Civ4 with Windows 10??

[fstrick604]

I joined Steam to download CivV & Civ6. I don't really play them. I still prefer Civ4 but had problems playing when XP was no longer supported. I did manage to order from Dell an XP desktop and have been playing Civ4 on it. I don't connect it to the internet. I overheats at times and isn't great. Today I was totally astonished. I loaded an old Civ4 disk on my new Windows 10 laptop. And I was soon playing. I never dreamed that would work. 32 bits, 64 bits, incompatability or something. I am not a good computer guy, but I have a lot of computers. I found Civ4 here on the Steam site offered for $20. It didn't say it wouldn't work on this Windows 10 desktop where I am running Civ5 and civ6. This sIte did tell me it wouldn't work on my Mac with Catilina. Should I risk the $20 bucks and try it? Thanks guys!

[Iceira]

sure , i get it you want old OS to right gamres. problem is, accoriding to MS

win10 will be the last OS, sure there has been many issue, nothing new in this, i have been there from Dos age.

but a good rule that is now outdate, if game was made to win7+ then it work at win10.
but MS has change this to get even older game that now work at win10. many can confirm this.

problem is thirdpart app can still be a issue like GFW that is gone. but i can start game and in fallout3 use a GFW remover, this was just a example.

but i think you need to wait for event sale, if you want to save a buck or 2, why pay old full price for things in the past. ( imo.) and im not saying rebuy old game. just because i do this, so i can DL from laptop anywhere. ( and that is always nice to get ride of read errors at cd-rom/dvd so keep that in mind also.

[Crazy Tiger]

Civ 4 Beyond the Sword works on Win 10 and with the last patch always has (both Steam and non-Steam version), that I know. Never tested Civ 4 or Civ 4 Warlords as there is no reason to, BTS is by far the best.

[Ogami]

Steam version of Civ 4 works fine on Windows 10.
32bit/64 bit , does not matter, Windows supports both.

It will not run on Mac Catalina though. Catalina got rid of 32bit support and Civ IV is a 32bit application.
It will not run on Catalina.

Also if you want to buy the game, wait a few days, Steam Lunar Sale starts on the 23th and you usually can grab the Civ IV complete collection ( all DLC and Colonization Remake) for under 5 bucks.

[fstrick604]

Thank you very much guys!