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A reimagining of the 1994 classic built on Civilization IV: you found colonies in the New World, manage trade and economy, and ultimately fight for independence from the mother country.
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The closest matches for Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization are Sid Meier's Colonization, Sid Meier's Civilization III and Humankind. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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Best match
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.
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Challenging difficulty
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.
99 % 47.49 €
Turn-based combat
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.
98 % −80 %Challenging difficulty
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'.
95 %
Challenging difficulty
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.
94 % 59.99 €
Challenging difficulty
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.
94 %
Realistic visuals
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.
93 % 19.99 €
Realistic visuals
An 18th-century grand strategy game: manage your empire on a turn-based campaign map, then fight real-time land battles and the series' first fully 3D naval battles with sailing ships and musket lines.
93 % 9.99 €
Realistic visuals
A turn-based strategy game set in the 16th century where you lead a European colonial power, founding colonies, managing resources and trade, and fighting for control of the New World.
92 % 28.99 €
Challenging difficulty
A turn-based 4X strategy game set in ancient China where you grow cities, research technologies and lead large armies in battles fought right on the campaign map.
