- Export saves: export the savegame files from your browser, so you can switch to another browser or computer. You can also use them in an emulator installed on your computer.
- Import saves: import savegames that you exported before with the Export saves button.
- Download disk: export the whole game from your browser, with all your savegames. Useful to switch to an emulator installed on your computer.
- Reset game files: if you somehow messed up the game files, you can reset them to an exact copy of the original.
- Reset saves: delete all savegames from your browser. We recommend that you export them first: there is no turning back!
Sid Meier's Civilization - Play Online
For small DOS games like Sid Meier's Civilization, you can play online immediately with your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera...). This feature is experimental, the game may not work properly.
Warning: game save should work, but you should try it early! Also, be careful to select the right game executable in the list above.




Comments and reviews
Failed to download game data!
;(((((
Civilizacion advances chart in:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/attachments/1-tech-tree-png.461870/
you've gone dark, advertisements everywhere, best guess is AI maximizing profits, I wont be back
great job with good full screen option, save storage and intuitive interface. I rigorously play Civ I, and the only con I can come up with here is that those pesky quizzes pop up questioning my authority, how dare they!. If you play the game you will know. So, thanks for making this bit of nostalgia available.
I just want to say thank you for keeping this game going through your website. It's great to have a web-based interface so I don't need to mess with DosBox myself.
The torch mouse does not work in full screen mode, but it does work when viewing it normally. Also, full screen mode makes it look pixelated, since our screens have higher resolutions than they were 30+ years ago!
the "in-game" torch mouse stopped working in Chrome after dialog box comes up asking if you want to let the game take over the mouse. Seems if you say no, or dismiss box, you get stuck with no mouse. However, I was able to play in Safari browser. No pop up.
Giving up on this site.
Does anyone know how to get the mouse working again?
zagraj na operze tam dziala prawidlowo
The mouse still doesn't work. Does anyone know a better site to play this game?
Please fix the blocking of the mouse, i was asked once and i am note able to use the mouse now
Now the mouse doesn't work. For the first time ever, I had some box pop up and say "will you allow your mouse to be taken over" or something like that. Of course, I said no. Now the game doesn't work using the mouse.
Mouse and keyboard doenst work? Cursor is frozen
I AM STUCK ON C:\CIV and whataver i type it brings me to the start or not work
Yes! thanks admin!
I dream of the day we have the most updated versions of CIV 1, with many bug fixes and features they added later, such as new commands shortcuts, city rename, capitalization option etc. Any chances to make available these more updated versions of civ 1?
Just fixed it, thank you for reporting it! (ADMIN)
thank you for fixing it. I was in such serious withdrawal that I played 5 or 6 games of Scrabble on pogo. Other than Civ 1 I play no other games. It furnishes all of my gaming needs. 2 Cups o' coffee on me.
Jesus, how to live without it now? Pleeeeeease fix it =)
I hate it when Civ 1 is down, like now
can anyone point me to a site where this can still b played ?
.... who changed what ? - i'm in terrible withdrawal :( ....
yea, not working now.
Seems it doesn't work at the moemnt?
Such game
Wow such fun
Det her er et lorte spil
This is fantastic. Please make the upgraded versions of this game available. It had many upgrades and the lates versions are fantastic. Congratulations for the work done and thanks for letting this gem available for everyone.
My game keeps on crashing but otherwise great
so happy it's back! I love the original graphs.
This game is so good i love it...i dont
hi to everybody. what happened to the screen ? did you change anything ? it's now very small on my computer, anykind of broswer i used. did someone change anything ? so sorry... :(
Thanks a lot.
Phew. What a lucky thing I remember the research tree and can answer the copyright protection... :-)
Thank you for saving and allowing us computer illiterates to be able reminisce with our first computer games. Any way you can help us with our first girlfriends too?
thank you website people
After some maintenance today (monday, 9 october), the website is now again up and running, but the game fails to load.
Plz take a look at it again.
It works, (in my Laptops has), but Crashes, Please do something about it I´d even buy it if it would work in any ways to play.
I can Maybe once a year get My space shuttle into half way done before it crashes. once i got it off and then crashed I did not mind that:))) Sometimes it crashes before year 1900.
Please, Please do something about it.
This game works and its good
Can game save work if your device is switched off as saved games are lost when device is switched off
This doesn't even work.
I laugh at the people who think part of the game is a 'quiz'. The questions are there to check you have a legitimate copy of the game which would include the handbook - in which all the answers are given.
well really a nice game. but the quiz, similar answer options, being laughed on, oh myy what a shame:((
June 23, 2022. CIV 1 has failed to load for 2 days now.
Help,
the game have an "ERROR", today 22-june-2022.
I can't play... :_(
My best score ever: 172 % !!
The trick is to kill everyone before year 0
@SALO I'm pretty sure you can skip the intro by pressing either space or enter/return ;D
IMHO: if you didn't memorize the quiz/tech tree 30 years ago you don't deserve the game now.
For quiz, try this link. https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_advances_in_Civ1
The quiz part is shit. I don't know my history that well and I am hust to dumb. I JUST WANT TO PLAY MY CIVILIZATION.
it said mount it Furst
Works perfectly well when I play online through my PC. I had problems at first and If you are having them too, this may help. For me, the game kept reverting to a DOS screen before It was fully loaded. The screen showed C:\CIV, and It wouldn't accept any input, so I was left with a useless DOS screen. The solution will appear a bit strange, I can understand that - but It solves the problem! Trust this old git!
Whenever the opening options give you a numbered choice, choose No.1.....that's all there Is to It! It means, of course, that you have to play without sounds but, on a game of this type, It really makes no difference! (I normally listen to my fave music through my headphones when playing these kind of games, anyway, as I'm sure most retro-gamers do!). For what It's worth, I think It's the sound options which are causing the problem. Options 2 - 6 are all obsolete sound hardware & drivers, so I'm pretty sure that our PC or other hardware gets 'locked up' because they're searching for these non-existent drivers. This Is only a personal view and I may be completely wrong, but please, If you're having problems playing this game online, first try loading with "1. No Sound" and If this alone fails to work, choose the same number one for each (numbered) option. GOOD LUCK and I hope this helps! Please comment If this helps (and feel free to 'shout' at me If It doesn't)!
Unfortunately I have a problem with the game. There is a system which asks to answer questions (I imagine that it is used to avoid illegal copies) .. I can answer correctly, then there is a message wondering where the game is in my computer and from there the game is over and I have to restart everything. An idea ?
it´s freezing after a (long) while for me, too.
this game works perfectly for me, chrome browser, start, click, 1-1-1, click, customize world, every choice is ok, but I prefer small landmass-cold-wet-5 billion years, click, now you get the intro which can't be skipped really, I click and press space multiple times, get something to drink and when I come back choose difficulty and how many opponents, now you are ingame, then I click away the 2 messages you get about the settlers, file-options-uncheck everything except last one is for getting palace if citizens are pleased with you. Animations sometimes causes crash, thats why uncheck.
Great game takes me back a long time, windows 3.11 no internet ballmouse.
Nice!
VELDIG BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. men det er ikke bedre ne roblox
It's still crashing. Can those who say it's working, tell me what game they're playing - (ie Tribe, difficulty level etc). All the ones I've tried, freeze about an hour in.
Thanks for fixing this! Works again fine.
Hooray!!!! Our lives were ruined, now they're saved. It's working again
Yo Yo Yo..... This game is AWESOME SAUCE!!!
Great nostalgia kick, sadly crashes too much.
i wish it wouldnt crash in mid game and than i have to load like wayyy back :(
Best Game
IT RUN ALMOST AS QUICK AS IT DOES ON MY COMPUTER
If think about the good old times....then Civilisation 1 is my second thought. So much stressless fun I never had again. :)
I wish it didn't crash on city improvements.
This game is awesome!!!!! Much Much better than the newer versions of Civilization! Excellent game!
Amazing, nice to play after 25 years...
After playing Civ VI a great deal, this game is unbarebly bad
This game ROCKS!!!
This is one of my favourite games- strategy, simple gameplay, and the satisfaction of capturing a city!
It's brilliant! I just wish it didn't crash when the game gets to an advanced stage - I'm having my best game ever and it crashes every few turns :(
Web version worked great! Played a full game through colonization of alpha centauri without issue. Thanks!!
Veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy,slow!
The game fail to load.
Failed to load game file....
Great game. Except the emulator craps out usually around the year 1400-1500 due to data overflow/locking up. Save often, so otherwise you don't lose your progress. And yes, you can save on here.
Hello Paul, Thanks. But I mean Sid Meiers Civilisation II. Where can I find the answers on the cicilisation quizes of CIV 2?
Hey Terro.. just type CIV 1 Manual into Google you can see all the techs & how you get them & will Abe able to answer the question easily.
I hate the Civilisation Quiz. If you are wrong, you lose al your elements. Is there a way to ignore this, or is there a page with al the sollutions?
I cannot get this to download (read install) properly on a windows system. Any advice from anyone?
amazing game, always has been. but oh my the battleship getting smashed by a phalanx ..... just boils the blood. the ai gets so many artificial advantages
the strongest get rext with the weakest im almost done no im not stupid guys trying to kill me eh wait until I one shot them all HA PIG BRIAN
Browser cookies. Clear history, or play in private mode -and the next time your saved game is not there.
Where does it save?
KZKLIVPS
Uncheck in the option: Instant advice, Autosave and Animations. After this I can finally enjoy the game without freeze.
good game
To fix the game freeze during production, go to Options and uncheck the advice option when you start the game.
Sometimes when you go to change production the game freezes when the military adviser suggest a production. You cannot unfreeze the game and have to restart. VERY frustrating.
Is there anyway to retrieve the saved game I was playing online and use it for the downloaded version?
The game cursor did not work on my computer either, until I found these settings, for perfect results:
- Game only works in FULLSCREEN mode (blue menu on top of the screen)
- only works with the MOUSE (not a stylus)
- I block the SHIFT key, to allow shortcut with the keyboard (ie: B for build a new city, R for build road, F for fortify, etc.)
- At the beginning of the game (yellow letters on black background), press 1, 1, 1 for each question.
Seria possible poder juegar en el ipad?
Ready to fight for world domination
the best game
Game is sooo much fun, i am terrible at picking government types though :P
top game worth playing accept theres no save so you cant leave game and come back later real shame i would love to play this game after 20 years a real nostragia was addicted in its day have played civ till 3 or 4 cant remember till life got in the way.
great game works on chrome book if you select mouse and keyboard and you can slightly adjust the mouse to click on cites and you use alt+one of the leters that opens up the sub menu to access stuff like Game and Orders.
this game is awesome
wrote this comment somewhere else probably before I hit play browser game Have a Samsung Chromebook and can't get cursor to work. Tried keyboard only nd cannot find keyboard command to let me get into my city to change or buy what it is working on so I keep spewing out militia until 1500AD and my city is reduced and so the program goe in on its own
Its awesome!
No comment nor review for this game at the moment.