God game
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This article is about the video game genre. For the novel, see God Game (novel). For the Kills album, see God Games. For the video game publishing company, see Gathering of Developers. For the portrayal of religion in video games, see Religion and video games.
Not to be confused with god mode.
A god game is an artificial life game[1] that casts the player in the position of controlling the game on a large scale, as an entity with divine and supernatural powers, as a great leader, or with no specified character (as in Spore), and places them in charge of a game setting containing autonomous characters to guard and influence.