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Populous

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1989 Main Game Released Bird view / Isometric

Real Time Strategy (RTS)Role-playing (RPG)Simulator Strategy

Summary:

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.

Keywords:

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Ratings:

IGDB

7.4

HowLongToBeat

6.7

HowLongToBeat:

Main story: 12h
Main + extra: 21h
Completionist: 48h

External pages:

Links:

wiki.popre.net en.wikipedia.org youtube.com

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Details

Companies:

Electronic Arts, Hudson Soft, Bullfrog Productions, Imagineer, Tec Toy

Franchises:

Game modes:

Single player, Multiplayer

Themes:

Fantasy, Sandbox

Languages:

Age ratings:

ESRB: T, USK: 12, PEGI: 7, ACB: PG, GRAC: ALL

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Release dates

Jun 05, 1989: Unknown platform (North America)

Jun 05, 1989: Unknown platform (North America)

1989: Unknown platform (Europe)

Mar 16, 1990: Unknown platform (Japan)

Mar 23, 1990: Unknown platform (Japan)

Jul 1990: Unknown platform (North America)

Dec 1990: Unknown platform (Europe)

Aug 09, 1991: Unknown platform (Japan)

1991: Unknown platform (Japan)

May 1992: Unknown platform (Brazil)

1992: Unknown platform (Europe)

1993: Unknown platform (North America)

Sep 01, 2011: Unknown platform (Worldwide)

Oct 18, 2012: Unknown platform (Worldwide)