List of god video games

This is a comprehensive index of god games, sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, platform, setting and notability is provided when available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings.

See also: List of simulation video games

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List

Year	Title	Developer	Setting	Platform	Notes
1978	Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio	George Blank	Historical	APPII, PET, TRS80	First appeared in the December 1978 issue of SoftSide magazine for the Radio Shack TRS-80.
1982	Utopia	Don Daglow	Contemporary	AQUA, INT
1983	Nobunaga's Ambition	Koei	Historical	AMI, DOS, GB, GEN, MSX, NES, PC88, PC98, SNES	First title in the series.
1985	Little Computer People	David Crane	Contemporary	AMI, APPII, C64, CPC, ST, ZX
1986	Alter Ego	Peter J. Favaro	Contemporary	APPII, C64, DOS, MAC, iPhone
1989	Populous	Bullfrog	Fantasy	AMI, ARC, DOS, DS, GB, GEN, MAC, PC98, PCE, SMS, SNES, ST, X68K
1990	SimEarth: The Living Planet	Maxis	Nature	AMI, DUO, DOS, MAC, PCE, SCD, SNES, WIN, X68K
1990	Powermonger	Bullfrog	Fantasy	AMI, DOS, GEN, MAC, PC98, SCD, SNES, ST
1990	ActRaiser	Quintet	Fantasy	MOBI, SNES, VC	Hybrid with side-scrolling platform game.
1991	Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods	Bullfrog	Fantasy	AMI, DOS, GEN, MAC, PC98, SNES, ST	Sequel to Populous.
1991	Mega Lo Mania (also known as Tyrants: Fight Through Time)	Sensible	Fantasy	AMI, DOS, GEN, SNES, ST
1992	SimLife: The Genetic Playground	Maxis	Nature	AMI, DOS, MAC, WIN3X	The player controls the evolution of creatures.
1994	Fortress	F1	Fantasy	AMI
1996	Afterlife	LucasArts	Fantasy	DOS, MAC, WIN9X
1996	Creatures	Creature Labs	Fantasy	WIN, MAC
1997	Dungeon Keeper	Bullfrog	Fantasy	DOS, WIN9X, WIN	First title in the series.
1997	Dungeon Keeper: The Deeper Dungeons	Bullfrog	Fantasy	WIN	Expansion to Dungeon Keeper.
1997	Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life	Crossover	Nature	WIN	A simulation of species evolution.
1998	Creatures 2	Creature Labs	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Creatures.
1998	Populous: The Beginning	Bullfrog	Fantasy	PS1, PSN, WIN	Sequel to Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
1999	Creatures 3	Creature Labs	Fantasy	WIN, LIN	Sequel to Creatures.
1999	Doshin the Giant	Param, Nintendo	Fantasy	GCN, N64
1999	Dungeon Keeper 2	Bullfrog	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Dungeon Keeper.
2000	Kyojin no Doshin Kaihō Sensen Chibikko Chikko Daishūgō	Param	Fantasy	N64	Expansion to Doshin the Giant.
2000	Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim	Cyberlore	Fantasy	LIN, MAC, WIN
2001	Black & White	Lionhead	Fantasy	MAC, WIN	First title in the series.
2001	Docking Station	Creature Labs	Fantasy	WIN, LIN	Sequel to Creatures
2001	Startopia	Mucky Foot Productions	Sci-Fi	WIN	A space station sim.
2002	Black & White: Creature Isle	Lionhead	Fantasy	MAC, WIN	Expansion to Black & White.
2005	Black & White 2	Lionhead	Fantasy	OSX, WIN	Sequel to Black & White.
2006	Viva Piñata	Rare	Fantasy	WIN, X360	A simulation where players manage a garden to attract and mate piñata animals.
2006	Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods	Lionhead	Fantasy	OSX, WIN	Expansion to Black & White 2.
2008	Spore	Maxis	Nature/Sci-Fi	OSX, WIN	Simulates the life and evolution of species from a cell to a space civilization on a fictional galaxy.
2009	Pocket God	Bolt Creative	Fantasy	IOS, Android, Windows Phone
2009	Pocket Devil	Eyedip	Fantasy	IOS
2009	Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim	1C:Ino-Co	Fantasy	OSX, WIN	Sequel to Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim.
2011	From Dust	Ubisoft, Eric Chahi	Nature	X360, WIN, PSN	Nature simulation game where players control and model nature in order to save a human tribe from extinction.
2013	Reus	Abbey Games	Nature/Fantasy	WIN	A 2D god game where the player controls nature giants to balance human progression.
2013	Godus	22cans	Fantasy	WIN, OSX, iPhone, Android	Spiritual successor to Populous.
2015	War for the Overworld	Subterranean Games	Fantasy	WIN, OSX, LIN	Spiritual successor to Dungeon Keeper 2.
2019	Rise to Ruins	Raymond Doerr	Fantasy	WIN, OSX, LIN
TBD	The Universim	Crytivo Games	Indie/Simulation	WIN, OSX, LIN	A planet management game where the player takes the role of "God" and guides the development of civilisation.

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