Games like Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
If Sid Meier's Civilization® IV is your kind of game, the closest matches are Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Sid Meier's Civilization® IV and Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its leonard nimoys voice over, smooth and easy gameplay and tactical positioning matters. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Sid Meier's Civilization® IV, developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K in 2006, is a turn-based 4X strategy game about guiding a civilization from antiquity into the modern age. Players follow a clear technology tree, diversify their units, and pursue several distinct victory paths, with automated worker management smoothing the busywork. Built for massive, multi-hour solo campaigns at a normal difficulty, it remains a moddable mainstay of the series. Reviewers describe it as immersive and note Leonard Nimoy's narration. The game carries a Metacritic score of 94, is Steam Deck Playable, holds a 92% positive rating across 1,884 Steam reviews, and costs 3.99 USD. A foundational strategy game still worth the time.
About Sid Meier's Civilization® IV: With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...
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Steam players who put hours into Sid Meier's Civilization® IV also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Top pick for Sid Meier's Civilization® IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Second-strongest match for Sid Meier's Civilization® IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Third-strongest match for Sid Meier's Civilization® IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Ranked #4 for Sid Meier's Civilization® IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
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...
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Ranked #5 for Sid Meier's Civilization® IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Civilization IV®: Warlords
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Ranked #6 for Sid Meier's Civilization® IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit. Paying homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, the expansion delivers six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their...
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Ranked #7 for Sid Meier's Civilization® IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Field of Glory: Empires
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Ranked #8 for Sid Meier's Civilization® IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization® IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization® IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization® IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization® IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Banished
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization® IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Cities: Skylines
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization® IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Settlement Survival
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization® IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Frostpunk
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sid Meier's Civilization® IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sid Meier's Civilization® IV at current Steam store prices.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Sid Meier's Civilization® IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Sid Meier's Civilization® IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Sid Meier's Civilization® IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Priced ~75% under Sid Meier's Civilization® IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Party Hard
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Sid Meier's Civilization® IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Sid Meier's Civilization® IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Lead the great armies of the Star Wars™ Episode II: Attack of the Clones saga in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookies, Trade Federation, Gungans or Royal Naboo to determine the course of the Galactic Civil War.
Russian Life Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Sid Meier's Civilization® IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
The most realistic simulator of the life of a Russian person. Collect pension from birth, collect bottles to survive and become part of an exciting life-long story.
Achievement Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Sid Meier's Civilization® IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Feel like a real Achievement hunter! Earn Achievements, upgrades and get the most Achievements on steam!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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More from Firaxis Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Firaxis Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization® IV. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization® IV. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization® IV. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization® IV. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
WHY THIS
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization® IV. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
WHY THIS
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization® IV. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Marvel's Midnight Suns
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization® IV. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
WHY THIS
Another title from Firaxis Games, the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization® IV. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
Frequently asked about Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
- Does Sid Meier's Civilization® IV run on Steam Deck?
- Sid Meier's Civilization® IV is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Sid Meier's Civilization® IV cost?
- Sid Meier's Civilization® IV is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Sid Meier's Civilization® IV have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Sid Meier's Civilization® IV supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Sid Meier's Civilization® IV?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sid Meier's Civilization® IV are Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Sid Meier's Civilization® IV, Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete.
- Who developed Sid Meier's Civilization® IV?
- Sid Meier's Civilization® IV was developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K.
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