Sid Meier's Civilization IV
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV is a simulator developed by Firaxis Games, released 25 October 2005 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Sid Meier's Civilization IV is
Sid Meier's Civilization IV is a simulator game developed by Firaxis Games and released in 2005. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Gamebryo.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Civilization IV is a 2005 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. It is the fourth installment of the Civilization series and was designed by Soren Johnson. It was released in North America, Europe, and Australia, between October 25 and November 4, 2005, and followed by Civilization V.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), educational, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Sid Meier series
Sid Meier's Civilization IV is the 16th of 41 entries we hold in the Sid Meier series. The next entry was Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords in 2006. Its critic score of 95 is 13 points above the series average of 82. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Sid Meier's Civilization IV holds a critic score of 95 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 28 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 90, across 311 votes.
What it launched against
Sid Meier's Civilization IV launched on 25 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2 and Mario Kart DS. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2, Mario Kart DS.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sid Meier's Civilization IV yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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