Overcrowded vs Idle Civilizations
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Overcrowded
Construct and manage a thrilling theme park, building a variety of rides and attractions. Keep your visitors happy by managing their emotions, providing essential services, and hiring mascots. Expand your park and tackle special event parks for unique challenges and rewards.
- Build diverse attractions
- Manage visitor emotions
- Provide essential services
- Hire park mascots
- Expand park size
- Manage special event parks
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Build the best theme park ever and become a roller coaster tycoon! Manage your visitors’ emotions by constructing the most thrilling rides, tasty restaurants, and hiring the funniest mascots. But watch out: your guests are very picky about their experience, so plan your strategy carefully! - BUILD ATTRACTIONS: From bumper cars to the craziest coasters! - MANAGE EMOTIONS: Visitors can get sick (and puke), get hungry, angry, fall in love, and more! - PROVIDE SERVICES: Where you place food stands, rest areas, and WCs all matters. - HIRE MASCOTS: Hire mascots to cheer up the angry or tired visitors. - EXPAND YOUR PARK: Go bigger and wilder! - SPECIAL EVENT PARKS: Manage time-limited special parks with a unique theme and fresh gameplay, and unlock exclusive attractions for your main park! Design the most awesome theme park in the world! Your imagination is the limit! Official Discord server of the game: discord.gg/overcrowded
Idle Civilizations
Build and grow civilizations from the dawn of humanity to the future in this idle strategy game. Earn money, hire workers, and customize your character as you progress through different historical eras. Relax and watch your empire expand without pressure.
- Build and grow civilizations
- Idle progression
- Time travel mechanics
- Resource management
- Character customization
- Tower building
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Welcome to the future! … Or is it the past? You start off your empire building adventure as a worker in the distant future who, thanks to a rather unfortunate mistake, finds themselves thrown back in time all the way to the beginning of humanity. This fun strategy game will test your business acumen and tycoon tendencies as you build the world’s cities and civilizations from the ground up. History in the making After you’re thrown back in time, you’ll need to meet and work with locals to build and grow your way to the top and return to the future – you’ll also need to keep an eye out for time crystals to collect at the end of each level to keep moving through the ages. Experience the evolution of civilization in this fantastic idle style game as you get a feel for history up close and personal. Get your business plan on – At each step of your journey, you’ll need to earn money by selling items or resources to the locals. As you progress through the eras those items will change, evolving as you move up in time to reflect modernization. You’ll need to strike the right balance and find the best strategy to maximize profits while also hiring more workers and expanding your offerings each time to progress as fast as possible. Staycation time – While your character may have been haplessly thrown back in time and is now working in a Medieval town or prehistoric society, you’re able to just sit back and relax all while leveling up, no matter where you are. Chart your rise from your couch, from the train, or even from your work desk (shh, we won’t tell anyone!) – this is a chill game where there’s no crazy pressure to fight off invaders, timers that need to be beat, or anything stressful of the sort. Go down in history – Not only do you get the fun of experiencing different eras of civilization, but you also get to customize your character to enhance their abilities! Along the way, as you fashionably work through time, you’ll also take part in building a fantastic tower – don’t forget to click that build button every time you see it appear so that your momentum and tower keep rising. After all, you want to be remembered in history as the one who got it all done, right? And the rest is history Get ready to take a blast to the past and experience civilization and humanity’s evolution up close and personal – you’re the one leading it! Put Earth on the right path forward and leave your mark on history: Idle Civilizations ticks all the boxes for fun, relaxation, and excitement, so you won’t want to miss it. Privacy Policy: https://say.games/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://say.games/terms-of-use
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Verdict
Overcrowded and Idle Civilizations both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 64% of Overcrowded's written reviews are positive against 33% of Idle Civilizations's. Overcrowded also leads on ratings volume (18K vs 3.2K). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Overcrowded sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Civilizations sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Overcrowded against 4.7 for Idle Civilizations. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Overcrowded has 18K ratings behind it against 3.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Overcrowded's written reviews are positive against 33% of Idle Civilizations's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Overcrowded | Idle Civilizations |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18K ratings) — better | 4.7 (3.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.7% of reviews — better | 32.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 3.2K |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 423 MB | 557 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZeptoLab UK Limited | SayGames LTD |
Customer experience
Overcrowded
Idle Civilizations
User reviews
Overcrowded
From 18K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and addictive
- 👍 Cute graphics and polished UI
- 🎨 Customizable park
- 💰 Reasonable monetization, optional ads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy AI and pathfinding issues
- 🕰️ Slow progression and long wait times
- 💰 Paywalled rides and features
- 🔍 Difficulty navigating and managing park
Idle Civilizations
From 3.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast progression
- 👍 Cute graphics and animations
- 🔒 No forced ads
- 🚀 Satisfying gameplay loop
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 💰 Expensive ad removal
- 🔁 Repetitive progression
- 🤑 Excessive microtransactions
- 🔍 Lack of instructions/tutorials
Bugs and requests
Overcrowded
Reported bugs
4 issues- Referral system not working
- Fireworks and event rewards not functioning properly
- Crashes and performance issues on larger parks
- Inconsistent offline income tracking
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to store/sell decorations and items
- More offline income and passive progression
- Improved leaderboards and social features
- Wider variety of rides and attractions
Idle Civilizations
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to craft higher rarity event items
- Offline progress not working
- Purchased ad removal not working
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content updates
- Save/load game progress
- Improved balance and progression
In-app purchases
Overcrowded
- Helipad$1.99
- Gem Pack 1$1.99
- Piggy Bank$2.99
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- Rollercoaster Ride$4.99
- Tower$4.99
- Gem Pack 2$4.99
- Starter Pack 2$4.99
- Space Park Special Offer$4.99
- Builders Hut Offer$4.99
- Gem Pack 3$9.99
- No Ads$14.99
Idle Civilizations
- Mini Gem Package$0.99
- Gem Pack$0.99
- Starter Pack$0.99
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- Fortune Wheel Pack 1$0.99
- Better Starter Pack$1.99
- Piggy Bank$2.99
- Welcome pack$2.99
- Skip Ad Tickets Offer$2.99
- Small Gem Package$4.99
- Greatest Starter Pack$4.99
- Piggy Bank 2$4.99
- Fortune Wheel Pack 2$4.99
- Remove ADS$5.99
- Income Boost x2$5.99
- Medium Gem Package$9.99
- Dragon slayer pack$9.99
- Free Rewards Pack$19.99
- Upgraded Epic Pack$19.99
Questions
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