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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV

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  • 4X strategy
  • Turn-based
  • Historical

The 2005 instalment: you guide a civilisation from 4000 BC, founding cities, researching and negotiating or warring with your neighbours. It adds religions and great people, and five ways to win, from conquest to the spaceship.

Why play it now

When you can give it a few afternoons: one review says a game can be finished in under ten hours.

Who it's for

For anyone after a classic Civilization, with Leonard Nimoy voicing the quotes for each new advance.

When not to pick it

If chance frustrates you: in one review, a tank with the odds in its favour lost to archers.

What it offers

  • Thinking: 90 out of 100
  • Managing: 85 out of 100
  • Building: 60 out of 100
  • Exploring: 50 out of 100
  • Relaxing: 45 out of 100
  • Creating: 40 out of 100
  • Competing: 40 out of 100

Our own editorial classification, not Steam data.

Details

Steam Deck
Playable
Steam reviews
92% positive (3,691)
Metacritic
94/100
Developer
Firaxis Games
Release date
25 OCT 2006
Steam genres
Strategy

Based on what the game states on Steam.

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