Godhood is a small and innovative game. It's a curious combination of simulation, strategy, and god game. It's not heavy on the city-building aspect (although you do see your city grow). Instead, it's more of a fun exploration of how a civilization's characteristics might change over time. You create your own religion, and you add new customizations to it over time as your population grows. The religion determines what skills your villagers have. You grow your religion by converting other people to your cause during challenges that happen at the end of each "turn" of the game. Your villagers try to outperform your opponents using skills that are either physical or social in nature. The stylized "combat" turns take place in the center of a stage while both sets of villagers watch the team performance. Think "Lucha Libre" entertainment.

They released a Linux client, which worked well and can still be played. The studio eventually scaled back, though, and dropped ongoing support. Thankfully, the Windows version also plays well in Proton on my Linux Mint 20 machine.

Godhood is a small and innovative game. It's a curious combination of simulation, strategy, and god game. It's not heavy on the city-building aspect (although you do see your city grow). Instead, it's more of a fun exploration of how a civilization's characteristics might change over time. You create your own religion, and you add new customizations to it over time as your population grows. The religion determines what skills your villagers have. You grow your religion by converting other people to your cause during challenges that happen at the end of each "turn" of the game. Your villagers try to outperform your opponents using skills that are either physical or social in nature. The stylized "combat" turns take place in the center of a stage while both sets of villagers watch the team performance. Think "Lucha Libre" entertainment. They released a Linux client, which worked well and can still be played. The studio eventually scaled back, though, and dropped ongoing support. Thankfully, the Windows version also plays well in Proton on my Linux Mint 20 machine.