FreeCol

Challenge the New World...
Screenshot from FreeCol 0.5.2
Original author(s)	The Freecol Team
Developer(s)	SourceForge project FreeCol
Initial release	January 2, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-01-02)
Stable release	1.2.0 / July 4, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-07-04)
Repository	git.code.sf.net/p/freecol/git
Written in	Java
Platform	Java platform 11 or later, display 1024×768 or more
Available in	54 languages (translatewiki.net)
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Type	Turn-based strategy video game
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	www.freecol.org

FreeCol is a 4X video game, a clone of Sid Meier's Colonization.^[1] FreeCol is free and open source software released under the GNU GPL-2.0-or-later. In 2023, the FreeCol project reached its 1.0 release, after twenty years of development.^[2]

FreeCol is mostly programmed in Java and should thus be platform-independent. In practice, it is known to run on Linux and Windows, as well as Mac OS X (with some limitations).

While remaining faithful to the original in terms of mechanics and gameplay, FreeCol features redesigned graphics. Moreover, in addition to the classical Colonization rules, it features an additional ruleset that incorporates ideas that didn't make it to the final version of Meier's game, requests by fans and original concepts like new European players with new national bonuses.