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Populous™

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4.2/5

( 31 Reviews )

4.2

31 Reviews

English
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Populous™
Description
Includes Populous and the Promised Lands expansion. Miracles are child's play. Earthquakes are serious fun. The all-powerful can perform miracles in their sleep. But omnipotence isn't what it used to be. These days, it takes awesome natural disasters to dominate a world. You give them good land. Yo...
Genre:
Strategy - Real-time - Managerial
Tags:
Strategy, Classic, Management, Real-Time, Isometric, show 3 more... Managerial, Supernatural, Good Old Game
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4.2/5

( 31 Reviews )

4.2

31 Reviews

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Product details
1989, Bullfrog Productions, ...
System requirements
Windows (10, 11), 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9, 2 GB HDD...
Time to beat
12 hMain
24 h Main + Sides
47.5 h Completionist
17.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
Includes Populous and the Promised Lands expansion.

Miracles are child's play. Earthquakes are serious fun. The all-powerful can perform miracles in their sleep. But omnipotence isn't what it used to be. These days, it takes awesome natural disasters to dominate a world. You give them good land. You tell them when to farm and when to fight. You make them content beyond their wildest dreams. But then they become raging arsonists. What's a deity to do? Disasters are your divine prerogative - volcanoes, quakes, swamps. For stubborn non-believers, nothing beats a flood for spring cleaning. Cruel ice, lush grassland, parched desert... With 500 worlds, a deity's work is never done.

Populous is the original god-game, a strategy title that lets you shape the isometric isometric world and the fates of its inhabitants. Be sure to check out one of Bullfrog's earliest classics, from the mind of Peter Molyneux!

Populous™ © 1994 Electronic Arts Inc.

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Minimum system requirements:
Recommended system requirements:

ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY

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This game is powered by DOSBox.
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
12 hMain
24 h Main + Sides
47.5 h Completionist
17.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Strategy - Real-time - Managerial
Tags:
Strategy, Classic, Management, Real-Time, Isometric, show 3 more... Managerial, Supernatural, Good Old Game
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Release date:
{{'1989-06-05T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Bullfrog Productions / Electronic Arts
Size:
16 MB
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Cloud saves
Multi-player
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
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Changelog (18 June 2025):
  • Validated stability.
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11.
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Posted on: February 14, 2017

sirden208

Games: 135 Reviews: 32

Just play Populous The Beginning only

Friendly word of advice skip the first and second game, and play the third one only; given how awful its outdated graphics now are, compared to Populous The Beginning.

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