Populous: The Beginning
Short description
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.
- Developer
- Bullfrog Productions
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release
- Thu, Mar 07, 2024
- Price
- $4.99
- Reviews
- 442
- Positive
- 88%
- Followers
- 1,925
- Owners (estimated)
- 100K – 200K
- Concurrent players
- 10
- Genres
- RPG, Strategy
- Features
- Multi-player, PvP, LAN PvP
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $4.45, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $4.99 launch price. That is 11% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
13 data points since Aug 14, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
The blurred area is the rest of the history. 65 further data points reach back to Mar 1, 2024 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.
Lowest recorded price: $0.99 on Apr 23, 2026.
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| Image | Name | Studio | Shared | Tag difference | Price | Reviews | Positive | Released | Revenue (estimated) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Populous | Bullfrog Productions 6 titles | 4 | − Grand Strategy − Tactical + RPG | $4.99 | 57 | 84% | Thu, Mar 07, 2024 | $11k $5k – $886k |
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Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | CREATIVE ASSEMBLY 24 titles +1 | 3 | − God Game − Isometric − Strategy RPG + Historical + Turn-Based Strategy + Rome | $29.99 | 54,862 | 87% | Mon, Sep 02, 2013 | $68.9m $55.8m – $122m |
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Total War: SHOGUN 2 | The Creative Assembly 2 titles | 3 | − God Game − Isometric − Strategy RPG + Historical + Turn-Based Strategy + RTS | $7.49 75% |
38,860 | 90% | Tue, Mar 15, 2011 | $52.2m $52.2m – $81.1m |
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Total War: SHOGUN 2 | Feral Interactive (Mac) 36 titles +2 | 3 | − God Game − Isometric − Strategy RPG + Historical + Turn-Based Strategy + RTS | $29.99 | 38,835 | 90% | Tue, Mar 15, 2011 | $53.8m $53.8m – $83.6m |
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Desperados III | Mimimi Games 5 titles | 3 | − God Game − Grand Strategy − Strategy RPG + Real Time Tactics + Stealth + Western | $39.99 | 11,942 | 97% | Tue, Jun 16, 2020 | $19.3m $17.9m – $34.3m |
There are more like this. Your plan shows the 5 closest neighbours; Plus and Pro show up to 100 — enough to see the shape of a niche instead of a sample of it.