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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™

In a future where Earth has been destabilized, you lead an expedition seeking a new home beyond the planet. Choose a sponsor and configure your spacecraft, cargo, and colonists to shape your colony's starting conditions. Explore an alien world of unfamiliar terrain, resources, relics, and hostile life. Found cities and outposts, develop resources, establish trade routes, and build armies and Wonders as your colony expands. Research through a nonlinear technology web and guide humanity along three affinities, each with its own victory condition. Affinity progress unlocks unit upgrades, while orbital satellites add military, economic, and scientific capabilities; multiplayer supports up to eight players.

Lead a human expedition on an alien world, founding cities, researching a branching tech web, and steering humanity's future.

Released 23 Oct 2014

61%positive of
23k player reviews
$39.99
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Choose Your Expedition

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Uncover Alien Relics

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Shape Human Evolution

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

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

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Crashes and Instability
  2. Shallow Strategic Depth
  3. Opaque Tech Web
  4. Flat Faction Personalities
61%
positive of 23k player reviews
81/100
Metacritic

Back of the Box

Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements 90
Age ratings
  • ESRB E10+ — Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, Language
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 10
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 13 — Penggunaan bahasa Kekerasan Interaksi Daring
  • Steam (Germany) 12 — Schimpfwörte Fantasy-Gewalt
Players 1–8
Play modes
  • Online co-op
  • Online PvP
Other modes
  • Up to 8-player competitive multiplayer
  • Team play
  • Matches with AI players included
  • AI-only and mixed human/AI team setups mentioned by players such as 2v1, 3v1, 2v2, and 6 AI plus 1 human versus 1 AI
Multiplayer The store description states that multiplayer supports up to 8 players competing for dominance. The game is tagged for both Singleplayer and Multiplayer. Reviews indicate online multiplayer exists, supports team play, and can include AI players, but reliability and public matchmaking quality are disputed.
Multiplayer & mods The store description confirms robust mod support and Steam Workshop support is listed. The provided information does not state whether mods are usable in multiplayer or how they affect compatibility.
Controller required No
Demo View demo on Steam
DLC / extras 2 listed on Steam
DRM / EULA
  • Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth EULA
Content notices
  • Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, Language
  • Online interactivity
  • Age rating for: ESRB
Metacritic 81/100 View on Metacritic
Website Official website

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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ is currently listed at $39.99. Get it on Steam here.
Who made Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™, 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 23, 2014.
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