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Civilization IV®: Warlords

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2007-04-06

Steam

Strategy

Franchise: Sid Meier · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 14, 2006 (Mac), Jul 24, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit. Paying homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, the expansion delivers six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their...

Civilization IV®: Warlords is a Strategy game released in 2007, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 551 reviews).

135
playing now
90%
positive of 551 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

135 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 135 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 551 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at MacGameStore (2023-03-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.07 · on sale 20 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

220822026-09-15 13:00 — 133 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 169 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 104 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 153 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 220 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 135 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 114 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 192 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 155 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 163 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 175 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 147 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 111 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 162 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 162 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 97 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 136 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 128 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 106 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 185 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 185 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 113 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 135 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20326Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 36 · peak 64Dec 2012 — avg 36 · peak 87May 2013 — avg 34 · peak 66Oct 2013 — avg 35 · peak 63Mar 2014 — avg 56 · peak 127Aug 2014 — avg 50 · peak 95Jan 2015 — avg 63 · peak 120Jun 2015 — avg 57 · peak 108Nov 2015 — avg 78 · peak 156Apr 2016 — avg 100 · peak 163Sep 2016 — avg 95 · peak 176Feb 2017 — avg 110 · peak 201Jul 2017 — avg 108 · peak 185Dec 2017 — avg 129 · peak 210May 2018 — avg 117 · peak 205Oct 2018 — avg 128 · peak 220Mar 2019 — avg 137 · peak 240Aug 2019 — avg 128 · peak 206Jan 2020 — avg 151 · peak 256Jun 2020 — avg 160 · peak 267Nov 2020 — avg 166 · peak 272Apr 2021 — avg 158 · peak 252Sep 2021 — avg 147 · peak 227Feb 2022 — avg 173 · peak 277Jul 2022 — avg 156 · peak 246Dec 2022 — avg 165 · peak 250May 2023 — avg 162 · peak 239Oct 2023 — avg 162 · peak 246Mar 2024 — avg 174 · peak 268Aug 2024 — avg 173 · peak 274Jan 2025 — avg 183 · peak 293Jun 2025 — avg 160 · peak 252Nov 2025 — avg 169 · peak 277Apr 2026 — avg 158 · peak 261Aug 2026 — avg 151 · peak 247
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.95$0.992015-01-012026-08-092015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-01-22 — best price $4.952015-02-12 — best price $10.952015-03-10 — best price $10.492015-04-01 — best price $4.952015-04-23 — best price $7.502015-05-14 — best price $5.522015-06-05 — best price $10.952015-07-08 — best price $2.672015-08-11 — best price $2.472015-09-21 — best price $2.132015-11-25 — best price $1.242016-01-18 — best price $11.352016-02-03 — best price $11.352016-03-02 — best price $4.992016-05-27 — best price $1.242016-08-22 — best price $4.992016-11-21 — best price $1.242017-03-06 — best price $4.992017-07-03 — best price $1.242017-09-19 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-04-26 — best price $1.242018-08-10 — best price $1.242019-01-03 — best price $1.252019-04-30 — best price $4.992019-07-23 — best price $4.992019-11-28 — best price $1.242020-02-13 — best price $5.942020-09-09 — best price $4.992021-05-15 — best price $4.992021-10-24 — best price $4.992022-03-12 — best price $3.902023-01-13 — best price $4.512024-04-15 — best price $4.602024-08-07 — best price $4.602024-12-19 — best price $1.242025-08-27 — best price $4.992026-02-05 — best price $1.242026-08-09 — best price $4.63
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

4XStrategyHistoricalTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerGrand StrategyLocal MultiplayerTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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