Black & White (2001)

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by Lionhead Studios, Electronic Arts, Feral Interactive

Platforms:

Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)

Genres:Strategy, Puzzle, Simulator, Real Time Strategy (RTS)

Themes:Open world, Sandbox

Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer

Story:

Play the role of a deity in a land where the surroundings are yours to shape and its people are yours to lord over. Be an evil, malevolent god and the natives will worship you with fear in their eyes. Play as a kind, benevolent god and they will worship you with love in their hearts. Your actions decide whether you create a heaven or hell for your worshipers. Then select a creature from the land to act as your representative in the world. Raise it to gigantic proportions and teach it to do your bidding--whether the animal grows into an evil colossus of mass destruction or a kind and gentle giant is up to you. Progress through the game's rich storyline performing powerful miracles to battle other deities and become the world's supreme god. Show more

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Hey GOG Team, I just want to throw my support behind bringing Black &White to GOG. This game was a huge part of my life, and it’s heartbreaking that it’s so hard to play naturally today. The AI, the moral choices, the god-sim mechanics—everything about it was ahead of its time and still holds up. The sheer freedom in shaping your world, the dynamic creature AI, and the sense of power and responsibility as a god. I played this game with friends, comparing how our creatures evolved and took different paths, which made every playthrough unique. The balance of fun and challenge—whether managing your villagers, guiding your creature, or dealing with rival gods—kept me hooked for months. GOG has done amazing work preserving classics, and Black & White absolutely deserves that treatment. Having it on GOG would mean easy access for old fans and new players alike to experience a true classic without technical hurdles. If there’s any way to make it happen, I (and many others) would be beyond grateful.Obokken

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@Obokken

January 31, 2025

Hey GOG Team, I just want to throw my support behind bringing Black &White to GOG. This game was a huge part of my life, and it’s heartbreaking that it’s so hard to play naturally today. The AI, the moral choices, the god-sim mechanics—everything about it was ahead of its time and still holds up. The sheer freedom in shaping your world, the dynamic creature AI, and the sense of power and responsibility as a god. I played this game with friends, comparing how our creatures evolved and took different paths, which made every playthrough unique. The balance of fun and challenge—whether managing your villagers, guiding your creature, or dealing with rival gods—kept me hooked for months. GOG has done amazing work preserving classics, and Black & White absolutely deserves that treatment. Having it on GOG would mean easy access for old fans and new players alike to experience a true classic without technical hurdles. If there’s any way to make it happen, I (and many others) would be beyond grateful.

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@opopanax1

January 31, 2025

Black and White is one of those games that got so my hype that it failed... but was still an amazing game if you were able to put your fingers in your ear and say "nah nah nah nah" as Peter M hyped everything up. This game was a pillar of something new and interesting gameplay and should'nt get lost in history Great stories, good puzzles, fun experiments with a giant monkey. This is a game I've been wanting my kids to experience but sadly their computers don't have a disc drive and trying to get it running on Win 11 is a headache at best.

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@Peacemaker90

January 31, 2025

From Time to Time I still try to find my B&W CD. I love the Humor of the game, the sidequests, the freedom to be good or evil and most of all the creatures. Please bring this God of a GodGame to GOG!

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@seanp7738

January 31, 2025

It was a funny and innovative game, and my brother and I played it a lot , and we would laugh so hard while playing. He passed away a few years ago and I would love to play it again. Fond memories.

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@FlameMan

January 31, 2025

First time I was able to feel like a god. My creature was powerful and was helping villagers. I have whole collection on CDs, but I hope someday I will be able to play this game on GoG.

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@sunnyclat

January 31, 2025

I played it as a child but I never ended it. Now as an adult i tried and reached the last island but due a bug with saving games i couldnt either. This game i loved it, despite i never could finish it, the miracles, the monkey, the sidequest. I think it deserves be back to us.

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@both_belong

January 31, 2025

Best game ever! Played it so many times in so many different ways. In land 2 there is a quesr where the towns food supply necomes poisoned. It was a great way to take over enemy diety villages by wiping out the population quickly. Took the poisoned food with me to all the following lands in one evil playthrough. Such a great game, funny and cute and surprisingly in depth gameplay. Even back when the game first came out, it had so many bugs. Just getting it to run on my pc nack then was a challenge. I wish it would be remastered or have a remake with awesome graphics. Black and white 2 was great too, but it kind of lacked the charm of the first game.

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@Flesh_Titan

January 31, 2025

I tried my creature to go immediately across the map and start eating the villagers of my enemies. It was beautiful. They were also such a fierce fighter, he only lost a handful of fights. They would heal themselves, cast rain on themselves, and would otherwise just be an unstoppable force fighting the enemy creatures. I really hope this game gets out of the legal limbo it is in, and is released for us to purchase because it is getting harder and harder to get my CD copy to be playable with these newer machines.

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@anothersamreid

January 31, 2025

I got this game for free back when it 1st came out, I think it was with/from a mobile phone deal of some description. The PC we owned at the time wouldn't run it. I had to convince my dad to upgrade out PC just so I could run the game. It was, is and ever will be one of my favorite game ever. The concept and game play for the time blew me away. I recently installed it on my ROG ALLY so I could play it on the go but I couldn't get it working. I NEED TO RE-LIVE this period of my life/ Please GOG angels/demons, make this happen

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@Wlfvenom

January 31, 2025

Oh man, I used to love playing this game so much. One of the best God Sims ever. Teaching my giant tiger to poop on the town's food and yeet children into the ocean was the best.

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