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 |
|
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.
|
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.
|
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 |
|
2009 |
Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim |
1C:Ino-Co |
Fantasy |
OSX, WIN |
Sequel to Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim.
|
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.
|
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 |
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 |
|
2020 |
Deisim |
Myron Software |
Fantasy |
WIN, OCULUS |
Virtual reality game where you play as the god help or destroy the development of humankind
|
2021 |
WorldBox |
Maxim Karpenko |
Indie/Fantasy |
WIN, OSX, iPhone, Android |
Lets you control everything in world.
|