Sid Meier's Colonization
Shares rank 20 of 24 strategy games by recommenders
Replayable strategy game in the Civilization mold, recommended by players who keep returning to it. Critics note the remake and open-source versions lost its memorable quotes.
Replayable strategy game in the Civilization mold, recommended by players who keep returning to it. Critics note the remake and open-source versions lost its memorable quotes.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Highly replayable
“Colonization is super replayable”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Reverse Engineering Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon for DOS from 1990” Played alongside Civ games
“I played a lot of Civ1, Colonization and Civ 2.”
Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “OpenCiv1 – open-source rewrite of Civ1” Similar to Civ, quite good
“similar with colonization, first one was quite good”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Flashpoint Archive – Over 200k web games and animations preserved”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Remake and open source lost quotes
“I was really disappointed when the both the remake and the open source versions lost those memorable quotes.”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Reverse Engineering Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon for DOS from 1990” Mouse edge causes graphics glitches
“you were not allowed to move the mouse beyond the right edge of the screen or the graphics messed up”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “AMD Am386 released March 2, 1991” Too focused on the revolution
“Colonization had a similar problem as pirates had in that it was too focused on the revolution”
Comment from 21 Aug 2026 in “The Lost Treasure of Sid Meier's Pirates”
Other strategy games people recommend
The four most recommended other strategy games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle for Wesnoth | 39 | 4 | 91% | 4 | 10 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Sid Meier's Civilization | 25 | 9 | 74% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III | 20 | 10 | 67% | 3 | — | — |
| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | 16 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Sid Meier's ColonizationThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Colonization had a similar problem as pirates had in that it was too focused on the revolution”
“I played a lot of Civ1, Colonization and Civ 2.”
“you were not allowed to move the mouse beyond the right edge of the screen or the graphics messed up”
“I was really disappointed when the both the remake and the open source versions lost those memorable quotes.”
“Colonization is super replayable”
“similar with colonization, first one was quite good”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.