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Sid Meier's Colonization
Sid Meier's Colonization leans Optimization (Pure Optimization). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS) - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
12 games like Sid Meier's Colonization
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 3) - Scenario events and weather pulses add tension.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Point-and-click placement; zero reflex requirement
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - no mechanical layer
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Both lean on variance about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - no reflex
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Autobattler, almost no inputs.
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Both lean on variance about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - no real-time physical skill, turn-based
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Both lean on variance about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - no real-time physical skill, turn-based
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Interface-driven play with no physical execution ceiling
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Pausable real-time needs little dexterity
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Both lean on variance about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - no real-time physical skill, turn-based
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - pausable, no reflex
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- Released
- 1994
- Developer
- MicroProse Software, Inc.
- Franchise
- Sid Meier
- Platforms
- Linux, PC, iOS, Mac, DOS, Amiga
- Modes
- Single player
- IGDB users
- 85/100