Single-player games like Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Populous™: The Beginning
Single-player alternative to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Heroes of Science and Fiction
Single-player alternative to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Super Robot Wars 30
Single-player alternative to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tactical Breach Wizards
Single-player alternative to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Hero's Hour
Single-player alternative to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Jagged Alliance 3
Single-player alternative to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS
Single-player alternative to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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The Last Spell
Single-player alternative to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Dungeon Keeper™ 2
Single-player alternative to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Dungeon Keeper Gold™
Single-player alternative to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
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Populous™
Single-player alternative to Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.