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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2008-09-23

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 22, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 22, 2008 (Mac)

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...

390
playing now
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
$19.99
steam price (US)

390 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

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Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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