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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
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
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Its obviously a little dated now but its a very unique Civ experience as compared to the mostly the same but reskinned versions of the main base game. It really does feel like you are colonising the new world, as your tiny coastal settlement gradually gains a foothold and…”
— a player, Steam review · 193 hrs played“Oldie but a goodie. Play it with the We the People mod”
— a player, Steam review · 142 hrs played“Still feeling bummed about Civ VII? Then get this and install the mod We The People. Still great after all this time.”
— a player, Steam review · 565 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:43 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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Colonization is currently not working in OSX 10.10 [Resolved]
As many of you have noted here, Civ IV base game and Colonization are currently not working in 10.10 due to a python library issue. After a week of review, this bug is legitimate and we are now offici
Colonization is currently not working in OSX 10.10 [Resolved]
As many of you have noted here, Civ IV base game and Colonization are currently not working in 10.10 due to a python library issue. After a week of review, this bug is legitimate and we are now offici
Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · 4X · Historical · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Moddable · Grand Strategy · Simulation · Economy · Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Supported OS: Windows® 2000/XP/Vista Processor: 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent Memory: 512 MB RAM Video: DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB video card with Shader 1.1 Support or better DirectX® Version: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization DirectX(r) version (included on install) Sound: DirectX 9.0 compliant sound card Hard Drive: 900 MB