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Freeciv is a single- and multiplayer turn-based strategy game for workstations and personal computers inspired by the proprietary ''Sid Meier's Civilization series. It is available for most desktop computer operating systems and available in an online browser version. Released under the GNU GPL-2.0-or-later, Freeciv'' is free and open-source software. The game's default settings are closest to Civilization II, in both gameplay and graphics, including the units and the isometric grid. However, with a lot of multiplayer games being played in longturn communities, rulesets and additional variants
Key facts
- Software.name
- Freeciv
- Software.logo
- Freeciv Web Logo.png
- Software.logo caption
- Logo
- Software.screenshot
- Freecivx-net-2024-11-28.png
- Software.caption
- Freeciv WebGL 3D
- Software.author
- Peter Unold, Claus Leth Gregersen, Allan Ove Kjeldbjerg
- Software.developer
- The Freeciv project
- Software.latest release version
- 3.2.4
- Software.operating system
- Unix-like, Windows, more
- Software.genre
- Turn-based 4X strategy video game
- Software.programming language
- C, Lua, JavaScript
- Software.license
- Freeciv: GPL-2.0-or-laterFreeciv-web: AGPL-3.0-or-later
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Reception and impact
- Design
- Features
- Ports and variants
- Freeciv21
- fciv.net
- freecivx.net
- Freeciv-web
- Longturn variants
- See also
- References
- External links
Freeciv is a single- and multiplayer turn-based strategy game for workstations and personal computers inspired by the proprietary ''Sid Meier's Civilization series. It is available for most desktop computer operating systems and available in an online browser version. Released under the GNU GPL-2.0-or-later, Freeciv'' is free and open-source software. The game's default settings are closest to Civilization II, in both gameplay and graphics, including the units and the isometric grid. However, with a lot of multiplayer games being played in longturn communities, rulesets and additional variants have evolved away from the original ruleset. Freeciv is playable online on various public and private servers.
Players take the role of tribal leaders in 4000 B.C. who must guide their peoples through the centuries. Over time, new technologies are discovered, which allow the construction of new city buildings and the deployment of new units. Players can wage war on one another or form diplomatic relationships.