5. Colonization

The New World awaits… and Indian gold.

With Colonization, Sid Meier and company sacrificed the wide scope of the Civilization games to focus on the European colonization of the Americas. This is a game in which you tried to coexist with the natives at first, but you always ended up backstabbing the Indians and raiding their settlements for precious gold and silver. So no, it wasn’t like Pocahontas, but sadly real life rarely turns out like in a Disney movie (and neither do classic strategy games like this one).

The original game looks quite dated nowadays, but is still playable on modern PCs. And surely this is a classic no wannabe imperialist will want to miss out on…