Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Firaxis / February 12, 1999 / Rated Unrated

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Released

1999

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Time to beat

~1 hrs

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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is a strategy game developed by Firaxis. It was originally released in 1999. Electronic Arts published the game. On review aggregator Metacritic, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri has a score of 92. The game is rated as "Exceptional" on RAWG.
You can play Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri on PC.
It was produced by Andy Hollis. Sid Meier directed the game. It was scored by Jeffery L. Briggs.

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is a 4X video game, considered a spiritual sequel to the Civilization series. Set in a science fiction depiction of the 22nd century, the game begins as seven competing ideological factions land on the planet Chiron ("Planet") in the Alpha Centauri star system. As the game progresses, Planet's growing sentience becomes a formidable obstacle to the human colonists.

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exceptional

53.12%

recommended

25%

meh

15.62%

skip

6.25%

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