Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a strategy, turn-based strategy and turn-based game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K.
Released on September 23rd 2008 is available on Windows and MacOS in 5 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain and Italian.

It has received 1,307 reviews of which 1,134 were positive and 173 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam and has a 80% discount.

The Steam community has classified Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization into these genres:

Strategy Turn-Based Strategy Turn-Based 4X Historical Multiplayer Singleplayer Moddable Grand Strategy Simulation Economy Management Remake City Builder Colony Sim

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Requirements

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Windows

Supported OS: Windows® 2000/XP/Vista
Processor: 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Video: DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB video card with Shader 1.1 Support or better
DirectX® Version: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization DirectX(r) version (included on install)
Sound: DirectX 9.0 compliant sound card
Hard Drive: 900 MB

MacOS

Recommended:

OS: Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.1
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 1 GB free disk space
Video Card: (ATI): Radeon X1600 Video Card (NVidia): GeForce FX 8600
Video Memory: (VRam): 512 MB
Multiplayer: Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported. Internet play requires broadband connection.
Media Required: DVD-ROM Drive
Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard
Supported Chipsets: ATI RADEON X1600, X1900, 2400, 2600, 3870 NVIDIA GEFORCE 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800, 9400, 9600, GT 120
NOTICE: Apple original CPU’s only, CPU upgrades not supported.
NOTICE: Intel integrated video chipsets are not supported.
NOTICE: This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive)

Reviews

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Sept. 2024

First off, the base game is boring and frustrating to play. With the mod "We The People" it is very fun. This game kind of feels like a prequel to Oregon Trail.

Aug. 2024

Fantastic game. So many great memories holding out against the overwhelming naval might of the old country. Really fun to create an economic powerhouse that is fully automated w/ supply lines etc.

July 2024

awesome game and difficult to win, i remember playing this on Amiga (or trying to, I was about 9) this version has a nice modernised UI and graphics

Feb. 2024

This game was a disappointment at release. But a mod make it totally fresh, right now! Most games have a very finite lifecycle: you play a story from start to end, explore their features and leave them. This is not necessary true to PC games. I think this is one such case. The original Colonization IV game had lot of flaws that disappointed greatly the fans of the original Colonization game, and made it kind of shallow... A game to be played once and then leave it. But then, the people at Firaxis released the game mechanics source code, and some great guys at Germany / Switzerland developed the "The Authentic Colonization" mod (TAC 2.0.3).. And this changed greatly the game experience, bringing it closer to the original Colonization... New victory conditions, Portugal as a player, overall game balancing, random events and decisions, quests... This made this game fresh, with lots of new opportunities to explore. At release, I would give this game a 5. Now I give it an 8.

Jan. 2024

A good game. But with We The People mod... brillant.

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