You can win with few cities. I’ve won with one city on emperor difficulty, and regularly win on immortal with less than 6 cities. It’s harder, but doable. You c

You can win with few cities. I’ve won with one city on emperor difficulty, and regularly win on immortal with less than 6 cities. It’s harder, but doable. You can also do smaller maps, or island maps where space is too limited to have tons of cities.