Rating: 73.2%

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows) and Mac

Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy and Adventure

Themes: Action, Science fiction, Comedy, Open world and 4X (explore, expand, exploit and exterminate)

Keywords: aliens, dinosaurs, evolution, gravity, world domination, tycoon, procedural generation, ufo, spaceship, management, religion, diplomacy, steam, traps, artificial intelligence, dancing, economy, terraforming, day/night cycle, user generated content, explosion, digital distribution, single-player only, game critics awards, customizable characters, polygonal 3d, color customization, non-humanoid protagonist, ea app, hologram, resource gathering, character creation, moral decisions, sabotage, downloadable content, underwater gameplay, tooltips, developer cameo, digital rights management, commerce, planet jumping, physics manipulation, gamersgate, content editor, youtube integration, eat or be eaten, cross genre, particle system, animal cruelty, world building, fireworks, genocide, monster capturing, alien abduction, creature compendium, biotechnology, sea monster, tribe, nuclear holocaust, extinction, monsters that look suspiciously like genitalia, wormhole, gibberish, planet destruction, pc to console port, bafta games award, aberrant a.i. behaviour, external character creation, bully mode, neutral, e3 2008, e3 2007, e3 2006, e3 2005, pax 2008, securom and interactive achievement awards 2009

Perspective: Third person and Bird view / Isometric

Developer: Maxis

Publisher: Electronic Arts