22. Civilization Sid Meier's classic turn-based strategy game still stands as the benchmark to which all other strategy games are measured. Players are given the daunting task of turning a small Stone Age tribe into a utopian Space Age civilization. By acquiring new technologies, land, and relationships with other cultures, the player watches as their very own civilization slowly grows and evolves. While the graphics certainly show their age, the gameplay is just as good today as it was over a decade ago. While many have tried, including Sid Meier himself, nobody has managed strike such the perfect balance between empire building and war making present in Civilization.