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Games Like Populous™

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, God Game, Simulation, Singleplayer.

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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 83% — of 58 reviews
Released: 2024-03-07
Developer: Bullfrog Productions
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genres: RPG, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive88% of 413 reviews2024
    Dev: Bullfrog ProductionsPub: Electronic Arts
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 32%

    In the third part of the Populous series, you control your shaman and the tribe of her followers in a difficult quest to conquer all 25 planets of a star system and ascend to godhood.

    Why similar: God Game 60.2%, Isometric 17.7%, Strategy RPG 10.9%, Strategy 6.4%, RPG 4.7%

  2. #2 Godhood
    96% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,081 reviews2020
    Dev: Abbey Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Create your Religion, raise your Disciples, and guide them to bring you glory! Inspire growth in your Disciples so they may challenge the false gods and convert their followers. Defeat your rivals, and become the One Truth!

    Why similar: God Game 70.1%, Strategy 17.7%, RPG 12.2%

  3. #3 Reus
    95% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,900 reviews2013
    Dev: Abbey Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    In Reus, you control powerful giants to shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains, oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices.

    Why similar: God Game 85.8%, Strategy 14.2%

  4. #4 Idol Hands
    96% matchMixed44% of 188 reviews2015
    Dev: Pocket GamesPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Idol Hands is a strategy game where you gradually take over the world by guiding your people and defeating other gods.

    Why similar: God Game 78.1%, Strategy 21.9%

  5. #5 Reprisal Universe
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 401 reviews2014
    Dev: electrolyte
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 18 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%

    Reprisal Universe places you in charge of the very elements themselves. Raise and lower land to expand your tribes, harness the power of fire and water. Explore the hidden mysteries of the Universe and gather your people together once again.

    Why similar: God Game 63.2%, Isometric 25.3%, Strategy 11.5%

  6. #6 Super Island God VR
    94% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2019
    Dev: Empyrean Interactive
    Windows

    Jump into Super Island God and take on the role of a lost island tribe's deity in this exciting new God Simulator. Harness your divine power in this built-for-VR game and reward (or punish) your civilization as they journey through dozens of handcrafted challenges.

    Why similar: God Game 79.2%, Strategy 20.8%

  7. #7 Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
    93% matchVery Positive91% of 1,450 reviews2013
    Dev: Illwinter Game Design
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.

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  8. #8 Creo God Simulator
    92% matchMostly Positive79% of 237 reviews2025
    Dev: MKSM Design LLC
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.

    Why similar: God Game 68.2%, Isometric 20.7%, Strategy 11.1%

  9. #9 Age of Mythology: Retold
    90% matchVery Positive91% of 21,438 reviews2024
    Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  10. #10 Gods vs Humans
    91% matchMixed56% of 113 reviews2014
    Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Microids Indie
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 31%

    Humans are building a tower to reach the Kingdom of the Gods! Embody one of these divinities to foil their attempts. But, be careful not to kill them with your special powers, because your survival depends on their devotion!

    Why similar: God Game 64%, Strategy 36%

  11. #11 Fate Tectonics
    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 208 reviews2015
    Dev: Golden Gear GamesPub: Toy Temp
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Build up a world piece-by-piece using the power of the god-like Fates, while keeping them happy enough to avoid world-shattering temper tantrums!

    Why similar: God Game 76.6%, Strategy 23.4%

  12. #12 Genesis of a Small God
    89% matchVery Positive83% of 63 reviews2024
    Dev: Pierre Nury
    Windows

    You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.

    Why similar: God Game 83.4%, Strategy 16.6%

  13. #13 Deisim
    89% matchVery Positive93% of 851 reviews2022
    Dev: Myron Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.

    Why similar: God Game 85.5%, Strategy 14.5%

  14. #14 Religion inc.
    88% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 reviews2025
    Dev: GameFirst
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%

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  15. #15 ENDLESS™ Legend 2
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 2,346 reviews2025
    Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  16. #16 Fata Deum - The God Sim
    86% matchMixed60% of 450 reviews2025
    Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows

    Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.

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  17. #17 Skyward Collapse
    87% matchMixed46% of 328 reviews2013
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    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    85% matchVery Positive86% of 338 reviews2018
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    Windows

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    Windows

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  21. #21 Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith
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  22. #22 Worshippers
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    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 32%

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  25. #25 Gods and Idols
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    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  39. #39 Old World
    72% matchVery Positive82% of 6,135 reviews2022
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    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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  40. #40 Crest - an indirect god sim
    75% matchMixed65% of 373 reviews2018
    Dev: Eat Create Sleep
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,884 reviews2021
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    71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,592 reviews2024
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  43. #43 Warlock 2: The Exiled
    74% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,292 reviews2014
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    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    73% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2020
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    Windows

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    68% matchVery Positive89% of 3,843 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    Windows
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  58. #58 These Doomed Isles
    67% matchMostly Positive72% of 221 reviews2024
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  60. #60 Dominions 3: The Awakening
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