Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: The Complete Edition

Sorry Gents, this doesn't work with Windows 11 for the moment.

in the beginning, the Earth was without form, and void. But the sun shone upon the sleeping Earth and the deep inside the brittle crust massive forces waited to be unleashed. The seas parted and great continents were formed. The continents shifted, mountains arose. Earthquakes spawned massive tidal waves. Volcanoes erupted and spewed forth fiery lava and charged the atmosphere with strange gases. Into this swirling maelstrom of Fire and Air and Water the first stirrings of Life appeared: tiny organisms, cells and amoeba, clinging to tiny sheltered habitats. But the seeds of Life grew, and strengthened, and spread, and diversified, and prospered, and soon every continent and climate teemed with Life. And with Life came instinct, and specialization, natural selection, Reptiles, Dinosaurs, and Mammals and finally there evolved a species known as Man and there appeared the first faint glimmers of Intelligence. The fruits of Intelligence were many: fire, tools, and weapons, the hunt, the farming, and sharing of food, the family, the village, and the tribe. Now it requiered but one more ingredient: a great Leader! to unite the quarreling tribes to harness the power of the land, to build a legacy that would stand the test of time: a CIVILIZATION!

This game is old, but it was made in an era before microtransactions and politics injected in games. This game does not have any of the modern issues. You can get mods for it if you want. Extra maps are also available. You will play this and forget to eat, drink or sleep. You can turn the global warming in the settings XML file because you do not need to ruin your game with modern day hoax. The music is probably the best. Pro tip, set your start menu to the original Civ IV because there is no better song than BABA YETU.

Produce as big a stack of units as possible and capture all your neighbor's cities as quickly as possible. Repeat the process with your other neighbor. Do it again with all remaining neighbors. You won!

Gentlemen, by ignoring the Russian localization in many games, you lose a large audience.