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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2006-10-25

Steam

Strategy

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

Releases: Jun 30, 2006 (Mac), Oct 25, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV is a 2006 Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 3671 reviews).

486
playing now
92%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
95/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (306 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (8.1k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

486 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Civilization IV is a 2005 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. It is the fourth installment of the Civilization series and was designed by Soren Johnson. It was released in North America, Europe, and Australia, between October 25 and November 4, 2005, and followed by Civilization V.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 486 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 115 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 14,201 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 148k–296k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,695 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.46 at GamesPlanet DE (2022-10-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 39 of 56 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8393972026-09-15 12:00 — 494 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 709 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 445 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 606 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 839 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 519 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 452 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 677 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 582 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 549 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 679 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 584 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 413 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 628 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 739 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 439 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 556 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 626 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 447 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 616 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 826 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 486 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 457 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 486 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
828126Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 270 · peak 537Dec 2012 — avg 199 · peak 673May 2013 — avg 143 · peak 254Oct 2013 — avg 155 · peak 299Mar 2014 — avg 260 · peak 570Aug 2014 — avg 229 · peak 486Jan 2015 — avg 287 · peak 574Jun 2015 — avg 252 · peak 462Nov 2015 — avg 310 · peak 601Apr 2016 — avg 363 · peak 622Sep 2016 — avg 402 · peak 746Feb 2017 — avg 449 · peak 875Jul 2017 — avg 459 · peak 850Dec 2017 — avg 528 · peak 897May 2018 — avg 472 · peak 772Oct 2018 — avg 480 · peak 780Mar 2019 — avg 534 · peak 931Aug 2019 — avg 520 · peak 789Jan 2020 — avg 581 · peak 949Jun 2020 — avg 618 · peak 941Nov 2020 — avg 594 · peak 908Apr 2021 — avg 580 · peak 897Sep 2021 — avg 537 · peak 779Feb 2022 — avg 656 · peak 1,016Jul 2022 — avg 581 · peak 849Dec 2022 — avg 638 · peak 916May 2023 — avg 576 · peak 854Oct 2023 — avg 589 · peak 876Mar 2024 — avg 643 · peak 981Aug 2024 — avg 628 · peak 996Jan 2025 — avg 681 · peak 1,092Jun 2025 — avg 603 · peak 890Nov 2025 — avg 635 · peak 930Apr 2026 — avg 600 · peak 918Aug 2026 — avg 586 · peak 889
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
332026-09-222026-10-142026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$2.002015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-05 — best price $9.922015-04-24 — best price $11.772015-06-22 — best price $19.992015-08-14 — best price $4.982015-12-18 — best price $4.982016-01-31 — best price $18.992016-04-05 — best price $2.832016-07-15 — best price $4.982016-10-17 — best price $4.992017-03-16 — best price $4.992017-07-27 — best price $14.992017-09-12 — best price $14.992017-11-06 — best price $14.992018-01-05 — best price $14.992018-03-07 — best price $14.992018-06-25 — best price $14.992018-08-14 — best price $16.792018-11-03 — best price $19.992019-03-29 — best price $19.952019-08-23 — best price $19.992020-01-16 — best price $19.992020-03-16 — best price $3.992020-09-12 — best price $10.652021-04-02 — best price $2.982021-08-20 — best price $19.952022-03-02 — best price $11.122023-01-13 — best price $18.092024-03-26 — best price $19.992024-08-14 — best price $19.992025-08-01 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-09-07 — best price $3.992026-10-08 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4061422026-05-31 — 191 pageviews2026-06-04 — 166 pageviews2026-06-08 — 151 pageviews2026-06-12 — 160 pageviews2026-06-16 — 153 pageviews2026-06-20 — 153 pageviews2026-06-24 — 182 pageviews2026-06-28 — 245 pageviews2026-07-02 — 196 pageviews2026-07-06 — 181 pageviews2026-07-10 — 185 pageviews2026-07-14 — 178 pageviews2026-07-18 — 174 pageviews2026-07-22 — 170 pageviews2026-07-26 — 194 pageviews2026-07-30 — 169 pageviews2026-08-03 — 179 pageviews2026-08-07 — 177 pageviews2026-08-11 — 160 pageviews2026-08-15 — 166 pageviews2026-08-19 — 159 pageviews2026-08-23 — 187 pageviews2026-08-27 — 172 pageviews2026-08-31 — 173 pageviews2026-09-04 — 264 pageviews2026-09-08 — 406 pageviews2026-09-12 — 190 pageviews2026-09-16 — 194 pageviews2026-09-20 — 186 pageviews2026-09-24 — 185 pageviews2026-09-28 — 147 pageviews2026-10-02 — 172 pageviews2026-10-06 — 160 pageviews2026-10-10 — 151 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

14902026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XClassicModdableStrategyAddictiveHistoricalSimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayerReplay Value

Census log

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

Recent updates

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