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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Sid Meier's Civilization® VII is a 2025 Simulation, Strategy game priced at $69.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (47% of 61961 reviews).

5,906
playing now
47%
positive of 63k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
28
Nexus mods (37k downloads)
2.86★
PlayStation Store rating (5,687 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 75% recommend · from 117 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)

5,906 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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
  • · 5,906 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,306 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~163/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (13,759 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-21

Tier history: cooling→healthy (Sep 21), healthy→cooling (Sep 7)

Estimated sales: 1.3M–2.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 62,658 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$34.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $30.05 at GameBillet (2026-09-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 73 of 123 observed days · $4.94 above the all-time low (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: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-08-26: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-09-02: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-09-02: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-09-09: 162 positiveWeek of 2026-09-09: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-09-16: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-09-16: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-09-23: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-09-23: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-09-30: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-09-30: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-10-07: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-10-07: 47 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

15k5.7k2026-09-15 11:00 — 7,487 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 11,994 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 8,322 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 11,033 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 15,110 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 8,949 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 6,893 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 10,366 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 9,093 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 9,169 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 9,722 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 7,313 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 5,698 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 9,526 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 11,299 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 6,243 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 8,286 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 8,783 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 6,272 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 9,394 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 12,538 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 6,854 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 5,906 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41k5.7kFeb 2025Aug 2026Feb 2025 — avg 40,991 · peak 84,558Mar 2025 — avg 18,873 · peak 39,765Apr 2025 — avg 10,422 · peak 18,943May 2025 — avg 7,922 · peak 14,818Jun 2025 — avg 6,872 · peak 11,828Jul 2025 — avg 6,966 · peak 11,746Aug 2025 — avg 6,934 · peak 11,871Sep 2025 — avg 5,715 · peak 9,900Oct 2025 — avg 6,609 · peak 12,560Nov 2025 — avg 7,759 · peak 13,972Dec 2025 — avg 7,283 · peak 12,120Jan 2026 — avg 7,182 · peak 12,703Feb 2026 — avg 7,298 · peak 13,136Mar 2026 — avg 6,226 · peak 10,749Apr 2026 — avg 5,687 · peak 9,754May 2026 — avg 8,366 · peak 20,162Jun 2026 — avg 9,276 · peak 15,456Jul 2026 — avg 8,404 · peak 13,666Aug 2026 — avg 7,914 · peak 13,380
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
85852026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 85 new positive2026-09-21: 59 new negative2026-09-22: 20 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-23: 21 new positive2026-09-23: 18 new negative2026-09-24: 19 new positive2026-09-24: 12 new negative2026-09-25: 16 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 16 new positive2026-09-26: 13 new negative2026-09-27: 10 new positive2026-09-27: 13 new negative2026-09-28: 13 new positive2026-09-28: 14 new negative2026-09-29: 14 new positive2026-09-29: 8 new negative2026-09-30: 15 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 12 new positive2026-10-01: 13 new negative2026-10-02: 17 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new negative2026-10-03: 24 new positive2026-10-03: 20 new negative2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 18 new negative2026-10-05: 7 new positive2026-10-05: 15 new negative2026-10-06: 6 new positive2026-10-06: 8 new negative2026-10-07: 12 new positive2026-10-07: 9 new negative2026-10-08: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 7 new negative2026-10-09: 12 new positive2026-10-09: 14 new negative2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-10: 23 new negative2026-10-11: 9 new positive2026-10-11: 11 new negative2026-10-12: 16 new positive2026-10-12: 7 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new negative2026-10-14: 7 new positive2026-10-14: 8 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$30.092024-08-202026-10-142024-08-20 — 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 $34.992026-09-30 — best price $69.992026-10-14 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k4092026-05-28 — 490 pageviews2026-06-01 — 562 pageviews2026-06-05 — 505 pageviews2026-06-09 — 536 pageviews2026-06-13 — 450 pageviews2026-06-17 — 471 pageviews2026-06-21 — 554 pageviews2026-06-25 — 588 pageviews2026-06-29 — 620 pageviews2026-07-03 — 571 pageviews2026-07-07 — 555 pageviews2026-07-11 — 518 pageviews2026-07-15 — 512 pageviews2026-07-19 — 571 pageviews2026-07-23 — 598 pageviews2026-07-27 — 591 pageviews2026-07-31 — 431 pageviews2026-08-04 — 478 pageviews2026-08-08 — 531 pageviews2026-08-12 — 538 pageviews2026-08-16 — 515 pageviews2026-08-20 — 525 pageviews2026-08-24 — 599 pageviews2026-08-28 — 635 pageviews2026-09-01 — 600 pageviews2026-09-05 — 900 pageviews2026-09-09 — 736 pageviews2026-09-13 — 625 pageviews2026-09-17 — 569 pageviews2026-09-21 — 502 pageviews2026-09-25 — 429 pageviews2026-09-29 — 466 pageviews2026-10-03 — 529 pageviews2026-10-06 — 500 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

12202026-09-30 21:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 118 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 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

Post-launch support: 9 DLC released, first 2025-02-10, latest 2026-06-23 (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

4XWarEconomyMilitaryStrategyTacticalDiplomacyHistoricalSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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