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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ cover art

Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2014-10-23

Steam

Strategy

Franchise: Sid Meier · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 24, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 18, 2014 (Linux), Nov 26, 2014 (Mac)

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

267
playing now
61%
positive of 23k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (106 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

267 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a turn-based strategy, 4X video game in the Civilization series developed by Firaxis Games, published by 2K Games and released for Microsoft Windows on October 24, 2014, the Mac App Store on November 27, 2014 and for Linux on December 18, 2014. The game's premise is that Earth became uninhabitable due to an undescribed disaster known as "the Great Mistake", forcing humanity to colonize space in the 23rd century. As a spiritual successor to the 1999 game Alpha Centauri, Beyond Earth shares much of its development team and some concepts, most notably its setting on an exoplanet in the future.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 267 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 224 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 579k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,140 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$9.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$34.23-14%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.00 at Dreamgame (2024-12-12) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 93 of 172 observed days · $30.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11711720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4151742026-08-06 21:00 — 309 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 204 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 270 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 319 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 221 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 339 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 361 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 245 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 375 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 401 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 192 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 256 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 312 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 179 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 294 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 286 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 174 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 341 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 406 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 229 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 229 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 367 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 241 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 306 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 324 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 238 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 220 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 339 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 267 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$4.492015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $29.992015-04-09 — best price $32.462015-07-06 — best price $49.992015-10-07 — best price $20.002016-01-13 — best price $39.992016-03-17 — best price $39.992016-07-04 — best price $39.992016-10-14 — best price $11.992017-03-06 — best price $39.992017-08-04 — best price $11.992017-12-21 — best price $12.012018-06-01 — best price $49.992018-11-06 — best price $9.992019-04-26 — best price $9.992019-08-23 — best price $39.992019-12-11 — best price $9.992020-02-14 — best price $34.672020-05-11 — best price $8.002020-08-28 — best price $8.502020-11-03 — best price $32.492021-02-01 — best price $35.892021-04-20 — best price $39.992021-08-08 — best price $35.892022-01-06 — best price $9.992022-05-16 — best price $39.992022-09-27 — best price $8.992023-03-13 — best price $7.192023-08-14 — best price $7.882023-12-15 — best price $39.992024-03-29 — best price $35.092024-08-26 — best price $8.142024-11-16 — best price $39.992025-02-27 — best price $39.992025-06-01 — best price $6.492025-08-21 — best price $9.202025-11-21 — best price $9.392026-03-07 — best price $10.002026-06-12 — best price $10.002026-08-28 — best price $34.23
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

105372026-05-31 — 70 pageviews2026-06-03 — 64 pageviews2026-06-06 — 61 pageviews2026-06-09 — 52 pageviews2026-06-12 — 51 pageviews2026-06-15 — 80 pageviews2026-06-18 — 70 pageviews2026-06-21 — 105 pageviews2026-06-24 — 70 pageviews2026-06-27 — 102 pageviews2026-06-30 — 57 pageviews2026-07-03 — 64 pageviews2026-07-06 — 64 pageviews2026-07-09 — 65 pageviews2026-07-12 — 70 pageviews2026-07-15 — 49 pageviews2026-07-18 — 55 pageviews2026-07-21 — 44 pageviews2026-07-24 — 48 pageviews2026-07-27 — 62 pageviews2026-07-30 — 66 pageviews2026-08-02 — 84 pageviews2026-08-05 — 56 pageviews2026-08-08 — 47 pageviews2026-08-11 — 73 pageviews2026-08-14 — 75 pageviews2026-08-17 — 70 pageviews2026-08-20 — 57 pageviews2026-08-23 — 79 pageviews2026-08-26 — 82 pageviews2026-08-28 — 65 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-08-29 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
79.5%
earned "Light This Candle"
13.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian

Player tags

4XSpaceAliensSci-fiHex GridStrategyTacticalFuturisticTurn-BasedExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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