1991MS-DOS · MICROPROSE
Sid Meier's Civilization (DOS)
The original. Guide a civilization from 4000 BC to the space age — found cities, research advances, and outlast rival empires on a world of your making.
The original DOS classics — free to play
Play Sid Meier's Civilization right in your browser.
Sid Meier's Civilization, Civilization II and Colonization — the classic originals, playable online with no download or install. Backed by full encyclopedias, series history and strategy guides.
The collection
11 ways to rule the world
Each classic fully documented — and one click away from playing online in your browser.
1993WINDOWS 3.X · MICROPROSE
Sid Meier's Civilization (Win 3.x)
The Windows port of the original — identical rules and rivals, with a mouse-driven interface, richer palette and the desktop convenience of early-90s Windows.
2026WEB BROWSER · CIV.GAMES
Sid Meier's Civilization (Web Port)
The original Civilization as a native web game — faithful rules, the original graphics and music, touch controls made for phones and tablets, and saves that follow you to every device.
1994MS-DOS · MICROPROSE
Sid Meier's Colonization
Cross the Atlantic for a New World of trade and rebellion. Build colonies, master the goods economy, recruit Founding Fathers — then declare independence and defend it.
1995WINDOWS 3.1 · MICROPROSE
Sid Meier's Colonization (Windows)
Colonization for Windows — the 1994 game unchanged in rules and in art, launched from Windows instead of a DOS prompt, with a soundtrack that sounds the same on every machine.
1995WINDOWS · MS-DOS · MICROPROSE
Sid Meier's CivNet
The multiplayer remake of the original: seven players, simultaneous or turn-by-turn, over network, modem or hotseat — plus a map editor and the King Builder for designing your own civilization.
1996WINDOWS · MICROPROSE
Sid Meier's Civilization II
The celebrated sequel — an isometric world, your High Council in full-motion video, firepower and hitpoints, and twenty-one civilizations across six levels of difficulty up to Deity.
1996WINDOWS · MICROPROSE
Civilization II Scenarios: Conflicts in Civilization
The first official scenario pack: twenty historical and speculative campaigns for Civ II, including eight player-made 'Best of the Net' scenarios — an early salute to the modding scene.
1997WINDOWS · MICROPROSE
Civilization II: Fantastic Worlds
Civ II goes sci-fi and fantasy: colonize Mars, fight through Midgard, chase Jules Verne — plus the powerful editors that turned players into scenario designers.
1998WINDOWS · MICROPROSE
Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition
The complete Civ II: base game plus Conflicts in Civilization and Fantastic Worlds, with LAN, modem, hotseat and internet multiplayer. For many, simply 'the' Civ II.
1999WINDOWS · MICROPROSE
Civilization II: Test of Time
The engine's final evolution — multi-map worlds, animated units, and fantasy and sci-fi campaigns that pushed Fantastic Worlds' ideas to their limit.
The arcade
Boot it in your browser
No installs, no floppies, no waiting. Civilization, Civ II and Colonization start in your browser at full speed and full screen — free, on a desktop or a phone, with your saves following you between them.
- Nothing to install — it runs in the tab you are already in
- Saves kept in your browser, synced to your account when signed in
- Fullscreen mode, keyboard reference and touch controls built in
The codex
Know every unit, advance & wonder
The dynasty
The complete classic-era line
Eight releases, 1991–1999 — the base games, their data disks and the definitive re-releases.
1991Game
Sid Meier's Civilization
Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley ship the original at MicroProse. The 4X genre has its blueprint.
1994Game
Sid Meier's Colonization
The New World spin-off — a deep economy of goods, specialists and a war of independence.
1995Re-release
CivNet
The original rebuilt for Windows with multiplayer over LAN, modem and the young internet.
1996Game
Civilization II
Brian Reynolds' isometric sequel becomes one of the most acclaimed strategy games ever made.
1996Data disk
Conflicts in Civilization
First Civ II data disk — twenty historical and fictional scenarios, plus tools to build your own.
1997Data disk
Fantastic Worlds
Second Civ II data disk — Mars, Midgard and sci-fi, with upgraded map, events and rules editors.
1998Re-release
Civ II: Multiplayer Gold
Civilization II plus both data disks plus network play, in one definitive edition.
1999Game
Civ II: Test of Time
The engine's last ride — multi-map worlds, a fantasy campaign and pure sci-fi settings.
Why civ.games
Built by fans, for the long game
These games taught a generation how history works. civ.games keeps them documented, discussed and playable in your browser — a living museum where every exhibit still runs. It is an unofficial fan project, lovingly maintained.