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5 Games like Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization on Mobile that you should try

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We filtered the 48 games similar to Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization down to the 5 that fit the “Mobile” category. Shelter, Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI and Turmoil top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization.

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GenreStrategySubgenreGrand Strategy
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Year 2008Dev Aspyr Media
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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is Shelter — scoring 55/100 on our similarity scale. Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI and Turmoil follow close behind.

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The best games like Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization on Mobile

5 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization. Each one has been evaluated across 9 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

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Shelter

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Shelter
Closest on genre
StrategyGrand Strategy
SoloStealthNarrativeCozyCasual
Year 2013Dev Might and Delight · 4EversGamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

It comes from the same genre as Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization and shares deep simulation and single-player focus. The distance is in setting and progression — its own ground is exploration and discovery, and horror setting.

Released 5 years after Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization.

Genre100Game mode55Setting0Progression0Visuals0
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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Closest overall match
StrategyGrand Strategy
SoloMultiplayerHistoricalFantasyBase BuildingIsometric
Year 2016Dev Aspyr Media · 2K GamesPlaytime ~15hOn PC · PS · Xbox

If Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization worked for you because of deep simulation, historical setting and single-player focus, the same is here. Both also lean on base building and an isometric view. What it adds of its own: tactical combat and resource management.

Same studio: Aspyr Media.

Genre100Game mode100Setting100Visuals100Progression81
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Turmoil

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Turmoil
StrategyGrand Strategy
SoloMultiplayerHistoricalCo-opPvP
Year 2016Dev Gamious · PlaydigiousOn PS4 · Linux · Android

Genre puts it alongside Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization, and so does deep simulation, historical setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is progression and visuals: co-op play and resource management.

Released 8 years after Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization.

Genre100Setting75Game mode65Progression0Visuals0
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Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

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Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
StrategyGrand Strategy
SoloBase BuildingDarkNarrativeSandbox World
Year 2015Dev Northway GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Android

The genre is the same as Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization’s, and with it deep simulation, single-player focus and base building. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings post-apocalyptic world and resource management.

Released 7 years after Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization.

Genre100Progression65Game mode53Setting0Visuals0
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Rome: Total War

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Rome: Total War
StrategyRTS
SoloMultiplayerHistoricalIsometricTactical
Year 2004Dev The Creative Assembly · SegaOn Android · PC · iOS

With Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization it shares turn-based strategy, historical setting and single-player focus. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on genre: this one brings real-time strategy.

Game mode100Visuals100Setting77Genre50

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