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Games like Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

Firaxis Games · 2008 · 86 % positive of 1,397

24 games that play like Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic), Sid Meier's Civilization® IV and Sid Meier's Civilization VII.

Player tags

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

At a glance

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

  • The tags they share most often with Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization: Strategy (24 of 24), Turn-Based Strategy (16) and Turn-Based (15).
  • They came out between 2006 and 2025, 19 of them after Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization (2008).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (96 % positive of 4,592).
  • 4 games both play and look like Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization, among them Sid Meier's Civilization® IV, Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete and Civilization IV®: Warlords.

By gameplay

Plays like Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

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

More matches

  1. Europa Universalis IV86 % positive of 134,436Shared: Strategy · 4X · Historical
  2. Millennia68 % positive of 3,593Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
  3. For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game74 % positive of 159Shared: Strategy · 4X · Historical
  4. Through the Ages90 % positive of 2,190Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
  5. Anno 1404 - History Edition81 % positive of 3,048Shared: Strategy · Historical · Grand Strategy
  6. The Settlers® : Heritage of Kings - History Edition84 % positive of 747Shared: Strategy · City Builder · Colony Sim
  7. Age of Conquest IV81 % positive of 2,748Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
  8. Port Royale 458 % positive of 1,930Shared: Strategy · Historical · Simulation
  9. CivCity: Rome72 % positive of 858Shared: Strategy · Historical · Simulation
  10. Old World82 % positive of 4,673Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
  11. Marble Age82 % positive of 725Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
  12. The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition76 % positive of 670Shared: Strategy · City Builder · Multiplayer

By look

Looks like Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

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

More matches

  1. Port Royale 270 % positive of 635
  2. Kingdom Wars 467 % positive of 226
  3. Cossacks 381 % positive of 14,750
  4. Aggressors: Ancient Rome83 % positive of 271
  5. Field of Glory: Empires82 % positive of 838
  6. For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game74 % positive of 159
  7. Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition86 % positive of 80,870
  8. Medieval Kingdom Wars76 % positive of 2,584
  9. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition94 % positive of 14,744
  10. Roma Invicta83 % positive of 221
  11. Cossacks II: Battle for Europe80 % positive of 1,101
  12. Crusader Kings II89 % positive of 73,809

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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