What are the best god games for PC?

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Best god games for PC	Price	Platforms	Steam Rating
87 WorldBox	$9.99	Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS	-
79 From Dust	9,99€	-	Mixed
76 Cities: Skylines	$29.99	-	Very Positive
-- Universim	$22.49	-	-
-- Black and White series	-	-	-

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score 211 · Answer 1

WorldBox

Top Pro

Amazing and active community

Top Con

Laggy

Spawning too many units can cause intense lag. Same goes for using maps that are bigger than the gigantic size setting, They used to load just fine but when the custom map sizes were replaced by the preset tiny/small/medium/big/huge/gigantic sized they just stopped working. See More

CaringKaskuh's Experience

I normally never buy games but this game is amazing, It's the only game ive brought the last 2 years and I still play it to this day, the game is under constant development and new stuff is added all the time. Love it! See More

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Top Pro

Active devs

Active devs, so we always know what they are working on and when to expect it usually. See More

Top Con

Slow updating time

Updates take some time to come out. See More

TactfulPemphredo's Experience

Literally the best God game out there, no doubts about it. I have looked for good god games, and they are either really trashy, or have very limited freedoms. WorldBox is not trashy at all, nor does not limit freedoms, because the devs update the game every month or every other month, and there's a crap ton of stuff to do in the meantime, to the point you have to think about tons of ways how you want the game to play out. You can build up civilizations, influence your civilization to go to war, create a huge army of giant immortal madmen, nuke a kingdom you hate, spawn crabzilla and go wild, start a zombie apocalypse, etc. Hands down the best god game out there, if you haven't tried it out, try it, it has a good price, and you won't regret it. - HUH#1019 See More

Top Pro

Deep level of simulation

Top Con

Some improvements to Performance still needed on GIGANTIC worlds

EncouragingTheandrios's Experience

I can never play because it freezes at 90 percent when loading but i have seen ty videos and it is a good game See More

Top Pro

It's very easy for time to fly in this game

Top Con

Some bugs

It always freezes at 90 percent loading for no reason. See More

ReflectiveGaleru's Experience

epic game See More

Top Pro

Naturalness

Things happen even with the least interference from the player, you can see births and deaths of civilizations over the years. See More

Top Con

Slow development

The creators don't listen to any of the good suggestions that could possibly bring life to this “fantasy” from the sneak peeks. They're adding better buildings for dwarfs that should have already been in the game. The game just feels very behind on updates and content, not clear if the creators even know what they want to do with the game overall. If you buy the game, you will have fun with for a little while, then realize there is legit nothing to do. You will get bored, then wait a month for an update. If you want some underdeveloped game buy WorldBox. See More

JollyOlodumare's Experience

Over all it a great game and it need a little more work but updates are keep coming left right so it all good See More

Top Pro

Constant updates and amazing art

DetailedAcmon's Experience

Perfect game fun and engaging. The community is very active, friendly and helpful. See More

Top Pro

Great pixel art

Cubature's Experience

incredibly fun. great time killer. See More

Top Pro

Complete freedom

There are no limits to what you can do. See More

DecentCelaeno's Experience

Very good game WoNdErFuLl See More

Top Pro

Playing for actual years

Playing this since it came out and still playing in 2021. See More

TrustworthyAine's Experience

I've played since before the diplomacy update it it keeps bringing me back each update. I love this game. See More

Top Pro

Single purchase

No microtransactions or paid DLC. See More

SplendidRundas's Experience

A very fun little game that is in development still with a lot of promise. An active discord server with a recommendation channel to post what you would like to see added to the game See More

Top Pro

World Laws

They help influence the world in light ways, like no rebellion. See More

Jacs Amin's Experience

Graphics and animations are good . See More

Top Pro

There is no "endgame"

This game can go on forever and it would still be fresh. See More

UnderstandingVatanchu's Experience

This is the best game I ever played before :D See More

Top Pro

Big updates

Massive update every time unless patch fixes. See More

HarmoniousTrebaruna's Experience

I just have fun messing around See More

Top Pro

Very entertaining

No matter what device you're playing on, it stays fun for a long time. See More

FriendlyCitBolonTum's Experience

Its a really good game install it and donate if you like it See More

EnchantingArash's Experience

Very fun and affordable. See More

FlexibleHunCame's Experience

Ridiculously addictive, the only god game I have played with pure freedom to do as you please. Four races to pit against each other, or watch them turn on themselves :O! Never been so excited for an update based around boats! See More

RobustHuixtocihuatl's Experience

Best 2d god game ever! See More

PatientChangxi's Experience

I use worldbox to help me with world building and idea generation for my writing. Careful, if you like the God game, this is the best since inception of the genre. No limits, no mana bar, no need for the faith of your inhabitants. Theres a plethora of different powers. You can be very creative in their application. Glass the very mountains with lightning, rain down fire and lava, or summon hordes of undead. Conjure spires of flame that draw demons into the world, or towers of ice that freeze over the land. Watch humans, elves dwarves and orcs grow into civilizations, will they collapse into civil war or endure for thousands of years? This is but a small glimpse. Do yourself a favor, if your into God games, this is the last one you will ever need. See More

FriendlyBarastyr's Experience

gud gam See More

WonderfulDilga's Experience

Infinite replayability and great artstyle See More

MethodicalUllr's Experience

This game unlike any other god simulators offer 100% freedon almost unlimited things to try and do. Has active developers and community who listen to our suggestions and try to impliment them when posible See More

TruthfulZelus's Experience

I made a minigame called Map Wars. What more can I say? ror See More

LoveableFangfeng's Experience

Best developers, fun experience, great art, and well spent time. See More

CoherentEnbilulu's Experience

Awesome game play it all the time and would recommend to anyone looking for a good sandbox god game See More

ConsiderateMunsin's Experience

I feel wonderful being able to build a world for people even see them grow like my own children. Then there is the fact it is exactly what I look for in a game where you play god. Finally there is that every world is different. Different civilizations some that constantly attack others that rarely do and ones that grow to big can have rebellions. It really is a good feeling playing the game highly recommended. See More

OptimisticKotys's Experience

This game is full of so Much potential and they add so much and are so involved with their fan base. This game hasn't been out for a long time but it has grown amazingly and the pixel art is one of best I have seen so far. It's a good way to sit down and relax, make a world and watch it prosper or watch it burn, it's all up to you See More

DeterminedRuaumoko's Experience

Very good. Got it for free in beta, before the only microtransactions for the large destructive stuff, and they let me keep the items when that update did come out because I was a beta tester. Since then and always, they have been very active in updates and streaming development. See More

PerseveringAshnan's Experience

Nice pixel art and great fun. The potential is massive. See More

ResourcefulVahagn's Experience

the best See More

BrightWatatsumi's Experience

I will never get bored of this game, mostly because it's updated often, and there's just so much do do, at the very least I won't get bored. See More

ReflectivePorphyrion's Experience

dope See More

ReveredLouhi's Experience

I have the premium pc and android version it is a very good game, and it has a lot of potential See More

PowerfulDeaTacita's Experience

I love this game its so addictive and the devs regularly update the game See More

Cl0udRider's Experience

Amazing game, let's you do a lot of stuff with many different powers. Advanced civilization system and can easily entertain for hours. See More

VigilantChaxiraxi's Experience

There is infinity possibility , a great work on the game, and a really good community. See More

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score 60 · Answer 2

From Dust

Top Pro

Challenges promote creativity

Even though a level might present you with a linear progression of goals, there is no set way to accomplish each one. It’s up to the player to decide what they think the best course of action is. There are innumerable ways to beat each level and From Dust allows the player to figure out which one works for them. See More

Top Con

Controls are not precise

Because you are only able to interact by picking up and dropping things in the game, you don’t have precise control. There is no guarantee how the things you drop will fall, which can result in you having to try to do the same thing multiple times. See More

PowerfulColopUUichkin's Experience

Great game I played it through many times See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mixed

Top Pro

The controls are very simple

From Dust largely relies on two mechanics: picking up and dropping materials to change the landscape and sending your followers to specific locations on the map. There are additional abilities you can unlock depending on the level, but they are generally augments to these basic mechanics. See More

Top Con

Gameplay can be repetitive

Despite the game presenting you with a variety of different obstacles, each one is overcome in the same basic way. You either send followers to obtain knowledge of a technique from a specific location or you pick up and drop stuff to change the landscape. How you do these things can be different depending on your exact needs, but it’s always the same basic game mechanics. See More

Top Pro

Landscape changing mechanics

Not many games give you the ability to change the entire landscape of the game. From Dust entirely revolves around your ability to do so. It is a unique mechanic that From Dust executes very well. See More

Top Con

Short story line and limited/no replay ability

Needs more scenarios. Game ends way too soon. See More

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score 19 · Answer 3

Cities: Skylines

Top Con

Can be difficult to glean what one has done wrong in game

Cities: Skylines has difficulty letting the player know what they have done wrong, which results in a lot of head scratching. See More

Top Pro

Depth of field

There is a depth of field effect that will blur distant buildings, which mimics Sim City's diorama effect. It can of course be adjusted with a slider as to how much or little to use. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:City Simulation

Top Con

Expensive

If you want more gameplay features, you have to buy expensive DLC, but you can get them on sale sometimes. See More

Top Pro

Large scale

At a total of 36 square kilometers of area to use (compared to Sim Cities 4), there is quite a bit of room to build and play. See More

Top Con

Resource heavy

If your computer doesn’t have decent specs, don’t expect to be able to run this game smoothly. See More

Top Pro

Large amount of workshop mods & assets

With almost 150 thousand assets and mods, you can totally change the gameplay and look of the game. See More

Top Pro

Steady Stream of new content via DLCs

DLCs are optional, they do go one sale. Plus when a new DLC is released a bit of the content is released into the base game. See More

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score 37 · Answer 4

Universim

Top Pro

Great God game

You are a god and you can control everything (as much as early access allows) but the AI takes control of the civilians. See More

Top Con

In early stage of development

Many features of the game are not available yet. Additionally, there are a lot of known bugs that prevent the player from fully exploring the implemented features. See More

DevotedMnemosyne's Experience

Played this some time ago, the only thing what could improve is the ecological system See More

Top Pro

Free and fun which is rare to see

Top Con

No Save Feature

Been in development for 3 years and still no save feature (team of 5 +) meaning that if you play for 2+ hours you lose everything. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Available on Windows, Mac and Linux. See More

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score 27 · Answer 5

Black and White series

Top Pro

The Black and White series lets the player be successful with whatever choices they want to make

Despite the game changing based on the player’s good or evil actions, the game itself does not signify that one set is better or worse than the other. Players are not benefited or punished for choosing to be good over evil, or vice versa, and can freely switch between the two sides. This allows the player to fully explore the options that interest them, without the fear of missing out on key features of the game or making the game significantly harder on themselves. See More

Top Con

The player has little direct control over the game world

Many of the player’s actions have a lasting impact on the game, but few of them have direct impact. Over time the player can teach their creature how to act, but there is no way for the player to directly teach the creature what to do in a new situation. Developing the desired behavior can be a very tedious process full of trial and error, where the player is at the mercy of the game deciding which possible actions to pursue. See More

Top Pro

The series features a robust AI that learns from the player

In addition to the game remembering player actions and changing based on them, the player can also teach the game what type of actions they want it to make. This is largely done through the creature, which is a kind of avatar for the player in the game world. The creature is mostly autonomous, but chooses its actions based on what the player has taught it directly. These actions can even be independent of the game’s reflection on the player directly. For example, a player can be a good god but have an evil creature by teaching it to destroy buildings in the game. See More

Top Con

cant be bought anymore :(

Top Pro

Player actions have a meaningful effect on the game

The Black and White series largely revolves around the choices the player can make as a god. Almost every action in the game is interpreted by the player’s followers to be good or evil, and this is reflected in a variety of ways. The player’s followers can be terrified or inspired by the player, and the appearance of buildings will change based on good or evil the player’s actions are. See More

Top Con

The player’s actions have little impact on the overall story of the game

Despite the Black and White series being lauded for how it allows player actions to shape how the game responds to the player, the story is largely missing this feature. The player can pursue a few different options for completing each story mission, but the differences between these options are minimal. The player will see the same basic story points in the same order no matter how good or evil their actions are in the game. See More

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score 12 · Answer 6

Populous

Top Con

Technically outdated and hard to configure to play at acceptable speed

Either stuttering/laggy or too fast. See More

Top Pro

Great gameplay, the possibility to let disaster and magic on the opposing people

EnterprisingPortunes's Experience

The original, very entertaining game. Unfortunately, there is no technically updated version See More

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score 9 · Answer 7

War for the Overworld

Top Pro

"Dungeon Keeper 2" classic sucessor

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

score 18 · Answer 8

Godus

Top Con

Not complete

Godus has been in early access since 2013, and still does not have an official release date. Many early players claim that Godus has been abandoned by the developers, and nothing has been publicly released since early 2015. Some of the initially promised features, such as realistic AI for the player’s followers to make the world seem alive, are still not available in the game. See More

Top Pro

The player always feels powerful enough to reach the next area

There is a progression of player powers in Godus, but they feel very natural. For example, the player starts with the ability to sculpt one level of terrain at a time. After the player reaches a certain point, they unlock the ability to sculpt three levels of terrain at once. These powers are introduced in a way that makes them easy to grasp but never leaves the player feeling like they don’t have the tools needed to advance. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Negative

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Top Con

Game abanodoned on pc

the devs have stated that the game will never be completed on pc as they are focused on the mobile version of the game See More

Top Pro

Varied gameplay

Godus features a couple different types of gameplay, which helps to prevent the game from feeling stale. There’s the main aspect of sculpting the land to allow the player’s followers to expand. Then the player can send some of their followers on mini-game-style voyages to advance their powers. Finally, hidden throughout the world are chests which requires the player to use their sculpting powers to find and help the player become more powerful. See More

Top Con

"Freemium" game model for desktop PC

IRL timers are attached to many actions. You will find yourself arbitrarily waiting 30 minutes or longer for certain actions unless you pay IRL money for gems to reduce these times for a short period. The in-game store has been non-functional for some time now. See More

Top Pro

Controls are easy to understand

Godus does a good job of explaining how the player can interact with the world. The player can easily predict the effects of their actions, which allows for very easy to understand gameplay. See More

Top Con

Players spend a lot of time waiting

Godus uses a real-world timer for completing follower buildings. The times used in game seem arbitrarily large, the player can encounter 20 minute wait times after the first 30 minutes of playing. This results in the player spending a lot of time waiting for the game instead of playing. See More

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score 10 · Answer 9

Crest

Top Pro

You literally play god by writing commandments

You put together commandments with symbols and hope your followers will act upon them, which they won't always do since they have free will. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mixed

score 4 · Answer 10

Reprisal Universe

Top Con

The game does not expand beyond its predecessors

Reprisal Universe is billed as a spiritual successor to Populous, one of the first god games. However, Reprisal Universe doesn't really add anything new to the original Populous formula. The basic mechanics of Reprisal Universe, shaping the terrain and the player's power based on the size of their followers' settlements, are the same as those from Populous. Reprisal does add some new god powers for the player to use, but the effects these new powers have on the game are so minimal that Reprisal Universe seems more like a remake of Populous than a successor to it. See More

Top Pro

Controls are very precise

The UI of Reprisal Universe makes it incredibly clear where in the game the player is altering the terrain. Some powers do have a small random element to them, but due to their visible nature, after a couple of uses it is clear what general area those powers will affect. See More

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Top Con

Most levels rely on fast action to win

Many of the levels of Reprisal Universe rely more on rapid actions than thinking ahead or creative problem solving for success. The same basic strategy of quickly creating a large, flat landscape while sending units out to form new settlements before they have reached full strength before attacking the enemy can be used in almost every stage. The game's mechanics do not really leave room for the player to successfully try alternative strategies. See More

Top Pro

Mechanics are easy to understand

Reprisal Universe primarily revolves around the player’s ability to alter terrain by raising or lowering it, with the goal of creating large, flat landscapes that are easy to populate. The other mechanics revolve around using god powers, which can be beneficial or hurtful. These two basic mechanics are extremely easy to grasp and visualize what effect they will have on the game. See More

Top Con

Skirmish mode set-up is not customizable

While the game does randomly generate maps for the skirmish mode outside of the preset campaign levels, the options that the player can control are pretty limited. The game only provides set-up options for difficulty, game speed, and whether the game allows kindling, a mechanic in the game that trades power for speed. Notably, there are no options for how many opponents the player will face or how large the islands in the game will be. If the player has a specific type of map they want to play on, they will have to keep loading randomly generated ones until they find a god fit. See More

Top Con

Players have to use out of game sources to determine what effects mechanics have

The game does not explain what effect player actions have on the game. This information can often be easily found online, but it is less convenient than having the game explain it directly to the player. For example, the player will get the option to grow forests fairly early on in the game, but the benefits of a forest are never explained. It would be preferable if the game had a tool-tip or in-game manual that explained that forests provide extra mana for nearby settlements. See More

Top Con

Menu navigation is not intuitive

The default controls for accessing the menu are different from most other games, and can cause confusion. Also, some of the menu options are not where players might first expect them to be. See More

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score 4 · Answer 11

Reus

score 3 · Answer 12

Production Line

Top Pro

Challenging

The game really does well when it comes to challenging players. The game doesn't seem to get easier the further you get meaning that overcoming these challenges will be just as fulfilling as it was at the beginning of it. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Top Pro

Great approach on early access

The developers of the game take notes of the player's feedback and try to implement their recommendation in the updates. They update quite frequently and the updates include many bug fixes that has been reported by the community. See More

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12 Games Considered

My Recommendation for WorldBox

My Recommendation for WorldBox

Amazing and active community

Laggy

Active devs

Slow updating time

Deep level of simulation

Some improvements to Performance still needed on GIGANTIC worlds

It's very easy for time to fly in this game

Some bugs

Naturalness

Slow development

Constant updates and amazing art

Great pixel art

Complete freedom

Playing for actual years

Single purchase

World Laws

There is no "endgame"

Big updates

Very entertaining

My Recommendation for From Dust

My Recommendation for From Dust

Challenges promote creativity

Controls are not precise

The controls are very simple

Gameplay can be repetitive

Landscape changing mechanics

Short story line and limited/no replay ability

My Recommendation for Cities: Skylines

My Recommendation for Cities: Skylines

Can be difficult to glean what one has done wrong in game

Depth of field

Expensive

Large scale

Resource heavy

Large amount of workshop mods & assets

Steady Stream of new content via DLCs

My Recommendation for Universim

My Recommendation for Universim

Great God game

In early stage of development

Free and fun which is rare to see

No Save Feature

Cross-platform

My Recommendation for Black and White series

My Recommendation for Black and White series

The Black and White series lets the player be successful with whatever choices they want to make

The player has little direct control over the game world

The series features a robust AI that learns from the player

cant be bought anymore :(

Player actions have a meaningful effect on the game

The player’s actions have little impact on the overall story of the game

My Recommendation for Populous

My Recommendation for Populous

Technically outdated and hard to configure to play at acceptable speed

Great gameplay, the possibility to let disaster and magic on the opposing people

My Recommendation for War for the Overworld

My Recommendation for War for the Overworld

"Dungeon Keeper 2" classic sucessor

My Recommendation for Godus

My Recommendation for Godus

Not complete

The player always feels powerful enough to reach the next area

Game abanodoned on pc

Varied gameplay

"Freemium" game model for desktop PC

Controls are easy to understand

Players spend a lot of time waiting

My Recommendation for Crest

My Recommendation for Crest

You literally play god by writing commandments

My Recommendation for Reprisal Universe

My Recommendation for Reprisal Universe

The game does not expand beyond its predecessors

Controls are very precise

Most levels rely on fast action to win

Mechanics are easy to understand

Skirmish mode set-up is not customizable