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CivIdle

CivIdle

CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!

Released Dec 4, 2025 Developer FishPond Publisher Fish Pond Studio Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux IdlerBase BuildingAutomationHistorical4X
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

73.4%positive1,128 reviews
Recommended · 19 found this helpful

“If you enjoy civilization and idle games and you thought to yourself "Wonder what it would be like to watch my civilization's economy crash in real time because I forgot to prioritize feeding the workers that worked on my farms that feed my workers". Then look no further because…”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“CivIdle is a fair idle and incremental game with enough room for active play. It strikes a great balance between “think strategically” and “sit back and chill.” At its core, it’s basically a spreadsheet simulator, which means you can lean into math, logistics and optimization if…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 72 found this helpful

“So ive played this game a lot at this point. Ive gotten to the last steps, ive done what the players call a World Tour outside of the new Civs that were added, and ive been an active part of the in-game chat community helping new players for about three months. This is a…”

— a player, Steam review · 664 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

1,031all-time peak
0 500 1k 2025 2026 751 avg · Feb 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

70achievements
1.5%median completion
0.2%rarest: Great Collector
46.4% of players 34.4% of players 23.4% of players 14.0% of players 12.9% of players 12.7% of players 11.5% of players 11.0% of players 10.3% of players 7.0% of players 5.7% of players 5.6% of players 5.5% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 4.3% of players 4.1% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 46.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
46.4%Bronze — Reach Bronze Age in any city (granted when you unlock any technology in that age)
34.4%Iron — Reach Iron Age in any city (granted when you unlock any technology in that age)
23.4%Classical — Reach Classical Age in any city (granted when you unlock any technology in that age)
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%Great Collector — Collect all paintings in Mauritshuis (30 in total)
0.3%Tulip Maniac — Rebirth with at least 1 Extra Great Person when playing Dutch (Reach 64M Empire Value when rebirth)
0.3%A Full Cothon — Unlock all Carthaginian civilization ideas

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 08, 2026
Patch 1.5: End Game Wonder, Revamped Civs And Celebrate Restitutor Release!

Greetings, CivIdlers, To celebrate the early access release of Restitutor, I have prepared a content patch for CivIdle. This patch introduces a new end game wonder, updates some of the older Civs, and

Sep 04, 2026
New Player Trade Limit For Account Level

Hi, The trading server has been updated with limit for different account levels. Here are my rationale for this change. Max Tariff Max Tariff has been 10% since the Player Trade was initially introduc

Aug 16, 2026
Now In Beta: Patch 1.5

Greetings, CivIdlers, I am preparing a “surprise” content patch for CivIdle (well, not a surprise anymore) to celebrate the release of Restitutor. This patch is scheduled to land on stable on Sep. 8,

Jul 24, 2026
Patch 1.4 QoL and Performance

A Big Thank You to the Keepers of Our Server First of all, a big thank you to all the keepers of our server - almost 100 players have purchased this cosmetic-only DLC. This would have been enough to c

Jun 05, 2026
Patch 1.3: Dutch and Midsummer

Hello CivIdlers! I am happy to present to you Patch 1.3. This content patch is rather unique: it was not planned, as I am busy working on my upcoming game Restitutor (more on that later). However, whi

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play
Player tagsIdler · Base Building · Automation · Historical · 4X · Management · Resource Management · Medieval · City Builder · Strategy · Trading · Free to Play (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · Adjustable Text Size · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Spanish - Spain, Turkish
Achievements70
Official sitehttps://cividle.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10, 11 Processor: Potato Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Potato Storage: 300 MB available space