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
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.
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