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The most popular god game games

In the so called god games, the player takes the role of a divine entity (or something similar). Gameplay involves controlling people, units or even the environment on a large scale. God games usually show some artificial intelligence in the form of autonomous NPCs.

Most popular god game games

SimEarth
simulationDOS, Windows 3.x
Populous
strategyDOS
Dungeon Keeper
strategyDOS, Windows XP/98/95

God game games

  • sim-earth-3
    DOSWindows 3.x19904.3/5 Maxis

    SimEarth is a simulation in which you can shape and mold a planet in almost every way you can imagine. In SimEarth our planet is simulated as a whole: life, climate, atmosphere are all aspects of a single Gaia-like Earth. SimEarth can be played in two modes: game and experimental. In game mode, you have to to develop (and preserve) Earth with limit...

  • populous-5
    DOS19893.9/5 Bullfrog

    Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for a long list of other 16-bit and 8-bit systems, both console and PCs. Populos is a really unique game: it gave the name to the the whole god-game genre since, well, in the...

  • dungeon-keeper-02
    DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Electronic Arts
  • simlife-2
    DOSMacWindows 3.x19924/5 Maxis

    SimLife is an abandoned simulation game focused on managing a ecosystems and experimenting with genetics. SimLife was designed by Ken Karakotsios, developed and released by Maxis in 1992 for DOS and later also published for Macintosh, Amiga, Windows 3.x and Amiga.

  • megalomania-1
    DOS19924.2/5 Sensible Software
  • populos2-4
    DOSMac1993protected4.3/5 Bullfrog

    Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods is an old sandbox strategy god-game. As the title suggests, the setting is more of less ancient Greek mythology and you're a god (hence the god-game label). Populous 2 is the sequel of the much acclaimed Populous, designed by Peter Molineaux. Populous 2 was developed by Bullfrog and published by Electronic Ar...

  • afterlife-06
    Windows XP/98/951996protected3.7/5 LucasArts
  • populous-beginning-03
    Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 Bullfrog
  • powermonger-4
    DOS19923.9/5 Bullfrog

    Powermonger is a real time strategy game where the player must defeat the opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in his/her favor. This is done by giving orders to soldiers and captains and by accumulating enough resources (food and equipment) to survive and ultimately win.

  • dungeon_keeper_3
    Windows2000canceled4/5 Bullfrog

    Dungeon Keeper 3 was a cancelled dungeon management strategy game being developed by Bullfrog that was never released. Dungeon Keeper 3 was cancelled in 2000 and the Dungeon Keeper franchise ended without a third chapter.

  • dungeon-keeper-2-09
    Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 Bullfrog
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