30 Games Like Populous: The Beginning (and Which You Already Own)

Which of these do you already own?

Your Steam profile link or name: the games here that sit in your library unopened are wrapped and lit. Public profiles only. No account needed, and no library is saved.

Where to start

Grand StrategyTactical

4 games that share both with Populous: The Beginning

Grand StrategyStrategy RPG

3 games that share both with Populous: The Beginning

God GameStrategy

8 games that share both with Populous: The Beginning

Strategy RPGTactical

5 games that share both with Populous: The Beginning

And more like Populous: The Beginning

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

Populous: The Beginning: how long it is, and whether it holds up

How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of Populous: The Beginning's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of the same series come first, a similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. Games that share the same kinds with Populous: The Beginning stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.

The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a case, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.

Games like Populous: The Beginning

Which of these do you already own?

Where to start

Grand Strategy+Tactical

Grand Strategy+Strategy RPG

God Game+Strategy