Sid Meier's Colonization App Reviews

Love this game please make it iOS friendly. Let us tap to select and double tap to move.

This game is one of my favorites from back in the day. I see all the negative reviews and I’m my opinion they just don’t want to embrace the keyboard. When I played the original it was all about using the keyboard, mice were new at the time. It would be nice to be able to increase the transparency of the keyboard though. Everything else is perfect.

You can bring up the on-screen keyboard to perform short cuts like in the OG (like M to move, B to build, F to fortify), but there’s no way to move diagonally (OG you could use the number pad, but the on screen keyboard doesn’t have a number pad and the numbers at the top of the keyboard aren’t mapped to movement). Accessing the menus in game is also a bit frustrating. You can’t select a tile on the map and easily see what resources it produces via the menu/encyclopedia/colonopedia).

Update iOS and reboot and the app will work!

This was the game of my childhood! Thanks so much for porting it to the iPad! I would have a paid a galleon’s worth of treasure to have this game!

highly rate this, if you work out the controls. its exactly the same game as originally released.. so if you want a manual, go online and search for the original pdf players guide.

Great game from the 90s. The only problem with it is interface. The game uses a simulated mouse and keyboard for controls. I got used to it after about 10 games.

The courser isn’t intuitive to play game. The learning curve is steep to figure out how to do the finer points like buying/selling anything less than 100 units. After a few hours you’ll be as fast as running it on a PC.

Agree with the other reviewer. Lose the cursor. What do you need a cursor for on a touch screen? Clicking and dragging units would be the easiest way to move them. Clicking and holding for command drop-down, etc.

This game is absolutely true to form of the original. Nostalgic and truly applaud the effort. The user interface has a learning curve, but is acceptable once you figure out the nuances. Well done overall.

Great game, but unfortunately no longer updated! I wish I didn't buy it (not because it's a bad game, but because I can no longer play it).