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The [[Civilization series]] contains several games with many features in common. This is a brief comparison between the core games.
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The [[Civilization series]] contains several games with many features in common. This is a brief comparison.
   
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This table includes [[MicroProse]]/[[Firaxis]] games in the ''Civilization'' timescale, excluding games of other timescales ([[Colonization]], [[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]) and games from other publishers ([[Civilization: Call to Power|Call to Power]], [[C-Evo]]), among others.
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|'''Game'''
  
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'''"''' in a column for an expansion pack, means that it adds nothing to the category.
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|'''''[[Civilization (original)]]'''''
  
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|'''''[[Civilization II]]'''''
  
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{| class="wikitable"
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|'''''[[Civilization III]]'''''
  
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!Game
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|'''''[[Civilization IV]]'''''
  
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|''[[Civilization IV: Warlords]]''
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!''<small>[[Civilization (original)|Civ I]]</small>''
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|''[[Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword]]''
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!''<small>[[Civilization II|Civ II]]</small>''
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|'''''[[Civilization V]]'''''
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!''<small>[[Civilization III|Civ III]]</small>''
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!''<small>[[Civilization III: Play the World|Civ III: PTW]]</small>''
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!''<small>[[Civilization III: Conquests|Civ III: Conquests]]</small>''
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!''<small>[[Civilization IV|Civ IV]]</small>''
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!''<small>[[Civilization IV: Warlords|Civ IV: Warlords]]</small>''
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!''<small>[[Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword|Civ IV: BTS]]</small>''
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!''<small>[[Civilization Revolution|CivRev]]</small>''
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!''<small>[[Civilization V|Civ V]]</small>''
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!''<small>[[Civilization V: Gods and Kings|Civ V: G&amp;K]]</small>''
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!''<small>[[Civilization V: Brave New World|Civ V: BNW]]</small>''
 
|-
  
|-
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|'''Release date'''
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!<small>Release year</small>
 
|1991
  
|1991
 
|1996
  
|1996
 
|2001
  
|2001
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|2002
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|2003
 
|2005
  
|2005
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|2006
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|
  
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|2007
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|
  
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|2008
 
|2010
  
|2010
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|2012
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|2013
 
|-
  
|-
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!<small># difficulty levels</small>
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|'''Number of [[civilizations]]'''
  
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|5
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|6 <small>(introducing Deity)</small>
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|6
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|6
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|8 <small>(introducing Demigod and Sid)</small>
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|9 <small>(introducing Settler, Noble and Immortal)</small>
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|9
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|"
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|5
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|8
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|"
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|"
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|-
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!<small># [[civilizations|civs]]</small>
 
|14
  
|14
 
|21
  
|21
 
|18
  
|18
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|16
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|26
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|22
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|34
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|32
  
 
|18
  
|18
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|24
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|34
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|16
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|18 (+7 with DLC)
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|34
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|43
 
|-
  
|-
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|'''Number of [[Wonders of the World]]'''
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!<small># [[Wonder|Wonders of the World]]</small>
 
|21
  
|21
 
|28
  
|28
 
|24
  
|24
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|29
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|?
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|?
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|30
 
|33
  
|33
 
|41
  
|41
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|21
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|28 (31 with DLC)
  
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|28 (+3 with DLC)
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|37
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|47
 
|-
  
|-
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|'''Number of [[Small Wonders]]/[[National Wonders]]'''
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!<small># [[Small Wonder|Small]]/ </small><small>[[National Wonder|National]] Wonders</small>
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|None
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|0
  
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|None
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|0
  
 
|10
  
|10
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|?
  +
|?
 
|13
  
|13
 
|13
  
|13
 
|14
  
|14
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|0
 
|8
  
|8
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|10
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|11
 
|-
  
|-
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|'''Number of [[unit]] types'''
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!<small>[[Government]] types</small>
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|21
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|5
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|6 <small>(introducing [[Fundamentalism]])</small>
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|45
  
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|65
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|5
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|"
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|7 <small>(introducing [[Feudalism]] and [[Fascism]])</small>
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|5*5 [[Civics]]
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|"
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|"
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|6
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|10*6 [[Social policies (Civ5)|Social policies]]
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|"
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|9*6 [[Social policies (Civ5)|Social policies]], 3*16 [[Ideology (Civ5)|Ideology tenets]]
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|-
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!<small># [[technologies|techs]]</small>
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|67
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|89
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|82
 
|?
  
|?
 
|?
  
|?
 
|?
  
|?
 
|?
  
|?
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|92
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|47
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|74
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|80
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|81
 
|-
  
|-
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!<small>[[Religion]]</small>
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|'''[[Government]] types'''
  
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|Generic religious buildings
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|5
  
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|Generic religious buildings
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|6 (introducing [[Fundamentalism]])
  
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|Generic religious buildings
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|5
  
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|"
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|[[Civics]]
  
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|"
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|[[Religion (Civ4)|Multiple identical]]
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|
  
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|"
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|[[Social policies]]
  
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|"
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|Generic religious buildings
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|Generic religious buildings
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|and [[Religion (Civ5)|Pantheons and Beliefs]]
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|and Reformation Beliefs
 
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|'''[[Espionage]]'''
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!<small>[[Espionage]]</small>
 
|[[Diplomat]]s
  
|[[Diplomat]]s
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|[[Diplomat]]s and [[Spies]]
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|[[Diplomat]]s and [[Spy (Civ2)|Spies]]
 
|[[Mole]]s
  
|[[Mole]]s
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|"
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|[[Spies]]
  
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|"
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|[[Spies]] and Espionage points
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|[[Spy (Civ4)|Spies]]
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|"
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|No Espionage
  
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|[[Spy (Civ4)|Espionage points]], [[Spy specialist]]
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|Spies
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|No
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|[[Espionage (Civ5)|Espionage]]
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|[[Espionage (Civ5)|Espionage]], including Diplomats
 
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|'''[[Map]] grid'''
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!<small>[[Map]] grid</small>
 
|Square
  
|Square
 
|Isometric square
  
|Isometric square
 
|Isometric square
  
|Isometric square
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|"
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|Square
  
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|"
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|Square (3D)
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|
  
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|"
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|Hexagonal
  
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|"
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|Square (3D)
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|Hexagonal (3D)
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|"
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|"
 
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|'''[[Resources]]'''
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!<small>[[Resources]]</small>
 
|Bonus only
  
|Bonus only
 
|Bonus only
  
|Bonus only
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|[[Resources (Civ3)|Bonus, Strategic & Luxury]]
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|[[Resources (Civ3)|Bonus, 8 Strategic &amp; 8 Luxury]]
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|"
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|[[Resources (Civ4)|Bonus, Strategic & Luxury]]
  
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|"
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|[[Resources (Civ4)|11 Food, 9 Strategic &amp; 15 Luxury]]
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|"
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|[[Resources (Civ5)|Quantitative]]
  
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|"
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|Bonus only
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|[[Resources (Civ5)|Bonus, 6 Strategic &amp; 15 Luxury]]
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|and 7 new Luxury resources
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|and 3 new Luxury resources from [[Indonesian (Civ5)|Indonesia]]
 
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|'''Unique civilization features'''
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!<small>Unique civilization features</small>
 
|None
  
|None
 
|City graphics only
  
|City graphics only
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|[[Unique units]]
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|[[Unique unit]]s, civilization [[qualities]]
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|"
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|[[Unique units]]
  
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|"
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|[[Unique unit]]s, [[Leader traits (Civ4)|Leader traits]]
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|
  
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|and [[Unique building]]s
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|[[Unique units]], [[unique buildings]], [[unique ability|unique abilities]]
  
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|"
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|<small>Era-specific abilities</small>
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|[[Unique unit]]s, [[Unique building]]s & [[Unique ability (Civ5)|Unique abilities]] (and [[Unique improvement (Civ5)|Unique improvements]] with DLC)
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|and Unique improvements
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|"
 
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|'''[[Great Person|Great People]]'''
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!<small>[[Great Person|Great People]]</small>
 
|None
  
|None
 
|None
  
|None
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|[[Great Leader]]
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|[[Great leader]]
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|"
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|[[Great Person (Civ4)|Artist, Engineer, Merchant, Prophet, Scientist]]
  
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|"
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|[[Great General]]
  
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|[[Great person (Civ4)|Artist, Engineer, Merchant, Prophet &amp; Scientist]]
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|[[Great Person (Civ5)|Artist, Engineer, General, Merchant, Scientist]]
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|and [[Great General (Civ4)|Great General]]
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|and [[Great Spy]]
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|[[Great person (CivRev)|Artist, Builder, Explorer/Industrialist, Humanitarian, Leader &amp; Scientist]]
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|[[Great Person (Civ5)|Artist, Engineer, General, Merchant &amp; Scientist]] (and the unique [[Khan (Civ5)|Khan]] for [[Mongolian (Civ5)|Mongolia]])
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|and [[Great Prophet]] and [[Great Admiral (Civ5)|Admiral]]
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|and [[Great Musician (Civ5)|Great Musician]], [[Great Writer (Civ5)|Great Writer]] and the unique [[Merchant of Venice (Civ5)|Merchant of Venice]] for [[Venetian (Civ5)|Venice]]
 
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|'''[[Hit points]]'''
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!<small>[[Hit points]]</small>
 
|None
  
|None
 
|By unit statistics
  
|By unit statistics
 
|By unit experience
  
|By unit experience
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|"
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|"
 
|By unit strength
  
|By unit strength
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|"
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|"
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|"
 
|By unit strength
  
|By unit strength
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|"
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|"
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!<small>Included [[scenario]]s</small>
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|None
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|Rome & World War II
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|None
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|None
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|9
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|3
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|8 (11 in total)
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|12 (23 in total)
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|None
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|None (+6 with DLC)
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|3 (9 in total)
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|2 (11 in total)
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|-
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!Other new features
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|[[Reputation]]
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|[[Culture]], [[Borders]], [[War weariness]], Air missions, [[Forced labor]]
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|[[Multiplayer]], New game modes
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|"
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|[[Health]], [[Cottage]]s
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|[[Vassalage (Civ4)|Vassals]]
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|"
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|[[Relic]]s
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|[[City-state (Civ5)|City-States]], [[Happiness]], [[Embarkation (Civ5)|Embarking]], [[Conquered cities (Civ5)#Puppet cities|Puppets]]
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|[[City-state (Civ5)|Mercantile and Religious City-States]]
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|[[International trade route (Civ5)|International trade routes]], [[Tourism (Civ5)|Tourism]]
 
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[[Category:Comparisons|*]]

Revision as of 22:25, 6 March 2019

The Civilization series contains several games with many features in common. This is a brief comparison.

This table includes MicroProse/Firaxis games in the Civilization timescale, excluding games of other timescales (Colonization, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri) and games from other publishers (Call to Power, C-Evo), among others.

" in a column for an expansion pack, means that it adds nothing to the category.

Game Civ I Civ II Civ III Civ III: PTW Civ III: Conquests Civ IV Civ IV: Warlords Civ IV: BTS CivRev Civ V Civ V: G&K Civ V: BNW
Release year 1991 1996 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 2013
# difficulty levels 5 6 (introducing Deity) 6 6 8 (introducing Demigod and Sid) 9 (introducing Settler, Noble and Immortal) 9 " 5 8 " "
# civs 14 21 18 26 34 18 24 34 16 18 (+7 with DLC) 34 43
# Wonders of the World 21 28 24 ? ? 30 33 41 21 28 (+3 with DLC) 37 47
# Small/ National Wonders None None 10 ? ? 13 13 14 0 8 10 11
Government types 5 6 (introducing Fundamentalism) 5 " 7 (introducing Feudalism and Fascism) 5*5 Civics " " 6 10*6 Social policies " 9*6 Social policies, 3*16 Ideology tenets
# techs 67 89 82 ? ? ? ? 92 47 74 80 81
Religion Generic religious buildings Generic religious buildings Generic religious buildings " " Multiple identical " " Generic religious buildings Generic religious buildings and Pantheons and Beliefs and Reformation Beliefs
Espionage Diplomats Diplomats and Spies Moles " " Spies " Espionage points, Spy specialist Spies No Espionage Espionage, including Diplomats
Map grid Square Isometric square Isometric square " " Square (3D) " " Square (3D) Hexagonal (3D) " "
Resources Bonus only Bonus only Bonus, 8 Strategic & 8 Luxury " " 11 Food, 9 Strategic & 15 Luxury " " Bonus only Bonus, 6 Strategic & 15 Luxury and 7 new Luxury resources and 3 new Luxury resources from Indonesia
Unique civilization features None City graphics only Unique units, civilization qualities " " Unique units, Leader traits and Unique buildings " Era-specific abilities Unique units, Unique buildings & Unique abilities (and Unique improvements with DLC) and Unique improvements "
Great People None None Great leader " " Artist, Engineer, Merchant, Prophet & Scientist and Great General and Great Spy Artist, Builder, Explorer/Industrialist, Humanitarian, Leader & Scientist Artist, Engineer, General, Merchant & Scientist (and the unique Khan for Mongolia) and Great Prophet and Admiral and Great Musician, Great Writer and the unique Merchant of Venice for Venice
Hit points None By unit statistics By unit experience " " By unit strength " " " By unit strength " "
Included scenarios None Rome & World War II None None 9 3 8 (11 in total) 12 (23 in total) None None (+6 with DLC) 3 (9 in total) 2 (11 in total)
Other new features Reputation Culture, Borders, War weariness, Air missions, Forced labor Multiplayer, New game modes " Health, Cottages Vassals " Relics City-States, Happiness, Embarking, Puppets Mercantile and Religious City-States International trade routes, Tourism
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