

- Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Historical, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based strategy computer game created by Sid Meier for MicroProse in 1991.The game's objective is "...to build an empire that would stand the test of time". The game begins in 4000 BC, and the players attempt to expand and develop their empires through the ages until modern and near-future times. It is also known simply as Civilization.
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Plot-driven, classical in form, epic and cool.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
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- Platforms
- PC-9800 Series, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga
- Developer
- MPS Labs
- Publisher
- MicroProse Software, Inc.
- Released
- September 30, 1991
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 8.9/10 from 265 ratings.
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