The City Building games are very similar to Maxis' legendary SimCity series, except that they are set in an ancient historical period. Zeus takes place in ancient Greece and expands upon the universe of Greek myths to create a unique city-building environment that will evoke the heroic deeds of Odysseus and Achilles while you build your own metropolis based on the dictates of terrain and your own personal vision of an ideal city. There are many tasks before you in Zeus, and some interesting additions specific to ancient Greece have been made to the established builder system. All the familiar city-building gameplay is there. You must build housing to attract people to your city and then continuously build structures to support and expand your settlement.
Roads are vital to keeps workers and goods flowing to areas where they are needed.
Farms and hunting lodges provide food, while structures such as fountains and maintenance offices protect your buildings from fire or collapse. When basic needs have been satisfied, there are a host of higher goals to achieve. Let philosophy flourish by building an academy, and encourage your own Aeschylus or Sophocles by constructing a drama school. All the while you can't lose sight of more mundane matters like collecting taxes. Zeus is played in real time as in the previous games in the series, and gameplay is a nonstop series of building decisions and monitoring of your food, money, hygiene, and unrest levels, as well as the flow of traffic throughout the city.