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2015PC44 % positive4.99 €

You play a god who doesn't directly command your followers but aids them with divine powers such as shaping land, protecting them and bending nature, while they build and farm on their own. The goal is to defeat rival gods and take over the world.

  • Tactical depth
  • Fantasy setting

The closest matches for Idol Hands are Populous, Zeus: Master of Olympus and MMORPG Tycoon 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Idol Hands special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Populous

97 %Match

1989PCSteam Deck playable4.99 €

  • Tactical depth
  • Fantasy setting
  • Gameplay comes before story

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.

Zeus: Master of Olympus

Focus on a single character

A classic city builder set in ancient Greece where you balance housing, economy and sanctuaries while courting the gods and mythological heroes and monsters.

MMORPG Tycoon 2

Gameplay comes before story

You design and run your own MMORPG world, placing towns, monsters and quests while watching simulated players react to your choices. A laid-back building and management sandbox with a fantasy flavor.

Fata Deum

Fantasy setting

A god-game simulator inspired by the classics, where you shape settlements and their people as a deity, guiding them toward splendor or toward violent debauchery and demons.

Hearthlands

Gameplay comes before story

A city-building strategy game where you rule as a king in a procedurally generated world. You can't command subjects directly, instead managing resources, diplomacy, heroes and magic.

Populous: The Beginning

Tactical depth

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.

12 Labours of Hercules

Focus on a single character

A relaxed time-management game where you play Hercules in ancient Greece, repairing roads, gathering resources and building wonders to rescue his kidnapped wife. Short timed levels and a mythological framing make for light, casual fun.

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