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Tonight at a glance

Platforms
PC · Mac
Mode
Single player
Age rating
ESRB E
Violence
Mild
Frights
None

The story

Civilization III, like the other Civilization games, is based around building an empire, from the ground up, beginning at start of recorded history and continuing beyond the current modern day. The player's civilization is centered around a core of cities that provide the resources necessary to grow the player's cities, construct city improvements, wonders, and units, and advance the player's technological development. The player must balance a good infrastructure, resources, diplomatic and trading skills, technological advancement, city and empire management, culture, and military power to succeed.

  • Fantasy
  • Historical
  • Educational
  • 4X (explore
  • expand
  • exploit
  • and exterminate)
  • world domination
  • construction
  • turn-based
  • military
  • spaceship
  • management

Production

Rating
80 / 100 · 181 players
Developer
Westlake Interactive, Firaxis Games
Publisher
MacSoft Games, Infogrames