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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

Guide a civilization from its early settlement through successive stages of history, expanding your cities while competing with other leaders, each with distinct traits and agendas. Explore the map, develop land, and build districts, wonders, and improvements on individual hexes. District placement shapes each city and can provide different bonuses, so terrain and location inform your plans. Advance through separate technology and civics trees, changing governments and cultural policies as you progress. Build influence with city-states, negotiate or fight with rival civilizations, and use spies to gather intelligence or disrupt opponents; pursue a military, scientific, cultural, religious, or score victory.

Lead a civilization from its first settlement, plan hex-based districts, advance science and culture, and pursue one of five victories.

Released 20 Oct 2016

86%positive of
378k player reviews
$59.99
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Plan Hex-Based Districts

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Race for Five Victories

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Advance Science and Civics

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

Developed by Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux) · Published by 2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Privacy Terms Concerns
  2. Unconvincing Rival AI
  3. Steep Learning Curve
  4. Diplomacy Frustrations
86%
positive of 378k player reviews
88/100
Metacritic

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Back of the Box

Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements 320
Age ratings
  • ESRB E10+ — Drug Reference Language Mild Violence Suggestive Themes
  • PEGI 12 — Violence
  • USK 12
  • CRL 12
  • CSRR C12
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 10 — Violence
  • FPB 13 — Violence
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 18 — Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnya Penggunaan bahasa Kekerasan
  • KGRB 12
  • NZOFLC PG
  • OFLC PG
  • Steam (Germany) 12 — Drogen Gewalt Derbe Sprache
Players From 2 (maximum not specified)
Play modes
  • Online co-op
  • Online PvP
  • Local PvP
  • LAN play
  • Split screen
Other modes
  • Cross-platform multiplayer
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Turn Notifications
  • Play with AI opponents in multiplayer matches
  • Peer-to-peer multiplayer
Multiplayer Sid Meier’s Civilization VI supports multiplayer alongside single-player. Store features explicitly list Online PvP, LAN PvP, shared/split screen PvP, cross-platform multiplayer, Steam Turn Notifications, Remote Play Together, and the multiplayer-related tag Online Co-Op. Reviews describe direct competitive matches, cooperative play against AI, play with friends, and Remote Play use, but also report peer-to-peer networking, desyncs, out-of-sync errors, and lobby issues.
Multiplayer & mods Steam Workshop is supported. Reviews state that community mods and tools are used to improve multiplayer, including Multiplayer Helper, Better Balanced Starts, and Better Balanced Game, and mention workarounds for lobby and synchronization issues.
Controller required No
DLC / extras 10 listed on Steam
DRM / EULA
  • Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Sid Meier's Civilization VI EULA
Content notices
  • Drug Reference
  • Language
  • Mild Violence
  • Suggestive Themes
  • Interactive Elements
  • Users Interact
  • In-Game Purchases
  • Age rating for: ESRB
Metacritic 88/100 View on Metacritic
Website Official website

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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI is currently listed at $59.99. Get it on Steam here.
Who made Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI, and when did it come out?▾
It was developed by Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux) and published by 2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux), released on October 20, 2016.
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