What is Reddit's opinion of Freeciv?

Real time strategy isn't really that great of a concept on a touch screen. You just don't have the precision of a mouse and the speed of keyboard shortcuts.

Turn-based makes more sense. Age of Empires was quite heavily inspired by Civilization, so take a look at FreeCiv and Polytopia.

Freeciv is an open source clone of Civilization II, very in-depth and complex. Controls can be a bit tricky on a smaller screen. It's available for all sorts of platforms, not just Android, and has been in continuous development since 1996.

Polytopia on the other hand simplifies the concept as much as possible, while maintaining the 4X core principle (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate). It's just perfect for a mobile game. The base game is free and the only microtransactions are additional tribes, most playing differently only in the beginning of the round, except for two special tribes. Having more tribes unlocks more map sizes and difficulties. You have to buy at least one tribe to get access to online multiplayer. Graphics and sound design are absolutely stellar, the UI is one of the best and most intuitive I've ever seen.

What about FreeCiv? It's basically Civilization II from what I hear. I've never played this app but I've heard about it a while ago.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.org.zielinscy.freeciv

fwiw, there is freeciv for android. basically an engine port of the older civ games. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.org.zielinscy.freeciv&hl=en_GB

i can't speak to it's quality though.

Yep. It's a fan-made remake of Civ II. It's great because it's what I wanted vs. the fremium stuff you get normally... It's a real Civ game. It's in the play store. I checked before I mentioned it. It's been around forever. I think I first played it on a pocket PC.

FreeCiv or Race of Nations which is an unauthorized adaptation of boardgame Through The Ages (which is coming w/ their own mobile version soon)

well Freeciv its Civilization 2 (I think) so if you don't mind playing an older game that's as close to a true civ game as I have found

check these out

FreeCiv

Civilization Revolution 2

The Room series is excellent. It won't grip you forever - each entry is rather short - but these puzzle games are gorgeous, clever and perfectly designed with mobile controls in mind. The way these complex machines alter their shape is just fascinating. Play them with headphones in a dark room and you'll have a great time.

There's a sophisticated open-source clone of Civilization II, Freeciv. It's entirely free (as the name implies) and offers the same kind of excellent depth and balancing the original is known for. It's long been ported to Android, but is also available on every other system under the sun.

In a similar vein, one very accessible and simplified, yet still enormously entertaining Civ clone is The Battle of Polytopia. It's turn-based strategy boiled down to the absolute bare essentials, but thanks to varied, yet balanced tribes, outstanding map generation and near perfect controls, it's an absolute blast to play, in both single- and asynchronous multiplayer. I like the way this game's continued development is financed: The base game is free, with the only microtransactions being additional tribes. One purchase unlocks online multiplayer, the more tribes you have bought, the larger maps can be. I've been playing this game for years and am still not tired of it.

XCOM Enemy Within (Enemy Unknown + its expansion Enemy Within) is a highly rated reboot of the XCOM series of tactical turn-based games, combining global threat management (the alien invasion), research and tactical turn-based combat on small, but very dense maps. Originally released for last-gen consoles and PC, the Android port is not some dumbed down cash-grab that is infested with microtransactions, but instead a faithful port that merely scales down the visuals to less powerful hardware and adjusts the control scheme. Apart from some very minor pre-order DLC, the entire game with its expansion made the way to mobile devices. This is a huge, deep and beautiful title that will keep you busy for a long time.

Speaking of ports, Beamdog have ported several classic PC RPGs to mobile devices: Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Planescape Torment and Neverwinter Nights, as well as Icewind Dale. These are old-school, no-nonsense late '90s titles that offer a level of quality in their writing, quest design and mechanics you just don't get with native mobile games. IAPs offer additional content like quests.

The Bard's Tale is a more light-hearted, simpler game, but perfect for winding down. It has more in common with Diablo than with large and serious RPGs, sports a wicked sense of humor and charming early PS2-era visuals. I was surprised by how well this game works on mobile devices. There are IAPs, but they can be ignored entirely, since the game was balanced to not require them at any point. This game also includes the classic Bard's Tale game from the '80s, which were well designed, but incredibly challenging and unforgiving RPGs.

Titan Quest is another port of an older PC game. You may be starting to notice a pattern here. This is a more recent Diablo clone and an excellent one to boot, with outstanding presentation, brilliant monster design and one of the best gameplay flows in the entire genre. The ancient Greek (and later Norse) setting is particularly attractive.

Star Wars Knights of the old Republic is once again a more serious RPG, set in the Star Wars universe, yet thousands of years before the movies. Generally regarded to be one of the best RPGs of all time. Controls are not ideal on mobile devices, but should be manageable on a decently sized screen. Even if you are not a Star Wars fan, writing and gameplay are so good that it's pretty much a mandatory purchase.

There's a sophisticated open-source clone of Civilization II, Freeciv. It's entirely free (as the name implies) and offers the same kind of excellent depth and balancing the original is known for. It's long been ported to Android, but is also available on every other system under the sun.

In a similar vein, one very accessible and simplified, yet still enormously entertaining Civ clone is The Battle of Polytopia. It's turn-based strategy boiled down to the absolute bare essentials, yet thanks to varied, yet balanced tribes, outstanding map generation and near perfect controls, it's an absolute blast to play, in both single- and asynchronous multiplayer. I like the way this game's continued development is financed: The base game is free, with the only microtransactions being additional tribes. One purchase unlocks online multiplayer, the more tribes you have bought, the larger maps can be. I've been playing this game for years and am still not tired of it.

XCOM Enemy Within (Enemy Unknown + its expansion Enemy Within) is a highly rated reboot of the XCOM series of tactical turn-based games, combining global threat management (the alien invasion), research and tactical turn-based combat on small, but very dense maps. Originally released for last-gen consoles and PC, the Android port is not some dumbed down cash-grab that is infested with microtransactions, but instead a faithful port that merely scales down the visuals to less powerful hardware and adjusts the control scheme. Apart from some very minor pre-order DLC, the entire game with its expansion made the way to mobile devices. This is a huge, deep and beautiful title that will keep you busy for a long time.

Speaking of ports, Beamdog have ported several classic PC RPGs to mobile devices: Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment and Neverwinter Nights, as well as Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate 2, which are however currently not available for purchase due to changing Google Play requirements (should be back at some point in the future). These are old-school, no-nonsense late '90s titles that offer a level of quality in their writing, quest design and mechanics you just don't get with native mobile games. While playable on phones, their UIs are much better suited to tablets. IAPs offer additional content like quests.

The Bard's Tale is a more light-hearted, simpler game, but perfect for winding down. It has more in common with Diablo than with large and serious RPGs, sports a wicked sense of humor and charming early PS2-era visuals. I was surprised by how well this game works on mobile devices. There are IAPs, but they can be ignored entirely, since the game was balanced to not require them at any point. This game also includes the classic Bard's Tale game from the '80s, which were well designed, but incredibly challenging and unforgiving RPGs.

Titan Quest is another port of an older PC game. You may be starting to notice a pattern here. This is a more recent Diablo clone and an excellent one to boot, with outstanding presentation, brilliant monster design and one of the best gameplay flows in the entire genre. The ancient Greek (and later Norse) setting is particularly attractive.

Star Wars Knights of the old Republic is once again a more serious RPG, set in the Star Wars universe, yet thousands of years before the movies. Generally regarded to be one of the best RPGs of all time. Controls are not ideal on mobile devices, but should be manageable on a decently sized tablet. Even if you are not a Star Wars fan, writing and gameplay are so good that it's pretty much a mandatory purchase.

Isn't FreeCiv a port of Civ2?

Edit: Here's the store page

Freeciv https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.org.zielinscy.freeciv

Good try buddy. Freeciv

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.org.zielinscy.freeciv&hl=en

Tried it a couple of years back and it was frustrating, its likely been updated since though!

You can try freeciv on Android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.org.zielinscy.freeciv

Quite old graphics and ergonomics could be better but it do the trick.

Guessing this is the one you're talking about? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.org.zielinscy.freeciv&hl=en

Haven't tried it, but might be worth checking out for u/Curse3242 :)

This one?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.org.zielinscy.freeciv