Play Sid Meier’s Civilization II Online

Game Overview

Man, Sid Meier’s Civilization II still holds up. You start with one lonely settler in 4000 BC, and suddenly it’s 3 AM and you’re arguing with Gandhi about aluminum trades while your stealth bombers patrol the skies. The tech tree alone is ridiculous—go from discovering pottery to launching a moon landing in one playthrough, with every discovery changing how you approach war or city-building.

What I love is how messy it gets. You’ll have a perfect coastal city pumping out battleships, then realize you forgot to research railroads and your army’s stuck marching across deserts. The AI rivals actually scheme—they’ll backstab you over luxury resources or gang up if you’re too powerful. And those Wonders? Nothing beats the panic of seeing another civ finish the Pyramids one turn before you.

It’s the kind of game where you lose hours to “just one more turn.” Even the diplomacy feels weighty, like when you bribe a neighbor to declare war as a distraction. Classic doesn’t even cover it.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".