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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.
“This is for sure one of my favorites. It's a great game to start with if you're new to the series. A bit more complex than it's predecessor (Civ III), but simpler than Civ V, this chapter introduces Religion into the game. Win a "Religious Victory" by setting victory conditions,…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Grew up playing this game. Ran it back last year with my brother and its as good as ever.”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“this game is helpful in my classes both because it leads me to new interests in social studies and reinforces what I learn from my teachers. Not entirely historically accurate but enough and lots of Geography, climatology, topography, resource allocation, technology, etc.”
— a player, Steam review · 77 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:39 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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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 · Grand Strategy · Classic · Addictive · Simulation (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)