Returning with a nostalgic flair reminiscent of Black & White, the deity simulation game Fata Deum is due for early access release next month.
Fata Deum: A New God Game to Shape Your Destiny
Get ready, mortals, for a divine experience as the highly anticipated god game, Fata Deum, is set to enter Early Access on Steam starting September 15, 2025. This new game takes inspiration from classic titles like Black & White and Populous, placing you in the role of a god shaping the lives, beliefs, and destinies of mortals and their civilizations.
In Fata Deum, you'll be granted the power to perform miracles, build and manage cities with over 20 building types, and interact with rival gods representing violence, pleasure, deceit, and fertility. The game features a unique day/night cycle: during the day, you'll perform miracles, build civilizations, and engage in divine competition, while at night you'll plan long-term strategies and influence followers through dreams.
Your actions will impact morality and influence systems that shape both the people and the landscape. Physical miracles cause real-time, physics-based destruction, and you can bless followers, sacrifice them for power, or even zombify them to gain obedience, but risk corrupting your domain.
With over 1,451 amazing backers and over 200,000 wishlisters on Steam, Fata Deum has been backed by a passionate community. The game's development began with a successful Kickstarter campaign, aiming to revive and expand the god game genre's classic gameplay.
Fata Deum also boasts real-time physics-based destruction, over 20 building types, and flexible city management. Players can bless their followers with miracles that affect birth rates, city expansion, stats, and combat. The game features four rival gods, each representing a different aspect: violence, pleasure, deceit, and fertility.
Outside of the world of Fata Deum, Jody Macgregor, the game's writer, has made a name for himself in the gaming industry. Known for his work with PC Gamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, The Big Issue, GamesRadar, Zam, Glixel, Five Out of Ten Magazine, and Playboy.com, Macgregor has interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor.
Macgregor's first article for PC Gamer was about the audio of Alien Isolation, published in 2015. He's also written about the reasons why Silent Hill belongs on PC, why Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is the best fantasy shopkeeper tycoon game, and how weird Lost Ark can get.
In the early days of gaming, Macgregor's first computer was a Commodore 64, and he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. His work has been associated with cheques with the bunny logo from Playboy.com, making for fun conversations at the bank.
From 2017 to 2018, Macgregor edited PC Gamer Indie. He's lived up to his promise to play every Warhammer videogame, and he's even interviewed some of the most influential figures in the gaming industry.
So, prepare to take on the mantle of a god and shape the world of Fata Deum when it enters Early Access on Steam starting September 15, 2025. May your miracles be plentiful, your strategies sound, and your domain prosperous.
In the massively anticipated game, Fata Deum, players can bet on winning games against rival gods, each representing different aspects such as violence, pleasure, deceit, and fertility. During gameplay, players can perform miracles, build and manage cities, and entertain followers with various city types and miracles. The successful Kickstarter campaign for Fata Deum has garnered over 1,451 backers and 200,000 wishlisters, evidence of the game's widespread appeal as a significant addition to the god game genre.
