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Sid Meier's Civilization® VII

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2025-02-10

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SimulationStrategy

Franchise: Sid Meier · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jun 05, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2), Feb 11, 2025 (Mac), Feb 11, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 06, 2025 (Xbox One), Feb 11, 2025 (Linux), Feb 06, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.

7,843
playing now
48%
positive of 58k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$69.99
steam price (US)

7,843 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Sid Meier's Civilization VII is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. The game was released on February 11, 2025, for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It was released on June 5, 2025 for Nintendo Switch 2, and on iOS, macOS, tvOS and visionOS via Apple Arcade on February 5, 2026.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7,843 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,625 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~203/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (13,759 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58,341 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$34.99-50%
Microsoft Store$69.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $30.09 at Fanatical (2026-08-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 82 of 134 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.1k7.1k20252026Week of 2025-02-05: 7,076 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 6,683 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 3,848 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 3,988 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 1,368 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 1,709 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 740 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 975 negativeWeek of 2025-03-05: 527 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 737 negativeWeek of 2025-03-12: 330 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 465 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 301 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 398 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 332 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 223 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 201 negativeWeek of 2025-04-16: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 214 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 154 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 165 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 131 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 170 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 229 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 256 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 299 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 166 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 157 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 200 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 157 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 122 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 133 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 119 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 195 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 160 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 133 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-10-22: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 148 negativeWeek of 2025-11-12: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 116 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 188 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 258 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 114 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 90 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 314 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 262 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 147 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 141 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 107 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 130 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 191 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 101 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 107 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 56 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

12k02026-08-06 21:00 — 8,165 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 5,644 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 8,911 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 9,238 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 7,347 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 10,747 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 10,504 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 7,891 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 11,512 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 10,274 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 5,900 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 8,807 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 8,419 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 5,624 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 8,406 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 7,684 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 5,676 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 9,889 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 10,980 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 5,616 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 6,358 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 8,432 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 7,512 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 8,489 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 6,505 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 5,286 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 8,690 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 7,843 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$69.99$30.092024-08-202026-08-262024-08-20 — best price $69.992024-08-31 — best price $69.992025-01-15 — best price $62.302025-02-09 — best price $69.992025-03-06 — best price $61.392025-04-01 — best price $69.992025-06-28 — best price $52.302025-07-14 — best price $53.542025-07-29 — best price $59.492025-08-11 — best price $48.992025-08-21 — best price $46.392025-09-03 — best price $48.992025-09-18 — best price $69.992025-09-30 — best price $48.992025-10-16 — best price $69.992025-10-28 — best price $42.612025-11-08 — best price $69.992025-11-27 — best price $45.492025-12-07 — best price $69.992026-01-06 — best price $69.992026-02-09 — best price $41.992026-02-22 — best price $65.792026-03-19 — best price $36.932026-03-30 — best price $41.992026-04-22 — best price $64.992026-04-30 — best price $41.992026-05-13 — best price $58.792026-05-20 — best price $41.992026-06-02 — best price $69.992026-06-19 — best price $36.042026-07-09 — best price $34.992026-07-17 — best price $61.592026-07-30 — best price $69.992026-08-17 — best price $34.992026-08-26 — best price $69.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7224092026-05-28 — 490 pageviews2026-05-31 — 627 pageviews2026-06-03 — 505 pageviews2026-06-06 — 499 pageviews2026-06-09 — 536 pageviews2026-06-12 — 483 pageviews2026-06-15 — 479 pageviews2026-06-18 — 466 pageviews2026-06-21 — 554 pageviews2026-06-24 — 557 pageviews2026-06-27 — 547 pageviews2026-06-30 — 607 pageviews2026-07-03 — 571 pageviews2026-07-06 — 474 pageviews2026-07-09 — 532 pageviews2026-07-12 — 515 pageviews2026-07-15 — 512 pageviews2026-07-18 — 556 pageviews2026-07-21 — 566 pageviews2026-07-24 — 538 pageviews2026-07-27 — 591 pageviews2026-07-30 — 519 pageviews2026-08-02 — 543 pageviews2026-08-05 — 475 pageviews2026-08-08 — 531 pageviews2026-08-11 — 547 pageviews2026-08-14 — 498 pageviews2026-08-17 — 592 pageviews2026-08-20 — 525 pageviews2026-08-23 — 578 pageviews2026-08-25 — 563 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

23k02026-08-18 06:12 — 18,256 viewers2026-08-19 01:12 — 15,730 viewers2026-08-19 23:12 — 7,497 viewers2026-08-20 02:12 — 14,791 viewers2026-08-20 05:12 — 17,069 viewers2026-08-22 02:12 — 15,921 viewers2026-08-22 05:12 — 20,928 viewers2026-08-23 02:12 — 17,768 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 32 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 149 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 126 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 7 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
31.5%
earned "One Hit Wonder."
6.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop9 DLC

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

4XWarEconomyMilitaryStrategyTacticalDiplomacyHistoricalSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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