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Sid Meier's Civilization® V

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2010-09-21

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Strategy

Franchise: Sid Meier · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jun 11, 2014 (Linux), Sep 24, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 23, 2010 (Mac)

Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

13,607
playing now
96%
positive of 211k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
22
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (1162 ratings)
53h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 511h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

13,607 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Sid Meier's Civilization V is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. It is the sequel to Civilization IV, and was released for Windows in September 2010, for Mac OS X on November 23, 2010, and for Linux on June 10, 2014.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 13,607 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,602 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~325/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.4M–17M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 210,600 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

WinGameStore$7.48-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.48-75%
Humble Store$7.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at Dreamgame (2024-12-12) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 116 of 189 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.7k2.7k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 815 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,500 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,484 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,786 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,726 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,133 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,683 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,349 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,742 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,768 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,349 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 952 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 907 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 738 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 834 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 906 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 825 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

19k9.2k2026-08-06 21:00 — 14,429 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 9,537 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 13,261 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 15,739 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 11,159 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 15,478 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 17,431 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 11,991 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 16,190 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 17,197 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 9,730 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 13,107 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 14,520 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 9,277 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 13,068 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 13,920 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 9,535 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 14,850 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 18,860 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 10,339 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 11,203 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 15,540 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 12,537 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 13,947 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 15,629 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 11,328 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 9,983 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 15,987 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 13,607 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$47.49$2.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-04-28 — best price $29.992015-08-11 — best price $29.952016-01-15 — best price $7.492016-05-13 — best price $7.482016-09-29 — best price $7.492017-05-02 — best price $43.992017-10-23 — best price $7.492018-04-04 — best price $29.992018-09-17 — best price $29.992019-01-14 — best price $9.992019-07-13 — best price $29.992020-01-23 — best price $5.622020-05-25 — best price $29.992020-08-12 — best price $29.992020-11-10 — best price $26.992021-02-19 — best price $7.482021-05-25 — best price $29.992021-08-31 — best price $29.992022-01-03 — best price $29.992022-04-21 — best price $22.602022-08-02 — best price $29.992022-12-12 — best price $5.852023-05-03 — best price $29.992023-10-06 — best price $6.682024-02-01 — best price $6.382024-06-02 — best price $25.192024-09-13 — best price $29.992025-01-20 — best price $3.892025-06-03 — best price $29.992025-09-18 — best price $6.902026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-05-08 — best price $3.992026-08-13 — best price $7.482026-08-30 — best price $7.48
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

63402026-08-28 17:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 328 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 326 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 104 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 147 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 553 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 420 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 557 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 608 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 247 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 282 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 254 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 101 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 288 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 221 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 160 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 22 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88.5%
earned "Treasure Hunter"
31.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing15 DLC

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

4XCo-opEconomyHex GridStrategyTacticalAddictiveDiplomacyHistoricalTurn-Based

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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