour trees
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Both lean on execution about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: reads (0 vs 1) - Enemies follow simple aggro patterns on fixed maps
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Both lean on execution about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 3) - Plort prices and slime spawns vary.
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- Released
- 2021
- Developer
- Amplitude Studios
- Platforms
- Stadia, Series X|S, PS4, PC, PS5, Mac, XONE
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- IGDB critics
- 79/100
- IGDB users
- 79/100