Games like civilization iii

Sid Meier's Civilization IIIis the third installment of theSid Meier's Civilizationturn-based strategy video game series. It was preceded byCivilization IIand followed byCivilization IV, and it was released in 2001. Unlike the original game,Civilization IIIwas not designed by Sid Meier, but by Jeff Briggs, a game designer, and Soren Johnson, a game programmer.

Civilization III, like the otherCivilizationgames, entails building an empire, from the ground up, beginning in 4,000 BC and continuing slightly beyond the modern day. The player must construct and improve cities, train military and non-military units, improve terrain, research technologies, build Wonders of the World, make war or peace with neighboring civilizations, and so on. The player must balance a good infrastructure, resources, diplomatic and trading skills, technological advancement, city and empire management, culture, and military power to succeed.