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The Civilization series consists of turn-based strategy computer games designed largely by Sid Meier and various sequels and spinoffs. The main purpose of this wiki is to provide information about and strategies for these games.

Descriptions originally came from the Wikipedia article Civilization (series).

Main series

Official Series
Base Game Game Abbr. Developer Release Descriptions
Civilization Original Civ MicroProse 1991
CivNet 1995 A remake with improved graphics and sound, local and online multiplayer modes, and support for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
Civilization II Original Civ2 MicroProse 1996 Introduced the isometric view of the world map.
Conflicts in Civilization MicroProse 1996
Fantastic Worlds FW MicroProse 1997
Test of Time MicroProse 1999 Includes the original Civilization II plus new scenarios and improved features, including an alien landscape.
Civilization III Original Civ3 Firaxis 2001 Introduced aspects of culture, including culture victories and takeovers of nearby cities
Play The World PTW Firaxis 2002
Conquests Firaxis 2003
Civilization IV Original Civ4 Firaxis 2005 Introduced aspects of religion and government civics.
Warlords Firaxis 2006
Beyond the Sword BTS Firaxis 2007
Colonization
(Total Conversion)
Civ4Col Firaxis 2008 Remake of Sid Meier's Colonization with Civilization 4 engine. The game is completely separate from the core Civilization 4 game.
Civilization Revolution Original Firaxis 2008 The first game in the series designed specifically for consoles, iOS and Windows Phone; not released for the PC or Mac.
Civilization V Original Civ5 Firaxis 2010 Introduced a hex-based map instead of a square tile map used in previous titles, and "unstacked" military units, where only one unit of a kind may occupy one space. City States added. First game with DLC.
Gods & Kings Firaxis 2012
Brave New World Firaxis 2013
Civilization Revolution 2 Original Firaxis 2013 A mobile exclusive sequel to Civilization Revolution.
Civilization:
Beyond Earth
Original CivBE Firaxis 2014 A spiritual successor to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri built atop the Civilization V engine. Takes place in a science fiction setting.
Rising Tide BERT Firaxis 2015 Experiments with floating cities, and new diplomatic settings
Civilization VI Original Civ6 Firaxis 2016 Introduced "unstacked" city tiles, where city improvements are placed outside the main city grid space, and a separate culture improvement tree from the technology tree.
Rise & Fall Firaxis 2018

Spinoffs

Spinoff Titles
Title Developer Release Notes
Sid Meier's Colonization MicroProse 1994 Created by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier while still at MicroProse. Would later be remade as Civilization IV: Colonization.
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Firaxis 1999 Science fiction version of Civilization
Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire Firaxis 1999 The expansion pack to Alpha Centauri
CivCity: Rome Firefly Studios and Firaxis 2006 A city-building strategy game inspired by the series.
Civilization World Firaxis 2011 A Civilization game for Facebook. The game was discontinued in 2013.
Sid Meier's Starships Firaxis 2015 A tie-in game to Civilization: Beyond Earth.

Compilations

These bundles show compilations sold physically at stores, not digital only versions that can be changed over time. This is not a complete list.

Compilations
Title Release Contents
The Explorer 1997 Civilization and the Colonization spin off.
Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition 1998 Civilization II and its two expansions: Conflicts in Civilization and Fantastic Worlds
Civilization III: Gold Edition 2003 Civilization III and the first expansion, Play the World.
Civilization III: Complete 2005 Civilization III and its two expansions: Play the World and Conquests.
Civilization Chronicles 2006 all the games from the main series from the first Civilization to Civilization IV.
Civilization IV: Gold Edition 2007 Civilization IV and its first expansion Warlords, as well as a bonus poster illustrated by artist Greg Hildebrandt.
Civilization IV: Complete 2007 Civilization IV and its two expansions: Warlords and Beyond the Sword.
Civilization IV: The Complete Edition 2009 Civilization IV, its two expansions, Warlords and Beyond the Sword, and Civilization IV: Colonization. It does not have any DRM (copy protection).
Civilization V: Game of the Year Edition 2011 Civilization V and all DLC prior to the Korea and Wonders of the Ancient World packs released through Steam.
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gold Edition 2013 Civilization V plus the Gods & Kings expansion with all the DLC released between them both.
Sid Meier's Civilization V: The Complete Edition 2014 Civilization V plus the Gods & Kings and Brave New World expansions with all the DLC released between them.

Related games

Due to licensing disputes between Avalon Hill and MicroProse, the Civilization: Call to Power series was developed by Activision instead of MicroProse. However, the series was consolidated into the Civilization franchise when Hasbro purchased Avalon Hill and Activision in 1999. Additional games, such as Freeciv and FreeCol, have taken inspiration from games within the Civilization franchise, but were developed by third parties unrelated to 2K Games or Firaxis.

Related Titles
Title Release Developer Notes
Freeciv 1996 The Freeciv developers An open source clone of Civilization.[1]
Imperialism 1997 Frog City Software
Civilization: Call to Power 1999 Activision, license from Hasbro Interactive Not worked on by Sid Meier
C-evo ?? Steffen Gerlach A freeware game loosely based on Civilization II, created by Steffen Gerlach[2]
Call to Power II 2000 Activision, license from Hasbro Interactive Sequel to Civilization: Call to Power. Due to licensing issues, Civilization not in the title.[3]
FreeCol 2003 The FreeCol developers An open source clone of Sid Meier's Colonization[4]
NewCol 2007-2011 Frederic Vernier and associates
CivilizationEDU 2017 GlassLab A modified version of Civilization V aimed to be used in the classroom as an education tool to examine the interaction between military, technology, political and socioeconomic issues. Development is in partnership with GlassLab.[5]

Board and card games

Board and Card Games
Title Release Notes
Civilization: The Boardgame 2002 An officially licensed board game published by Eagle Games and based on Civilization III.
Civilization: The Card Game 2006 A card game designed by Civilization IV lead designer Soren Johnson and based on Civilization IV.
Civilization: The Board Game 2010 An officially licensed board game published by Fantasy Flight Games and based on Civilization IV.
Civilization: Fame and Fortune 2011 The first expansion to the 2010 Civilization based board game.
Civilization: Wisdom and Warfare 2013 The second expansion to the 2010 Civilization based board game.
Civilization: A New Dawn 2017 A board game published by Fantasy Flight Games and based on Civilization VI.

DLC

External Links

References

  1. Peel, Jeremy (May 9, 2013). "Did you know: you can now play FreeCiv in your browser". PC Games N. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  2. Claire, Oliver (January 29, 2007). "Priceless Victories". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  3. Bruce Geryk (2000-11-20). "Call to Power II Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  4. Ocampo, Jason (June 9, 2008). "Sid Meier Returns to Colonization". IGN. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  5. Francis, Bryant (June 23, 2016). "Firaxis partners with GlassLab for educational version of Civilization V". Gamasutra. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
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