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1989PCSteam Deck playable84 % positive4.99 €

You play a deity who reshapes terrain, guides your followers and unleashes floods, volcanoes and earthquakes on rival tribes. A pioneering god game with hundreds of isometric worlds.

  • Economy and management
  • Tactical depth
  • Fantasy setting
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Populous special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Populous: The Beginning

91 %Match

1998PCPlayStationSteam Deck playable87 % positive4.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Populous: economy and management, tactical depth as well as a fantasy setting.

A real-time strategy game where you play a shaman who gathers followers and uses spells, terraforming and armies to defeat rival tribes across strange planets. Blending god-game ideas with direct control of a hero unit, it was a bold departure from earlier Populous games.

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