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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI cover art

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2016-10-20

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Strategy

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

Releases: Dec 21, 2017 (iOS), Feb 09, 2017 (Linux), Oct 24, 2016 (Mac), Oct 13, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 22, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI is a Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 377581 reviews).

19,997
playing now
86%
positive of 380k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
438
twitch viewers (latest)
25.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (20 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (627 ratings)
254
Nexus mods (706k downloads)
3.83★
PlayStation Store rating (15,089 ratings)
89/100
opencritic · mighty · 92% recommend · from 95 critics
63h
to beat · rushed 28h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

19,997 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Sid Meier's Civilization VI is a 2016 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by American company Firaxis Games and published by 2K. The mobile and Nintendo Switch ports were published by Aspyr Media. It is the sequel to Civilization V (2010), and was released on Windows and macOS in October 2016, with later ports for Linux in February 2017, iOS in December 2017, Nintendo Switch in November 2018, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in November 2019, and Android in 2020.

Health check

Thriving
  • · 19,997 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 9,700 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,213/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.5M–23M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 380,267 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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Steam$5.99-90%
Microsoft Store$5.99-80%
GameBillet$6.00-90%
GamersGate$6.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.36 at GameBillet (2024-06-11) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 172 of 214 observed days · $2.73 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.1k6.1k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 409 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 365 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,984 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 834 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 604 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,482 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2,186 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 887 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4,854 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4,919 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 350 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4,699 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 386 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,981 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4,005 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 313 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4,493 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 367 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4,583 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 571 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3,272 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 356 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3,255 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 375 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,066 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,137 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,487 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 296 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,125 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,448 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 279 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,712 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,706 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,225 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,860 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,488 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,786 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 789 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,053 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 570 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4,110 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 860 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,241 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 538 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4,981 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 802 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,510 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 403 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,797 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 499 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3,163 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 499 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3,802 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 560 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,202 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 440 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,643 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 533 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,029 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 431 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,505 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 450 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,857 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 326 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,232 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 397 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,550 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 372 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,448 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 337 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,706 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6,138 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 695 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3,637 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 441 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,481 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 488 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,718 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,072 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,478 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,994 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,903 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,781 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 364 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,411 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,680 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 287 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,715 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 276 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,429 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,954 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 350 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,787 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,013 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,825 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,713 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,883 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4,226 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 619 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4,375 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 506 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3,055 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,287 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,901 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,825 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,246 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 337 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,557 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 293 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,795 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,547 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,143 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,221 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,320 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3,184 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,707 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 664 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,648 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,164 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,173 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,440 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,336 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,200 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,216 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,177 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 964 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,024 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,217 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,028 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 951 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 32 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

48k17k2026-09-14 22:00 — 21,084 players2026-09-15 19:00 — 27,984 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 32,883 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 36,343 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 26,976 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 34,721 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 27,855 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 22,642 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 20,793 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 27,164 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 31,932 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 35,316 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 29,551 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 32,723 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 29,401 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 21,198 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 19,946 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 26,055 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 34,424 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 35,563 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 29,061 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 31,810 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 28,406 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 22,686 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 20,700 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 27,542 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 30,088 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 34,270 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 26,217 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 26,420 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 30,080 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 21,879 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 21,754 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 25,808 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 30,480 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 19,997 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
86k14kOct 2016Aug 2026Oct 2016 — avg 85,934 · peak 162,314Feb 2017 — avg 18,554 · peak 34,856Jun 2017 — avg 14,476 · peak 26,115Oct 2017 — avg 15,184 · peak 30,229Feb 2018 — avg 33,383 · peak 79,739Jun 2018 — avg 16,495 · peak 28,232Oct 2018 — avg 18,063 · peak 31,109Feb 2019 — avg 41,696 · peak 93,889Jun 2019 — avg 21,863 · peak 38,968Oct 2019 — avg 24,954 · peak 44,349Feb 2020 — avg 30,071 · peak 49,558Jun 2020 — avg 39,799 · peak 60,936Oct 2020 — avg 32,494 · peak 54,203Feb 2021 — avg 41,715 · peak 68,161Jun 2021 — avg 29,645 · peak 45,842Oct 2021 — avg 30,356 · peak 50,982Feb 2022 — avg 39,345 · peak 61,321Jun 2022 — avg 33,390 · peak 55,679Oct 2022 — avg 34,048 · peak 62,217Feb 2023 — avg 45,852 · peak 81,217Jun 2023 — avg 36,488 · peak 61,278Oct 2023 — avg 42,731 · peak 79,091Feb 2024 — avg 41,466 · peak 68,901Jun 2024 — avg 52,903 · peak 100,567Oct 2024 — avg 41,917 · peak 74,430Feb 2025 — avg 42,253 · peak 70,533Jun 2025 — avg 28,535 · peak 49,784Oct 2025 — avg 29,917 · peak 54,025Feb 2026 — avg 31,845 · peak 52,122Jun 2026 — avg 29,112 · peak 48,822Aug 2026 — avg 30,662 · peak 48,937
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

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Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1021022026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 32 new positive2026-09-17: 38 new positive2026-09-17: 3 new negative2026-09-19: 37 new positive2026-09-19: 1 new negative2026-09-20: 42 new positive2026-09-20: 4 new negative2026-09-22: 45 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 42 new positive2026-09-23: 7 new negative2026-09-24: 24 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 26 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 36 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 44 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 30 new positive2026-09-30: 24 new positive2026-09-30: 7 new negative2026-10-01: 27 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 18 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 41 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 40 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 58 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 102 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 45 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 28 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 36 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 49 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 53 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 23 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 33 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$2.392016-05-112026-10-142016-05-11 — best price $59.992017-01-03 — best price $59.992017-05-20 — best price $35.362017-09-22 — best price $59.992018-01-27 — best price $59.992018-04-25 — best price $59.992018-08-10 — best price $23.992018-11-15 — best price $14.992019-01-22 — best price $49.992019-03-24 — best price $17.992019-05-25 — best price $13.502019-08-27 — best price $52.792019-12-03 — best price $49.992020-02-22 — best price $13.502020-05-25 — best price $59.992020-08-25 — best price $17.992020-11-23 — best price $14.992021-02-12 — best price $11.252021-05-06 — best price $13.492021-08-06 — best price $59.992021-11-21 — best price $59.992022-02-22 — best price $59.992022-06-01 — best price $7.472022-09-11 — best price $7.912022-12-16 — best price $5.992023-03-31 — best price $5.092023-07-07 — best price $53.992023-10-05 — best price $5.222024-01-23 — best price $5.992024-05-08 — best price $59.992024-08-22 — best price $2.842024-11-19 — best price $6.002025-03-11 — best price $2.392025-06-14 — best price $59.992025-09-08 — best price $2.992025-12-19 — best price $2.822026-05-11 — best price $5.992026-08-15 — best price $5.282026-10-14 — best price $5.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5692782026-05-28 — 336 pageviews2026-06-01 — 360 pageviews2026-06-05 — 335 pageviews2026-06-09 — 363 pageviews2026-06-13 — 330 pageviews2026-06-17 — 376 pageviews2026-06-21 — 376 pageviews2026-06-25 — 357 pageviews2026-06-29 — 388 pageviews2026-07-03 — 346 pageviews2026-07-07 — 394 pageviews2026-07-11 — 325 pageviews2026-07-15 — 357 pageviews2026-07-19 — 353 pageviews2026-07-23 — 404 pageviews2026-07-27 — 358 pageviews2026-07-31 — 351 pageviews2026-08-04 — 316 pageviews2026-08-08 — 305 pageviews2026-08-12 — 364 pageviews2026-08-16 — 339 pageviews2026-08-20 — 361 pageviews2026-08-24 — 374 pageviews2026-08-28 — 369 pageviews2026-09-01 — 356 pageviews2026-09-05 — 466 pageviews2026-09-09 — 402 pageviews2026-09-13 — 411 pageviews2026-09-17 — 335 pageviews2026-09-21 — 368 pageviews2026-09-25 — 299 pageviews2026-09-29 — 317 pageviews2026-10-03 — 425 pageviews2026-10-07 — 341 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

9.4k72026-09-30 22:34 — 247 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 684 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 587 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 1,480 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 291 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 256 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 130 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 232 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 210 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 171 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 138 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 158 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 9,077 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 138 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 514 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 381 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 469 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 141 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 509 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 551 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 232 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 336 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 122 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 332 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 490 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 438 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
74.4%
earned "If You Build It, They Will Come"
19.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards10 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2018-02-08, latest 2022-11-21 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

4XWarBuildingStrategyTacticalHistoricalManagementSimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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