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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by ad
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I have been playing this on-again-off-again since late 2010. In that time, I have only made it as far as "Warlord" difficulty which is either the second-easiest or third-easiest setting depending on whether you count the super-easy-quasi-tutorial-mode as a difficulty setting.…”
— a player, Steam review · 540 hrs played“it is a very strategy based game. as me, i love games like this! i got this for $7.49 for a bundle of 4 games, so this will be more expensive for others. other than that, this game is very good! (8.5/10)”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Best game ever! Only issue is crossplay multiplayer between mac and windows though you can still do it over lan. Highly suggest!!!!!!!!!”
— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · 4X · Historical · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Moddable · Classic · Grand Strategy · Addictive · Masterpiece (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/home.htm |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Windows 2000/XP, 1.2GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent, 256MB RAM, 64 MB Video Card w/ Hardware T&L (GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better) DirectX7 compatible sound card, 1.7GB of free hard drive space, DirectX9.0c (included) Recommended: Windows 2000/XP, 1.8GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent/better, 512 MB RAM, 128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 8 support (pixel and vertex shaders), DirectX7 compatible sound card, 1.7GB of free hard drive space, DirectX9.0c (included)