God games sorted by release date

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

SimLife

simulationDOS, Mac, Windows 3.x

Populous

strategyDOS

SimEarth

simulationDOS, Windows 3.x

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Populous

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...
SimEarth

DOSWindows 3.x19904.2/5 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...
Mega lo Mania

DOS19924.2/5 Sensible Software
Powermonger

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.
SimLife

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.
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods

DOSMac1993protected4.2/5 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

Windows XP/98/951996protected3.6/5 LucasArts
Dungeon Keeper

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Electronic Arts
Dungeon Keeper 2

Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 Bullfrog
Populous: The Beginning

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 Bullfrog