CIVILIZATION VI

As I said in an impressions piece in October, Civilization VI (free; $60 for full game) is one of those games that once seemed far too complex to ever come to phones. Here it is, though—the full base 4X game running beautifully on iphones and ipads. You can play 60 turns entirely for free, but then you’ll have to pay a whopping $60 to unlock everything else. After all, it is the full Civ. It’ll also only run beautifully if you have a newer iphone or ipad. In particular, it’s a good fit for the iphone XS Max, which boasts enough memory to sustain your kingdom even in the graphically crowded late games.