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Populous

1990 · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Super Famicom · Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Simulator · Strategy

About this game

Populous is a strategy game where players act as a deity, shaping the land and guiding followers to expand and defeat rival gods. Gameplay involves altering terrain, managing populations, and using divine powers to influence battles and control territory.

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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Game facts

Release date

Dec 16, 1990

Developer

Bullfrog Productions

Publisher

Acclaim Entertainment, Imagineer

Platforms

Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom

Genres

Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy

Themes

Fantasy, Sandbox

Game modes

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

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Game data and artwork via IGDB.

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