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Perfect for traveling.\n\n AWARDS:\n\n\"IMGA award for excellence in gameplay\"\n\n“Gold Winner  - Lovie Awards”\n\nMENTIONS:\n\n\"If you ever wanted the feeling of a classic Civilization game on your iPhone, The Battle of Polytopia is a worthy contender\" - PCMag.com\n\n“This brightly-colored turn based strategy game is difficult to put down”  - Mac World\n\nWith millions of players, this game has quickly become one of the most popular civilization style games for mobile and has been acclaimed for its sleek user interface and great depth in game play.\n\nFEATURES:\n* Free turn based civilization strategy game.\n* Single & multiplayer strategy.\n* Multiplayer matchmaking (Find players all over the world)\n* 4x (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate)\n* Exploration, strategy, farming, building, warfare and technology research.\n* Three game modes – Perfection, Domination and Creative\n* Diplomacy - Make Peace treaties & Build Embassys\n* Invsible Cloaks and Daggers for Stealth attacks.\n* Mirror Matches (Meet opponents with the same tribe)\n* Configurable map types – Dryland, Lake, Continents, Archipelago and Water World\n* Wide range of different tribes with unique nature, culture and game experience.  \n* Auto generated maps make each game a new experience.\n* Allow offline game play.\n* Gameplay in portrait and landscape mode.\n* Strategy multiplayer & Pass & Play.\n* Leader board with top scores for the best civilization builders.\n* Really Cute low poly graphics.","facts":{"developer_id":609071967,"developer_url":"https://polytopia.io","first_released":"2016-02-09T09:56:39Z","support_url":"https://polytopia.io/support/","privacy_url":"http://midjiwan.com/privacy.pdf","website_url":"https://polytopia.io/","app_version":"2.17.3","release_notes":"UI bugfixes and some changes specifically for world championship (removed/limited score counting, +2 meeting stars for player 2 in 1v1 and faster explorers)","rating_current_version":4.59058,"rating_count_current_version":15512,"star_counts":[847,255,454,1281,12660],"genres":["Games","Strategy","Entertainment","Adventure"],"languages":["EN","FR","DE","IT","JA","KO","PT","RU","ES"],"content_advisories":["Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence"],"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"made_for_iphone_duo":null,"chart":{"name":"top-free Adventure","position":117}},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-21T13:01:13.541Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-14T15:44:19.782Z","reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-16T21:53:13.391Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-18T12:52:11.798Z","placed_at":"2026-10-15T01:12:53.107Z","scored_at":"2026-10-23T07:50:13.059Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"A free turn based civilization strategy game for iPhone where you lead a tribe, explore, expand, fight rivals and.","what_is":"The Battle of Polytopia is a turn based strategy game in which the player rules a tribe and builds a civilization against other tribes. 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