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{{Short description|Open-source turn-based strategy game}}
{{Primary sources|date=May 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox software
| name = ''Freeciv''
| logo = Freeciv Web Logo.png
| logo caption = Logo of Freeciv
| screenshot = Freecivx-net-2024-11-28.png
| caption = Freeciv [[WebGL]] 3D
| author = Peter Unold, Claus Leth Gregersen, Allan Ove Kjeldbjerg
| developer = The Freeciv project
| released = {{Start date and age|1996|01|05|df=yes}}
| latest release version = 3.1.4
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|01|03|df=yes}}<ref name="freeciv">{{cite web|url=https://www.freeciv.org/|at=Project news|title=Freeciv homepage|access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date = 
| operating system = [[Unix-like]], [[Windows]], [[#Ports_and_variants|more]]
| genre = [[Turn-based strategy|Turn-based]] [[4X]] [[strategy video game]]
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]], [[JavaScript]]
| license = '''Freeciv:''' [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]<ref name=LICENSE>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/freeciv/freeciv/blob/master/COPYING|title=copying|website=github.com/freeciv|access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref><br />'''Freeciv-web:''' [[GNU Affero General Public License|AGPL-3.0-or-later]]
| website = https://www.freeciv.org
| repo = https://github.com/freeciv/
| language = 
| language count = 33
| language footnote = &nbsp;<small>([[wikia:freeciv:Translations|some incomplete]])</small>
}}

'''''Freeciv''''' is a [[single-player video game|single-]] and [[multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] [[turn-based strategy]] game for [[workstation]]s and [[personal computer]]s inspired by the [[proprietary software|proprietary]] ''[[Civilization (series)|Sid Meier's Civilization]]'' series. It is available for most desktop computer [[operating system]]s and available in an online [[browser game|browser version]].<ref name="freecivweb">{{cite web|url=https://www.freecivweb.org|title=Freecivweb.org|publisher=The Freeciv-web Project|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> Released under the [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL-2.0-or-later]],{{r|LICENSE}} ''Freeciv'' is [[free and open-source software]]. The game's default settings are closest to ''[[Civilization II]]'', in both gameplay and graphics, including the units and the [[Video games with isometric graphics|isometric]] grid. However, with a lot of multiplayer games being played in longturn communities, rulesets and additional variants have evolved away from the original ruleset. ''Freeciv'' is playable online on various public and private servers.

Players take the role of tribal leaders in [[4000 B.C.]] who must guide their peoples through the centuries. Over time, new technologies are discovered, which allow the construction of new city buildings and the deployment of new units. Players can wage war on one another or form diplomatic relationships.

The game ends when one civilization has eradicated all others or accomplished the goal of [[space colonization]], or at a given deadline. If more than one civilization remains at the deadline, the player with the highest score wins. Points are awarded for the size of a civilization, its wealth, and cultural and scientific advances.