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 | |
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 | |
1995 | Baldies | Atari Corporation | Fantasy | PC, PS1, SEGA | |
1996 | Afterlife | LucasArts | Fantasy | DOS, MAC, WIN9X | |
1996 | Creatures | Creature Labs | Fantasy | WIN, MAC | |
1997 | Theme Hospital | Bullfrog | Simulation | DOS, PS1 | |
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. |
1998 | Skull Caps | Ubisoft | Fantasy | WIN | |
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. |
2007 | Seaman 2: Pekin Genjin Ikusei Kit | Sega | Fantasy | PS2 | |
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 | Clone of Pocket God |
2009 | Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim | 1C:Ino-Co | Fantasy | OSX, WIN | Sequel to Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim. |
2010 | GodFinger | Wonderland Software | Fantasy/Simulation | IOS | |
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. |
2012 | WorldBox | Maxim Karpenko | Indie/Fantasy | WIN, OSX, Linux, iPhone, Android | 2D simulation of worlds and civilizations that let's player have full control over the world |
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. |
2018 | Crest | Eat Create Sleep | Fantasy | WIN, OSX, LIN | |
2018 | Everything | David OReilly | Simulation | WIN, OSX, LIN, PS4, NSW | |
2018 | 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. |
2019 | Rise to Ruins | Raymond Doerr | Fantasy | WIN, OSX, LIN | |
2022 | Deisim[1][2] | Myron Software | Fantasy | WIN, OCULUS | Virtual reality game where you play as the god help or destroy the development of humankind. |
2024 | Gods Against Machines | Silver Eye Studios | Fantasy, Sci-fi | WIN | Play as a god over a fantasy race vs machines using RTS rules.[3] |
2024 | Reus 2[4] | Abbey Games | Nature/Fantasy | WIN | Sequel to Reus |