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Gods and Idols
Take the role of a newly ascended deity in Gods and Idols. Carve your place among the stars in an open, dynamic, and massive MMORTS universe. Command the powers of the cosmos, form alliances, and use your worshipers as instruments to further your goals.
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Came out almost 10 years ago and is still in pre alpha. Don't bother. You can't do much in game. I don't even know why Steam still allows it on here to be frank.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“glad to see this game has not added anything new since release keep up the good work”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs playedLatest official news
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Stockpile update: Temple showcase
The upcoming Stockpile update contains several thousand changes, improvements, additions, and fixes to the game, engine, and servers of Gods and Idols. But that's not all – this update also brings exc
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To-do progress The list is growing ever smaller as things are checked off, with just 4 items left before the Stockpile update goes live! Remaining items on the to-do list are now: Clean up local objec
Dev. progress
The missing FX objects have been fixed, and ``LoadModels`` now properly makes use of the new Buffer anc Cache handler. Resulting in a small performance gain during startup, and much better error-, and
Dev. progress
To-do progress There are now 9 items left for me to do before the "Stockpile" update goes live. The to-do item "FX-Eliminate dynamic alloc" has been completed, leading to a 10-15% performance gain for
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play, Early Access |
| Player tags | Free to Play · 4X · God Game · RTS · Strategy · Sci-fi · Simulation · Indie · Space · War · Early Access · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.godsandidols.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 8 or later Processor: AMD Athlon X2 or Intel Core™2 Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 200 series or later Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space