BERLIN, April 24, 2025 – The clouds have parted, the trumpet has sounded, and your destiny awaits: Berlin-based gamemakers Thoughtfish today announced their next project, How to God. A VR-exclusive experience launching in headsets later this year that puts players in the transcendent trousers of a deity-in-training navigating a world full of faith and fireballs. The prayers of god game fans have been answered—except now, the world isn't just at their fingertips... it's literally in their hands.
"How to God isn't just a tribute to classic god sims like Black & White, it's a chance to be a part of them," says Christina Barleben, CEO & Creative Director at Thoughtfish. "You’ll quite literally embody your deity and use your real hands to manipulate the world around you and interact with your worshippers. We wanted players to truly feel what it's like to be a god – And sometimes that means throwing a villager into the sky."
How to God Features:
🔥 Shape Civilization—Or Shake It to Its Core
Construct everything from huts to temples. Assign tasks. Solve problems—or start them. With fully simulated villages, your followers will pray, build, fight, starve, strike, or thrive depending on your guidance (or lack thereof).
🐉 Raise a Creature. Wield a Monster.
Your loyal emissary isn't just a cute sidekick—it's a god-powered beast that evolves based on your teachings. Reward it, punish it, feed it villagers… we're not judging.
⚔️ Fight Rival Gods & Conquer the Divine Battleground
It's god vs. god in battles that blend troop movement, creature carnage, and world-shaking miracles. Sling spells with your hands or toss healing potions with a flick of the wrist.
🧪 Master Alchemy & Miracles
Merge elements like fire, water, and villagers (yes, villagers) to create new spells, jobs, and chaos. Draw runes in the air to cast miracles like summoning fireballs, duplicating resources, or unleashing a fairy pouch to tuck away villagers and elements.
🌍 Explore Diverse Realms Across Time & Myth
Journey to settings inspired by the sands of ancient Egypt to the windswept Highlands of Scotland and everything in between. Each locale offers unique challenges, quests, and moral conundrums.
📜 Forge Your Divine Path
Progress through story quests and unlock relics to enhance your creature, buildings, and godly skills through the Tree of Life. Want to command more troops? Perform more miracles? Store more faith cookies? The choice is yours.
👁️ The Most Hands-On God Game Ever
Thanks to our VR locomotion and grab system, you don't just command the world—you lift it, shake it, pet it, punish it. How to God delivers truly tactile divine control.
How to God will grace players with its divine presence later this year. Potential worshippers interested in staying up to date with the latest news and scriptures can wishlist the game on Meta Quest today, and follow How to God on Discord, TikTok, and X.
Your deification is coming soon. What kind of god will you be?
About Thoughtfish GmbH
Founded in Berlin in 2013, Thoughtfish is on a mission to deepen immersive experiences by seamlessly using the real world to enhance digital fun. Through games and development tools including COALA (their service that lets creators bring real world data into development projects), Thoughtfish incorporates users' surroundings and real-life contexts to revolutionize the way people interact with technology and each other.