Civilization (series)

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/Civ1	MicroProse	1991 	
Civilization 	CivNet 	 	MicroProse	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 and eras divided by time.
Civilization II 	Conflicts in Civilization 	 	MicroProse	1996 	
Civilization II 	Fantastic Worlds 	FW 	MicroProse	1997 	
Civilization II 	Test of Time 	TOT 	MicroProse	1999 	Includes the original Civilization II plus new scenarios and improved features, including an alien landscape.
Civilization III 	Original 	Civ3 	Firaxis 	2001 	Introduced unique units for each civilization and aspects of culture, including Culture Victory and takeovers of nearby cities.
Civilization III 	Play the World 	PTW 	Firaxis 	2002 	
Civilization III 	Conquests 	 	Firaxis 	2003 	
Civilization IV 	Original 	Civ4 	Firaxis 	2005 	Introduced aspects of religion, Great People, government civics, Classical era, and units speaking their civilization's native language.
Civilization IV 	Warlords 	 	Firaxis 	2006 	Introduced unique buildings for each civilization.
Civilization IV 	Beyond the Sword 	BTS 	Firaxis 	2007 	Redesigned the Diplomatic and Space Victories. Corporations added.
Civilization IV 	Colonization (Total Conversion)	Civ4Col 	Firaxis 	2008 	Remake of Sid Meier's Colonization with Civilization IV engine. The game is completely separate from the core Civilization IV game.
Civilization Revolution 	Original 	CivRev 	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, buildable improvements, and civilizations' unique abilities added, plus leaders are fully animated and speak their native language. First game with DLC.
Civilization V 	Gods & Kings 	G&K 	Firaxis 	2012 	Added religion and espionage/spies. Introduced the Atomic and Information eras.
Civilization V 	Brave New World 	BNW 	Firaxis 	2013 	Redesigned the Culture Victory using the Great Works and Tourism systems. World Congress and late-game Ideologies along with new trade units.
Civilization Revolution 2	Original 	CivRev2 	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.
Civilization:Beyond Earth	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, selected buildings, and wonders are placed outside the main city grid space, and a separate culture improvement tree from the technology tree. Leaders' unique abilities and agendas, and districts added.
Civilization VI 	Rise and Fall 	R&F 	Firaxis 	2018 	Added Dark Ages and greatly expanded upon Golden Ages, and a new Loyalty system which interacts with your current age.
Civilization VI 	Gathering Storm 	GS 	Firaxis 	2019 	Added natural disasters and the effects of global warming. New Future Era as well as its technologies and civics. Canals, Rock Bands, Diplomatic Victory, World Congress, etc.
Civilization VII 	Original 	Civ7 	Firaxis 	2025 	Introduced ages to which each civilization belongs and allowed civs to evolve as players progress through the ages. Made leaders independent from civilizations, so any leader can lead any civ.
Civilization VII 	 	 	 	 	
Civilization VII 	 	 	 	 	
== 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.
Civilization: Eras & Allies	Firaxis 	2023-2024	A mobile game originally titled Conquests and Alliances.
== 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 spinoff.
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.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gold Edition 	2018 	Civilization VI plus Rise and Fall expansion with all DLC released between them.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Platinum Edition 	2019 	Civilization VI plus Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm expansions with all DLC excluding the New Frontier Pass.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI Anthology 	2021 	Civilization VI plus Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm expansions with all DLC including the New Frontier Pass.https://www.pcgamesn.com/civilization-vi/anthology
== 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 	A free and open source clone of Civilization.http://www.pcgamesn.com/did-you-know-you-can-now-play-freeciv-your-browser
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.http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/priceless-victories-article
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.http://www.gamespot.com/call-to-power-ii/
FreeCol 	2003 	The FreeCol developers 	An open source clone of Sid Meier's Colonization.http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/06/09/sid-meier-returns-to-colonization
NewCol 	2007-2011	Frédéric 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.http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/275717/Firaxis_partners_with_GlassLab_for_educational_version_of_Civilization_V.php The project and GlassLab Games studio were both shut down in 2018.https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-12-12-glasslab-set-out-to-prove-games-could-assess-learning-now-it-s-shutting-down
=== 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 ==
* DLC (Civ5)
* DLC (Civ6)
== Platforms ==
Platform 	
I 	
II* 	
III 	IV 	V 	VI 	VII 	Rev 	RevII 	BE
Personal Computers	Personal Computers	Personal Computers	Personal Computers	Personal Computers	Personal Computers	Personal Computers	Personal Computers	Personal Computers	Personal Computers	Personal Computers
DOS 	✓ 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Windows** 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	 	 	✓
Mac / OSX*** 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	✓ 	 	 	 	✓
Linux 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	✓ 	 	 	 	✓
Amiga 	✓ 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Consoles 	Consoles 	Consoles 	Consoles 	Consoles 	Consoles 	Consoles 	Consoles 	Consoles 	Consoles 	Consoles
Atari ST 	✓ 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sega Saturn 	✓ 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Super NES 	✓ 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nintendo Switch 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	✓ 	 	 	
PlayStation 	✓ 	✓ 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
PlayStation 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	 	
PlayStation 4 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	✓ 	 	 	
PlayStation 5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	 	 	
Xbox 360 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	 	
Xbox One 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	✓ 	 	 	
Xbox Series S 	 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	 	 	
Xbox Series X 	 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	 	 	
Mobile Consoles 	Mobile Consoles 	Mobile Consoles 	Mobile Consoles 	Mobile Consoles 	Mobile Consoles 	Mobile Consoles 	Mobile Consoles 	Mobile Consoles 	Mobile Consoles 	Mobile Consoles
Nintendo DS 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	 	
PlayStation Vita 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	
Mobile 	Mobile 	Mobile 	Mobile 	Mobile 	Mobile 	Mobile 	Mobile 	Mobile 	Mobile 	Mobile
iOS 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	 	✓ 	✓ 	
Android 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	 	 	✓ 	
Windows Phone 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	✓ 	 	
* Expansions for Civilization II aren't necessarily on all platforms.
** There are multiple versions of Windows.
*** The first three Civilization games are on the original Mac operating system. The rest are on the OSX operating system.
== References ==
== External links ==
* StrategyWiki, which now has what was on WikiBooks
* MobyGames - Civilization Series
* Civilization - Then Vs. Now The Evolution of Sid Meier's Civilization Series 11/1/2017
* Gamespot: The Story of Civilization VI Part 1: A 25-Year Evolution 10/20/2016
* Gamespot: The Story of Civilization Part 2: How Firaxis Shaped the Strategy Genre 10/21/2016
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