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Sid Meier’s Colonization (also known as Colonization) is a Turn-based Strategy and Single-player video game created and published by MicroProse. The game takes place in the historical-themed world in 1942 and introduces different factions such as The Netherlands, England, Spain, and France. Each faction has its unique units, abilities, and objectives. The player must select his squad and get into the world where he has to explore randomly generated the world and struggle to complete a variety of task to progress through the story. The game begins with a ship and two units reaching the new world, as the ship moves into an unknown area, the game occurs on the screen. The primary objective of the player is to build his colony, recruit an army, train them and expand his empire further. The player plans his strategies about his rivals and can take down them by sending his troops to their lands to take over land and loot recourses. Sid Meier’s Colonization includes core features such as Explore the Americas, Customization, different playable Nations, Manage your Growth and more. Try it out.

Thrive is a cool Action-RPG, RTS and a life Simulation inspired by the popular Spore that offers similar game-play, mechanics and other characteristics. Thrive allows you to explore a massive universe, change it the way you like and evolve in a brilliant environment. You as a small organism will have to go through the time and changes that the environment will impose on you, but you’ll have to improvise with your every move and survive the hardships. You must develop an entire civilization, conquer other planets and colonize on them in order to grow your numbers. Because of being a marvelous Action, RPG and RTS game, Thrive is always fun to play and enjoy. Do try it out, it’ll definitely amaze you.

Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri mixes the elements of 4X, Turn-based, and Strategy by Firaxis Games and Sid Meier. It is a sequel to the series of Civilization and set in a Science-Fiction world near future. There are seven different factions comprises five humans and two non-humans and lets you select one of them and jump into the game world where you have to fight against enemies. The game includes new features in the game such as multiple ways to win, spy choice, diplomatic, climate, social engineering, and more. It focuses on exploration and technologies. Select the character and start exploring an open environment where you have to compete against other faction, gain experience, enhance your abilities, and dominate the star system. The game is played from an isometric perspective. The ultimate task is to build bases, buildings, navigate territory, discover new technologies, and complete a series of objectives. There is a massive map which is divided into squares where the player can establish his bases, units and can fight against other players. With detailed Environment, addictive gameplay, brilliant mechanics and superb controls, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri is the wonderful game to play and amuse.

The Universim is a City-Building, Sandbox, Resource Management, and Strategy video game with god-game elements created and published by Crytivo Games for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the world of The Universim and introduces a dynamic weather system creatures by the procedural planet generator. In the game, the player has an ability to control a planet and its creatures. The primary objective is to build different structures place in various buildings, craft useful items and keep the creatures happy to gain positive points. The only Single-player mode is supported in the game, and the developers of the game feature static environment with breathing and living world. During the game, the player interacts with environment and objects to progress and can customize everything using his abilities. The Universim offers core features such as Multiple Planets, 3D Environments, Lots of Objectives to complete, Dynamic Weather, Living World and more. With immerse gameplay, smooth controls, customization, and more. Try it out and have fun.

Creatures 3 serves as the third installment in the series of Creatures, and it comes with several modifications, improved graphics and new content, developed by Creature Labs and published by Mindscape. The game mainly revolves around Artificial Life genre and introduces the captivating storyline, revolving around the female protagonist named as Shee who have left Albia in the spaceship to find out the more spherical world. In the story, the Ark was abandoned because a Metroid hit the ship, but the infrastructure remains in working position. The game features six different metarooms on the ship such as Grendel Jungle, the Norn Terrarium, Engineering Room, Ettin Desert, and more. The player can safely hatch and raise his norns in the Norn Terrarium. The game is played using a point-and-click interface, and the player has accomplished the assigned tasks to move to the next level. Other levels will be unlocked as the player advances through the game and the difficulty will be increased. With addictive gameplay, brilliant graphics, and smooth controls, Creatures 3 is the best game to play.