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Populous™

84% positive of 57 Steam reviews

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Released
2024
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Bullfrog Productions. Published by Electronic Arts.

About the game

Move mountains, part the seas, and lead mortal armies to victory in Populous. Take on the powers of a mighty deity and battle for supremacy against an enemy god, using thoughtful strategy to shape the isometric world and the fate of its people.

Tagged by players

  • God Game
  • Isometric
  • RPG
  • Strategy RPG
  • Strategy

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Populous, developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts, is a pioneering strategy title that helped define what would later be known as the god game genre. Released at a time when most strategy games focused on direct control and micromanagement, it introduced a radically different idea: instead of commanding individuals, you influence an entire civilization by shaping the world around them.…

    9.6 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Like an old car: a little laggy here and a little loose there. Also, like an old car: it's all analogue, direct for the feel and fun to drive. Maybe this is not the best-ever version of this glorious game in existence - but it's still the mind-blowing Bullfrog / Peter Molyneux game from the late '80s that created its own genre. There are some others that had similar mechanics more or less (Populous II obviously,…

    1.1 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Gameplay is how I recall from the 90s, but they nixed all sound effects which is really odd. They also changed the music to some midi soundtrack that sucks.. If you want the original game, this isn't exactly it.. It's a crappier version of the OG.

    34 min played when written. 47 found it helpful.

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