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2001 PC

A classic turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead a nation from the ancient age to the modern era. You found cities, research technologies, handle diplomacy and compete through conquest, culture or space travel.

What defines Sid Meier's Civilization III:

Turn-based combat
Tactical depth
Challenging difficulty
Strong character progression

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The closest matches for Sid Meier's Civilization III are Sid Meier's Civilization, Sid Meier's Colonization and Sid Meier's Civilization II. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Sid Meier's Civilization III special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Sid Meier's Civilization

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1991 PC

Turn-based combat
Tactical depth
Gameplay comes before story

The founding classic of 4X strategy: guide a civilization from 4000 BC to the space age, researching technologies, founding cities and competing through diplomacy or conquest. This is where the famous 'just one more turn' compulsion began.

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Sid Meier's Colonization

Challenging difficulty

A turn-based 4X strategy game set in the colonial era: you lead a European power in the New World, founding settlements, trading goods, managing resources, and ultimately fighting for independence from the Crown.

Sid Meier's Civilization II

Turn-based combat

This strategy classic has you lead a civilization from the dawn of history into the future, founding cities, researching technology, trading and waging war. Its 'just one more turn' loop turns every game into a long, gripping saga of your own making.

Humankind

Strong character progression

A turn-based 4X strategy game where you blend cultures across six eras to build a one-of-a-kind civilization. Switching culture each era sets it apart from genre peers like Civilization.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII

Challenging difficulty

Turn-based 4X strategy where you guide an empire through three historical ages, reshaping your civilization at each era transition. City building, diplomacy and warfare combine into the series' trademark one-more-turn pull.

Sid Meier's Civilization IV

Turn-based combat

The classic 4X strategy game where you guide a civilization from the Stone Age to the space race, with religions, cultural borders and diplomacy. Famous for its 'one more turn' pull and the award-winning theme 'Baba Yetu'.

Sid Meier's Civilization V

Turn-based combat

The classic 4X strategy game: you guide a civilization across millennia, from its first settlement to the space age. Hex-based combat, city-states and multiple paths to victory create the famous "one more turn" pull.

Civilization: Call to Power

Turn-based combat

A turn-based 4X empire builder where you guide a civilization from the Stone Age into the far future. Its late eras stand out, with underwater cities and space colonies.

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

Turn-based combat

A streamlined, console-friendly take on Civilization: lead one of 16 civilizations from founding to world power, researching technologies, building Wonders and winning through conquest, culture, economy or science. Turns are quick and easy to pick up.

Sid Meier's Civilization VI

Turn-based combat

A classic 4X turn-based strategy game where you lead a civilization from the Stone Age to the Information Era, planning cities district by district across the map. Win through conquest, science, culture, religion or diplomacy, and get hooked on the famous 'one more turn' loop.