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Sid Meier's Colonization
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ReimplementationDownloadAI-assisted

FreeCol

Brings back Sid Meier's Colonization · By FreeCol

Get it on GitHubHow to play

Plays on your own device, not in a browser tab. Opens github.com in a new tab.

Ways to play

  • Download

    github.com

    Get it on GitHub

    WindowsmacOS

    Release latest, Oct 29, 2026 (a pre-release)

    How to play
    1. Download the build for your system (Windows and macOS) from the project's release page.
    2. The project's page says what it needs from your own copy of Sid Meier's Colonization, if anything.
    3. Launch it.

Details

What
A new engine written from scratch that runs the original game's data.
Code
github.com/FreeCol/freecol725 stars on its repositoryLast updated Oct 29, 2026
License
GPL-2.0
Release
v1.2.0, Jul 23, 2024
Made with
People wrote the code with an AI's help, as the cited source says.

Its game

News

All news
  1. Pre-release · Oct 29, 2026latest
  2. Release · Jul 23, 2024v1.2.0
  3. Release · May 20, 2023v1.1.0
  4. Release · Jan 3, 2023v1.0.0

From SubmitGame's list, read Nov 12, 2026, GitHub releases, read Nov 12, 2026 and the GitHub API, read Nov 12, 2026. How to play gives the steps every way of its kind shares: the project's repository or site has the rest.