Populous

  • Real Time Strategy (RTS)
  • Role-playing (RPG)
  • Simulator
  • Strategy
Game cover: Populous
Release date:
05/06/1989
Developer
Bullfrog Productions

Community score

74/100

Time to beat

Main story

2h

Main + extras

8h

Completionist

26h

Overview

Populous is a real-time strategy game where the player takes the role of a deity influencing the development of civilizations. You shape terrain, guide followers, and use natural disasters like floods, volcanoes, and earthquakes to influence or eliminate opposing tribes. The game features an isometric perspective and includes 500 levels (worlds), each with different challenges. Originally developed by Bullfrog and designed by Peter Molyneux, it is considered one of the earliest examples of the god-game genre.

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