Bullfrog Productions
Populous: The Beginning
At a glance
Genres
- god game
- strategy video game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
- multiplayer video game
Series
- Populous
Game facts
Developers
- Bullfrog Productions
Publishers
- Electronic Arts
Engines
- Magic Carpet
Platforms
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- T - Teen*
Compatibility and community reports
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 12*
- Community confidence
- moderate*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Unknown*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows 7 / 10*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.8 GHz*
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended)*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0*
- Storage
- 400 MB available space*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Memory
- 1 GB*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.8 GHz*
- Graphics alternatives
- 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended)*
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- No*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
Audio languages
- English*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Multi-player*
- PvP*
- LAN PvP*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
Store genres
- RPG*
- Strategy*
Screenshots
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* Provisional data