Category Archives: other games for Civ-fans

PCGamesN: Pixel art Civilization 6 rival deals in the dark side of diplomacy (Imperial Ambitions)

By | April 8, 2024

PCGamesN just published an article about an upcoming game, which should be up to the taste of the Civ-fanatics, “Imperial Ambitions“. As the title of the article indicates, this is a turn-based 4X game, probably closer to Colonization than to Civilization 6 though, and it comes in a retro look. You manage an European empire in the age… Read More »

TurnBasedFest on Steam, until April 8

By | April 5, 2024

The fellows from TurnBasedThursday have organized a Steam special, dedicated to turnbased games.The overview page lists what is all included in this sale.Among many games, the following are in my opinion especially interesting to the CivFanatics: Various games are also on sale in bundles, so make sure to have a look at the overview page! Are you buying… Read More »

Millennia released!

By | March 26, 2024

The new history-themed game developed by Paradox, Millennia, has been released today. We made a whole forum for this game, and you might want to check out the following threads: We are looking forward to many interesting discussions.

New indie game release: LakeSide

By | March 26, 2024

This game has been in development and alpha-stage for a while, as you can see by the above video by GamerZakh, which is now 2 years old. But today it has been released, so it’s worth a thread!This game is a side scrolling city builder, which I am not sure is a usual thing. Instead of looking down… Read More »

Millennia – the reviews

By | March 25, 2024

The first reviews for Millennia are in! The verdict seems similar to what the Civ-Fanatics crowd has noticed during the demo: The game has interesting ideas, and can fascinate you for a while. The graphics aren’t pretty though, and there are things which do not connect nicely, gameplay wise. The civs are bland, but the ages and economy… Read More »

EA Classic games added to Steam & on sale (SMAC, C&C, Red Alert, Sim City 3K, Dungeon Keeper, Populous)

By | March 10, 2024

Electronic Arts is making the news this weekend as they’ve released a huge amount of classic games in their catalog ie the entire Command & Conquer collection, Sim City 3000, Dungeon Keeper, Populous, and many more including a very important one to a lot of people on this site Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri (already available though via GOG)!… Read More »

Explorminate: The Top 4X Games of 2024(X)

By | February 28, 2024

Explorminate has published a new videos, about the best 4X games to be expected.They start with how the 90s with Civ2 and MoO was the golden age of 4X, although 2023 also had a ton of good games, including the expansions for Old World and Humankind, GalCiv4, Spellforce and others. They then follow-up with the 5 most interesting… Read More »

New indie game release: Solium Infernum

By | February 23, 2024

Prior this game has been described as “Doom meets Civilization”, and today you can see this yourself, as Solium Infernum has been released. The game is set in an underworld hellscape, where you battle turn-based battles with demons. The game also includes 8 single-player campaigns, and also must diplomacy and city-building, but it is right now not clear… Read More »