Sid Meier's Civilization
Studios
Developer — MPS Labs
Publisher — MicroProse Software, Inc.
Details
Platforms — PC, DOS, Mac, Amiga, Atari ST/STE, PC-9800 Series
Genres — Strategy, Turn-based strategy, Historical, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Modes — Single player
Perspective — Bird view / Isometric
Sid Meier's Civilization ranks #468 overall and #7 among strategy games — top 2% of all ranked titles. Of the 296 games released in 1991, only two outrank it. Hovers within reach of its all-time peak of #467, reached 3 weeks ago.
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