The Population Must Grow (2025)
- Developer
- Helmi Blub
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Genres
- Indie, Simulation, Free To Play
- Rating
- 3.8 of 5, 55 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 1.9 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A minimal, relaxed city-building sandbox where the main challenge is seeing how many citizens your computer can handle before slowing down.
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What players say
Players say the game is less of a city builder and more of a CPU and RAM stress test, with a simple premise that quickly becomes unplayable as the population grows due to severe lag and crashes. The graphics are basic replacement PNG files, and the depth is shallow, often compared unfavorably to games like Dwarf Fortress.
Screenshots
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