Games like Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
If Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods is your kind of game, the closest matches are Populous™: The Beginning, Heroes of Science and Fiction and Super Robot Wars 30 — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Players who liked Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods also play
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Populous™: The Beginning
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Top pick for Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
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.
Heroes of Science and Fiction
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
Super Robot Wars 30
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Third-strongest match for Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.
Tactical Breach Wizards
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Hero's Hour
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.
Jagged Alliance 3
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Ranked #6 for Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS
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Ranked #7 for Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Beyond creation, four eras come together as one! Discover the latest entry in this iconic Tactical RPG series. Form your own team of SD Gundams and deploy for battle -- with units from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, SEED, 00, and Iron-Blooded Orphans!
The Last Spell
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Ranked #8 for Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods at current Steam store prices.
Gachi Heroes
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Priced ~51% under Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods on Steam right now.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Shotgun Legend
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Priced ~51% under Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.
aMAZE
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Priced ~44% under Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
aMaze is a straight-forward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.
aMAZE Classic
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Priced ~44% under Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
aMAZE Classic is a straightforward and surprisingly - difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze with abstraction art and calm soundtrack.
Swaying Girl
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Priced ~45% under Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
这是一个交互性小说的游戏，包含多个独立的小故事。画面精美，操作简单。
aMAZE Dark Times
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Priced ~44% under Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
aMAZE Dark Times is a straightforward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze with cool soundtrack and timer!
Pair Of Stamps
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Priced ~51% under Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
This fun find-a-pair puzzle game will help improve your attention and memory, making you smile and sometimes think, both the kid and the bearded guy.
Magic of Autumn
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Priced ~49% under Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Magic of Autumn is a unique card puzzle game. Explore a magical island, turn the environment into cards, build decks to overcome card battles, and get your soul back.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Limbus Company
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Battle for Wesnoth
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue is a battle sim about managing your own Gladiator Guild in an epic fantasy world. Build and run your own guild, hire and train gladiators, develop unique tactics, manage resources, compete for the rank in the arena, and much more.
Girls' Frontline
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
As a Commander for Griffin & Kryuger PMC. Navigate faction power struggles, deploy forces strategically, and work to restore order in a war-torn world.
Kriegsfront Tactics - Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Kriegsfront Tactics - Prologue is the proof of concept for the upcoming procedural turn-based mecha tactics RPG set in alternate 1970s Southeast Asia. In this prologue chapter, you'll get to experience combat, exploration, and the opening story of the game.
B100X - Auto Dungeon RPG
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Devilishly addictive RPG presented by Nussygame, the developer of "Buriedbornes"!
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.
The Last Flame: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Recruit a party of unique heroes, fight deadly encounters, loot and craft powerful gear, discover and create thousands of synergetic builds! The Last Flame is an endless roguelike auto-battler in which you guide a righteous party of heroes through many challenges.
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More from Bullfrog Productions
Other recommendable Steam games by Bullfrog Productions, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dungeon Keeper™ 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Bullfrog Productions, the studio behind Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods. Shares Strategy with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.
Dungeon Keeper Gold™
WHY THIS
Another title from Bullfrog Productions, the studio behind Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Build your dungeon & protect it with a labyrinth of dark corridors, a web of deadly traps, an arsenal of powerful spells, and an army of bloodthirsty demons
Populous™: The Beginning
WHY THIS
Another title from Bullfrog Productions, the studio behind Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
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.
Populous™
WHY THIS
Another title from Bullfrog Productions, the studio behind Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Move mountains, part the seas, and lead mortal armies to victory in Populous. Take on the powers of a mighty deity and battle for supremacy against an enemy god, using thoughtful strategy to shape the isometric world and the fate of its people.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Heroes of Science and Fiction
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
Tactical Breach Wizards
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Hero's Hour
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Frequently asked about Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
- Does Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods run on Steam Deck?
- Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods cost?
- Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, LAN PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods are Populous™: The Beginning, Heroes of Science and Fiction, Super Robot Wars 30.
- Who developed Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods?
- Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods was developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts.
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