Sid Meier's Civilization® V

Buy96%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 211k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Firaxis Games · Turn-Based Strategy · Sep 21, 2010

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
15,629
concurrent players
#100 by players on Steam
Achievements
286
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio5 of 10
Subtitles10 of 10

Should I buy Sid Meier's Civilization® V?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 211k 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
25% of themes are praise58% are divided17% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
After 1200+ hours I've still only played vanilla+DLC; I'm sure mods would add a whole new layer to the complexity and endless replayability.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Represents incredible value for money (especially when on sale) and the art style doesn't make this game feel overly dated despite it being more than 10 years since its initial release!
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The move to a hexagonal grid and the "one unit per tile" rule turned combat into a brilliant, tactical game of chess where terrain actually matters.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay35 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Combat13 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
88% still recommend
Story and characters
100% still recommend
Interface
83% still recommend
Bugs
80% still recommend
Audio
100% still recommend
Linux compatibility
75% still recommend
Performance
67% still recommend
Players complain
Multiplayer
82% still recommend
Crashes
64% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

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.

8 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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