Populous is a computer game developed by Bullfrog in 1989 and is regarded by many as being the seminal god game. In 1991, Populous won the Origins Award for Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1990 as well as 1990 Computer Game of the Year in American video game magazine Video Games & Computer Entertainment. It was the first game in the Populous series.

The Populous series is a series of video games developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts.

Common; vulgar.

Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.

Popular; famous.

densely populated

Numerous; in large number.