Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
- Developer
- Firaxis Games
- Publisher
- 2K
- Released
- Oct 25, 2006
- Steam reviews
- 95% of players recommend it, from 57 reviews — Steam calls that “Very Positive”
- Tags
- Strategy
On Linux and Steam Deck
This game runs great under Proton after tweaks, per ProtonDB reports (4 reports).
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About this game
The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.
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 tools to manage and expand your civilization, all-new easy to use mod capabilities and intense multiplayer modes and options*. Civilization IV will come to life like never before in a beautifully detailed, living 3D world that will elevate the gameplay experience to a whole new level. Civilization IV has already been heralded as one of the top ten games of 2005, and a must-have for gamers around the globe!
*Mac version's Online Multiplayer is no longer supported.
System requirements
As Steam lists them.
Windows
Minimum
- Windows 2000/XP, 1.2GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent, 256MB RAM, 64 MB Video Card w/ Hardware T&L (GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better) DirectX7 compatible sound card, 1.7GB of free hard drive space, DirectX9.0c (included)
- Windows 2000/XP, 1.8GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent/better, 512 MB RAM, 128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 8 support (pixel and vertex shaders), DirectX7 compatible sound card, 1.7GB of free hard drive space, DirectX9.0c (included)
macOS
Minimum
- OS
- 10.12 (Sierra)
- Processor
- Intel chipset
- CPU Speed
- 2.0 GHz
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Hard Disk Space
- 3.5 GB free disk space
- Video Card
- (ATI): Radeon 9600 Video Card (NVidia): GeForce FX 5200
- Video Memory
- (VRam): 128 MB RAM
- Multiplayer
- Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported. Internet play requires broadband connection.
- Media Required
- DVD Drive Supported Video cards: NVIDIA GeForce 5200, 6600, 6800, 7800 ATI Radeon 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X600, X800, X850, X1600
- NOTICE
- This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive).
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