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Reus

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First release
May 16, 2013
Genres
Indie, Simulator, Strategy, Puzzle · Fantasy
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux

In Reus, you control powerful giants that help you shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains and oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices. You can shape their world, but not their will. Provide for them and they may thrive. Give them too much and their greed may get the upper hand.

Also known as Reus.exe

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Storyline
Reus is about shaping nature and about the greed of mankind. The player controls mythical giants, through which the player controls every aspect of nature. One can perform feats like terrascaping, creating life and genetic manipulation. However, eventually humanity enters a stage where they escape from the control of the giants. Change can still be made to their environment or oceans can be made underneath their cities, but their will is their own. The challenge is to let mankind and nature live in harmony, while encountering the many vices humanity has to offer. This means that as a player, some of the tasks are solving human wars, countering deforestation and even surviving attacks against the giants themselves.Read more

Reus is about shaping nature and about the greed of mankind. The player controls mythical giants, through which the player controls every aspect of nature. One can perform feats like terrascaping, creating life and genetic manipulation. However, eventually humanity enters a stage where they escape from the control of the giants. Change can still be made to their environment or oceans can be made underneath their cities, but their will is their own. The challenge is to let mankind and nature live in harmony, while encountering the many vices humanity has to offer. This means that as a player, some of the tasks are solving human wars, countering deforestation and even surviving attacks against the giants themselves.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 16, 2013
Mac
May 16, 2013
Linux
May 16, 2013
All 7 release dates
PlayStation 4
Oct 11, 2016
Xbox One
Oct 11, 2016
PlayStation 4
Oct 14, 2016
Xbox One
Oct 14, 2016
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
4h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
casual, god game, management, steam, prehistoric
… All 16, building, steam trading cards, dynamic world, gods, steam achievements, digital distribution, single-player only, in-game achievement menu, tooltips, pax prime 2013, world building

At a Glance

Critic Score
75
Main + Extras (IGDB)
4h
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Overview

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Steam users rate this Mostly Positive, 4,901 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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