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Populous™: The Beginning
In the third part of the Populous series, you control your shaman and the tribe of her followers in a difficult quest to conquer all 25 planets of a star system and ascend to godhood.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“the only thing i recommend about this is get the 'multiverse launcher' and you can get mods to it. i know it is possible on here but i recommend getting the launcher. you need the game to play in on the Multiverse Launcher though”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Populous The Beginning, developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts, represents a daring evolution of the classic god game formula, reshaping it into something more immediate and character-focused. Rather than positioning the player as a distant, unseen…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“a brilliant stratagy game, it will keep you busy for weeks if not months”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | God Game · Grand Strategy · Isometric · Strategy RPG · Tactical · Strategy · RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · LAN PvP · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / 10 Processor: 1.8 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended) DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 400 MB available space