Best God Simulation Games to Play from 1989-2024!

[@t1ckles0117]

I wish god games would see a resurgence... They were a uniquely fun, often-hilarious, and genuinely missed genre of gameplay. Populous, Black & White, and Dungeon Keeper were pivotal games in my formative years. Great list, as per the usual!

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Yes, the dark and dry humour was always spot on and not something we get much of these days. DK is still one of my go to games for a rainy day. - Tom

[@nashrussell753]

This is a real blast from the past and present. I had forgotten completely about Black and White and how much i loved that game. I really wish this genre would make a comeback, it is sorely missed and needed. Brilliant vid guys.

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Thanks for the support as always mate! - Tom

[@empypenguin7664]

It's strange how Black and White 2 felt more like a city builder, still fun to play though! Although I did really miss the gigantic animals.

[@brainyskeletonofdoom7824]

One of my favourite genres! it's a shame it is not very popular nowadays

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Fully agreed, I want it to make a comeback! - Tom

[@probusthrax]

In the beginning there was... Populous!

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Indeed and what a beginning!

[@mysticmerlin1297]

Great video!

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jyttew6145]

Very cool list!

[@trax1794]

Good to be back!

[@AngesCoughMedicine]

god* to be back

[@garethardent9417]

Amazing walk down memory lane!

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Thanks man!

[@Reynolt2k]

Great list! Glad to see some love for the God sim genre I am hankering for a spritual successor to Populous, or rather to Populous 2 which I LOVED possibly even more than Populous 1 (Populous 3 took things in a different direction that I'm not so much a fan of). It seems nobody is making this game. It feels like there is so much more that could be done with genre.

[@minoarno7415]

"Imagine dungeon keeper in VR" you should check out Underworld Overseer ^^

[@Grandmastergav86]

Nice list, I'd add one of the Dungeons games, probably Dungeons 3 - seriously underrated IMO.

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Good choice! I gotta say!

[@Andy.Gledhill.Models.]

I still have my DVD copy of Black & White 2. Sadly I couldn't get it to work on a modern system, the last time I tried. Great game.

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Somehow I am hoping for Black and White 3 to become a thing :D - Tom

[@Andy.Gledhill.Models.]

@@LTGamingKZbin That would be great.

[@CaptScrotes]

Check out the Dominions series! You're in for a treat

[@blastpop]

With regard to the original Reus and this is from the developer directly -"Read before buying / A fair word of warning Hi y'all, I'm one of the developers of Reus. We're super thankful for all the great response Reus has gotten over the past 10 (!) years. If you're a new player, or returning after a while, here's a short explanation about the technical state of Reus. Reus is a 10-year old game, built on the discontinued XNA framework by Microsoft. With Windows constantly updating, and hardware changing, some users are experiencing technical issues with the game that didn't exist before. We've tried to tackle this problem in the past, by porting the game to 'FNA', an open sourced reimplementation of XNA. From the Steam 'Betas' tab, you may select which version works best for you. Sadly, some problems will remain in both versions that we cannot fix".

[@RhondaFizzleflint]

However, Reus 2 released a few months ago and is imho much better (because it displays information about biomes and synergies better and got rid of the sometimes hectic realtime aspect).

[@Davivd2]

Actraiser games should have been on here. Actraiser 2 was great.

[@guyrose2239]

Metaphors abound twixt real life and the decks… nicely delivered list 🐸🐌❤️🌈🇮🇪🐣🐸🐌❤️🌈

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Thank you for the comments as always! - Tom

[@Faelystiri]

Black & White is probably one of my all time favourite games. Unfortunately it's really hard to play on windows 10/11 because it has certain files that were fine back in the day, but they are very volitile for hackers and virus' on your pc, so windows 10/11 will not let you install the game because of it. basically we need a remaster on it. At least a remaster that works enough to play on win10/11. I miss that shit so much. Black & White 2 was also very good, but it definitely wasn't the same.

[@KagaiYami]

black and white was so fucking good. i wish we could get more black and white games. i loved both 1 and 2 so much.

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Yes they were amazing and formative games for me, hope Fata Deum can live up to them - Tom

[@KagaiYami]

@@LTGamingKZbin same, it looks pretty similar, sadly without the creatures though. i loved my black and white creatures.

[@Perjoss]

nice list, and makes a nice change to have one of these types of videos that isn't voiced by AI 😂

[@LTGamingYoutube]

@@Perjoss we have been called AI actually 😂😂😂 but we really appreciate that 🚀🚀 so many more on the channel!

[@michaelmears3499]

Black and White is appearing soon on steam, it's being renamed as Fata Deum

[@LTGamingYoutube]

This is excellent news!!!

[@michaelmears3499]

@@LTGamingKZbin Looks like a demo might still be available to try

[@MarijnRoorda]

Black and White was disturbing at some levels. You could slap your god creature around, or pet it so much that it would suck at combatting other god creatures. At times it felt more like a adult game. Add in that the AI was at the most basic of levels, and often i felt it would have been more fun if that god creature came with a joystick. Early game the questing could be broken, up to the point you could get stuck and have to start from scratch, add in that we didn't have the internet back then to google for solutions, let alone that google didn't exist back then, so go figure. As for Spore, that first playthrough you do is magical. That's it. Second playthrough you will be minmaxing it, and you're either nuts about the space stage, or you hate it's guts.

[@Drax658]

Spore was an amazing game. I remeber trying to get the achievement for destroying the Groxx. Never happen ofcourse 🤣

[@LTGamingYoutube]

It was a superb game, I never got it either 😅 - Tom

[@BariiAlyn]

I have to say, I'm really looking forward to Fata Deum.

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Same here!

[@portumnadaz]

Dude you forgot Afterlife 1996. You manage the souls of the dead based on their sins or virtues in a sim city isometric style board. The humour was fantastic it didn't take itself seriously at all.

[@LTGamingYoutube]

WHAAAAAAT! How did I forget this game!!! I played so much of it! Now I am just angry at myself. Thanks for the reminder mate, picking it up on Steam right now! - Tom

[@SMOKEY-Junior]

We need a new black and white 😊

[@LTGamingYoutube]

#blackandwhite3 !!

[@SMOKEY-Junior]

@LTGamingKZbin that would be amazing - B&W 1/2 childhood fav's

[@poil8351]

you missed sim earth and sim life and evolution. the ultimate god games basically you control life and genetics.

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Never played them so I will check em out!

[@poil8351]

@LTGamingKZbin not easily available these days since EA hasn't gotten around to re-releasING them unfortunately though they where alot of fun in the day but very very hard. good old school dos style early maxis sim games a bit like sim farm and sim ant but much more complex.

[@Andy.Gledhill.Models.]

I remember Sim Earth. Great game.

[@georgep.burdell7237]

Remember playing Sim Earth first year of college. It fit on one 3 1/2" floppy (like another fav from that year, Command HQ)

[@pauzzdc6869]

How about "Virtual Villagers".

[@yendorimus]

No Dwarf Fortress? Son_I_am_disappoint.jpg

[@ale9952]

I have good god sims for you first from dust you wanna wield lava water earth and plants its your game and second is godus

[@4thdimensionalexplorer]

It was fun. Like a puzzle based God sim

[@iwchadwick]

Spore always struck me as a class in the pseudoscience of "intelligent design" for creationists. There wasn't any real sense of natural selection or evolution.