Cant make civ 4 work on windows 10

Win10 is a lot more compatible with old disc based games than many people realise. The vast majority of games from 2002 onward,

and many as far back as '98 will run on Win10. Games older than 2002 are more likely to require special fixes though.

Anyway, I am confident that Civ4 will run on Win10 64bit, but with the  disc based version of the game there is an elephant in the room

that was created by MS - DRM Blocking.

This is one of hundreds of games that use SafeDisk copy protection and MS built a 'security feature' into Win10 that blocks all

disc base games that use SafeDisk from launching. More details about this and a few other DRM issues in my post at  ---this thread---

- Short story - you will need to use a noCD fix\hack to run this and any other disc based game that uses SafeDisk.

(link is to fix for main game).... megagames.com/civilization-iv

It would be best to patch the game to the highest level available and then use the fix that matches the patch version.

"Steam isn't even working properly anymore"

The Steam client can be repaired or reinstalled easily enough.

They have instructions for repairing in Steam support > Faqs.

Good Old Games have the Complete ed. It's a bit over priced atm (full price), but as with all the game shops they have frequent 'sales'.

with 50>75% off the full price.

https://www.gog.com/game/sid_meiers_civilization_iv_the_complete_edition

Hi,

My name is Igor, I'm Independent Advisor. I have 12 Microsoft MVP awards. It's a pleasure for me to help others and I'll do all my best to help you.

Did you try compatibility mode with Windows XP?

This game is 15 years old and may not be able to run in Windows 10 unfortunately as many other old games.

If compatibility mode willnot helpyou may run a game in virtual machine, e.g. DosBox. Just note, old Windows version in virtual machine needs its own license.