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Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)

MicroProse Software, Inc · Atari · 2014-10-09

SteamGOG

AdventureSimulation

Franchise: Sid Meier · Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 09, 2014 (Mac), Aug 21, 2015 (iOS), Oct 09, 2014 (Linux), 1995 (Amiga), Oct 09, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 14, 1994 (DOS)

The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you.

164
playing now
96%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
IGDB user rating (52 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.04
steam price (US)

164 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Sid Meier's Colonization is a turn-based strategy video game by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier. It was developed at MicroProse's Chapel Hill studio for MS-DOS and published in 1994. The game is themed around European colonization of the New World from 1492–1850. Ports were released in 1995 for Windows 3.1, Amiga, and Mac. American video game publisher Tommo purchased the rights to Colonization in 2015 and digitally published it through their Retroism brand.

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  • · Top 28% of 11,322 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,147 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.89-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.89-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.69 at WinGameStore (2015-09-04) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 32 of 59 observed days · $0.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

251882026-08-11 20:00 — 193 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 145 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 88 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 205 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 140 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 98 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 198 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 159 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 104 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 218 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 125 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 113 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 224 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 133 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 119 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 191 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 193 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 137 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 251 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 113 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 147 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 192 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 122 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 124 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 193 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 147 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 126 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 242 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 164 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.16$0.892015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-04-16 — best price $1.752015-06-04 — best price $7.492015-09-10 — best price $5.992016-02-16 — best price $7.792016-05-20 — best price $6.992016-09-01 — best price $1.742016-11-28 — best price $5.992017-03-20 — best price $1.742017-07-03 — best price $5.992017-10-26 — best price $2.092018-01-05 — best price $6.992018-05-10 — best price $2.442018-08-21 — best price $6.992018-12-01 — best price $6.992019-02-25 — best price $1.492019-06-03 — best price $6.992019-09-19 — best price $2.092019-12-03 — best price $5.992020-02-03 — best price $2.092020-05-23 — best price $5.992020-08-28 — best price $2.092020-11-28 — best price $2.092021-02-23 — best price $6.992021-06-14 — best price $6.992021-10-11 — best price $6.992022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-04-11 — best price $2.792022-07-30 — best price $6.992023-09-26 — best price $5.992024-04-17 — best price $5.992024-11-05 — best price $5.992025-02-13 — best price $1.792025-06-26 — best price $1.392025-11-05 — best price $5.992026-02-28 — best price $1.392026-07-20 — best price $6.992026-08-30 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

4XRetroClassicEconomyStrategyAdventureColony SimHistoricalSimulationTurn-Based

Census log

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

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