Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Multiplayer: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Difficulty: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 13k player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
59% of themes are praise8% are divided33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
73 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game has a wide vareity of races and leader types to play as and has a ton of replayability becasue of it unfortunatley though the larger game (6 to 8 players) can take forever (40 hours) and by the half way point everyone has the highest level units and are basically just spaming them at each other.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Considering the combat is the whole reason why I dislike Civ 5 this was a big boon for me.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Several endings are a pleasant bonus, and the DLC continues the story.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Yes, the budget for the latter has always been higher, giving it an edge in graphics and musical accompaniment.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It is fun to level your Heroes and Leader; it adds RPG to the game.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The voice acting is incredible—some of the best and most expressive I’ve ever encountered in a game.
+1 more players loved
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay73 reviews
Combat56 reviews
Story46 reviews
Graphics37 reviews
Characters32 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Co-op12 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface78% still recommend
Players complain
Multiplayer77% still recommend
Difficulty78% still recommend
Crashes71% still recommend
Linux compatibility43% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Co-op
- Cross-Platform Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- Shared/Split Screen
- Single-player
Controller
Steam lists no controller support.
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Includes level editor
- Remote Play Together
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Valve device support
Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$29.99
The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.
6 points recordedtoday · $29.99
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