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Games like Sid Meier's Civilization® IV

Firaxis Games · 2006 · 92 % positive of 3,375

24 games that play like Sid Meier's Civilization® IV and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Sid Meier's Civilization® V, Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete and Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.

Player tags

  • Strategy
  • Turn-Based Strategy
  • Turn-Based
  • 4X
  • Historical
  • Multiplayer
  • Singleplayer
  • Moddable

At a glance

What games like Sid Meier's Civilization® IV have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV: Strategy (24 of 24), Turn-Based Strategy (17) and Turn-Based (15).
  • They came out between 2006 and 2025, 22 of them after Sid Meier's Civilization® IV (2006).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (96 % positive of 4,592).
  • 5 games both play and look like Sid Meier's Civilization® IV, among them Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete, Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI and Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization.

By gameplay

Plays like Sid Meier's Civilization® IV

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition94 % positive of 162,462Shared: Strategy · Historical · Classic
  2. Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition68 % positive of 1,790Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
  3. Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)95 % positive of 1,004Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
  4. Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition86 % positive of 80,870Shared: Strategy · Historical · Resource Management
  5. Sid Meier's Railroads!70 % positive of 3,251Shared: Strategy · Historical · Classic
  6. CivCity: Rome72 % positive of 858Shared: Strategy · Historical · Simulation
  7. Galactic Civilizations IV73 % positive of 1,887Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X
  8. Sim Empire44 % positive of 204Shared: Strategy · Simulation
  9. Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition95 % positive of 33,344Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
  10. Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition48 % positive of 287Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
  11. The Settlers® : Heritage of Kings - History Edition84 % positive of 747Shared: Strategy
  12. Anno 1404 - History Edition81 % positive of 3,048Shared: Strategy · Historical · Grand Strategy

By look

Looks like Sid Meier's Civilization® IV

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Praetorians81 % positive of 676
  2. Strategic War in Europe48 % positive of 204
  3. Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition68 % positive of 1,790
  4. Elemental: Reforged72 % positive of 518
  5. Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI86 % positive of 349,920
  6. Europa Universalis III Complete83 % positive of 1,971
  7. Machinefall83 % positive of 128
  8. Dawn of Discovery™90 % positive of 432
  9. Transport Giant60 % positive of 464
  10. KAISERPUNK69 % positive of 460
  11. SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 376 % positive of 5,257
  12. Warrior Kings: Battles91 % positive of 301

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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