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...
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a strategy game with both single-player and multiplayer modes, developed by Firaxis Games and released in 2008. With an estimated 38,000 copies sold, it is considered a modest seller on Steam. With 1.5k reviews on Steam, it stands as a game with a solid review base on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 86.7/100 — a strong reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 10.99 hours, with side content bringing that to 15.03 hours, and a completionist run can reach 26.2 hours. Players commonly describe it as Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, 4X and Historical.
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User Reviews
86.7
Overall Score / 100
8.7/10
Steam (1507 rev)
Playtime Estimates
10.99h
🎯 Main Story
15.03h
⭐ Main + Sides
26.2h
💯 Completionist
Based on 15 player submissions
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Game Information
Release Date
September 23, 2008
Developer
Firaxis Games
Publisher
2K
Platforms
Windows, Mac
Price
$19.99
Analytics & Metrics
Copies Sold (VISE)
38.3K
(30.6K - 45.9K) VRI ScoreLearning
78.1
Hard to call the data is inconsistent at this point.
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Genres & Categories
Genres
Strategy
Categories
Single-player
Multi-player
Family Sharing
Tags
Strategy
Turn-Based Strategy
Turn-Based
4X
Historical
Multiplayer
Singleplayer
Moddable
Grand Strategy
Simulation
Economy
Management
Remake
Resource Management
Colony Sim
City Builder
Supported Languages
Text Only
English
French
German
Spanish - Spain
Italian
System Requirements
🪟 Windows
🍎 Mac
Minimum
Recommended
Minimum:
- 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
Recommended:
- Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Video: 128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 9 support (pixel & vertex shaders)
- Sound: DirectX 9.0 compliant sound card
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)