Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

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

Verdict

Verdict coming soon: the jury is still reading

Buy, Wait, and Skip land in the next pass. Nothing on this card can be bought.

Player sentiment

Player sentiment is from Steam (PC) reviews.

All time

86.2%

379,693 reviews

12 months

89.4%

15,425 reviews

90 days

89%

3,603 reviews

30 days

88.4%

1,067 reviews

Stable-0.6 pts versus the previous 90 days

Review history

Bars are review volume. The line is the positive percentage. Periods under 10 reviews are faded.

What players are saying

Positive

Downloaded Civilization VI thinking I’d play for an hour. 6 hours later, it’s 3 AM, I’m at war with 4 different countries, my economy is collapsing, and Gandhi is somehow threatening me with nuclear weapons. The game is basically 10% strategy and 90% saying “just one more turn.” Every game starts with: “I’m going to be peaceful this time.” 20 turns later: “Your city looks very nice. It would be a shame if something happened to it.” Absolutely addictive. Completely destroys your sleep schedule. 10/10. Would conquer the world again.
10h 10m played at review · 21 Sept 2026
very addictive game, love playing it. i did a 100 hours in a week, almost too much. kinda disappointed that the base game is missing sooo much. did not expect to have to buy the anthology bundle to enjoy the full game, which is a bit expensive. but overall the only turn based game i own and love
89h 35m played at review · 3 Sept 2026
Civ VI - Awesome CIV VII - NOT Awesome Don't get 7, stay on 6. You'll thank me.
1760h 6m played at review · 3 Sept 2026
I played for a thousand of hours and just realized you can rotate the camera.
1043h 31m played at review · 19 Sept 2026

Negative

I played a civ 5 and civ 6 game back to back. The difference is astounding. The AI of Civ 6 is a terrible unfunny joke. Its a push over compared to the civ 5 AI. Civ 6 is a game of click through pointless menus and moving pointless levers around and for some building buildings inside buildings making building a city tedious, annoying, and unenjoyable. I also find it funny that the entire game I play peacefully then the AI declares war then the game labels me a war monger. For what? Existing? At the time I owned exactly 3 military units and it was mid-late game, so thats kinda funny the game worked that way. Ontop of that, with those 3 units I pummeled the AI. In Civ 5 this would be entirely impossible. In Civ 5 the AI only declares war when it has a hope of at least capturing a city, in Civ 6 the AI declares war for seemingly no reason and whilst not having an army. The AI also lets barbarians rome freely through their cities even in the very late game. Seriously? How!?! WHY!?
16h 42m played at review · 8 Sept 2026
Overall your game plan builds on abuses that u cant even search info about in the game (e.g. district cost calculation, district discounts, workers cost calculation, etc.). Basically, you have almost no decisions in both science and cultural trees - u have to play the most optimal play every game Game is not bad, but only with friends or 10 h solo. Civ 5 just better in terms of balance and decision-making situations
20h 10m played at review · 27 Sept 2026
No, don't care for the changes with the workers and making them quickshot builders that really don't help long term.. I've gone back to play Civ V; not even bothering with Civ VII
10h 13m played at review · 5 Sept 2026
Just not that great. It has some interesting ideas, but the way they work together is just too clunky. not as much fun as civ 5.
83h 56m played at review · 5 Sept 2026