Sid Meier's Civilization® IV on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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 adding new ways to play and win, new...

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV is a strategy, turn-based strategy and turn-based game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K.
Released on October 25th 2006 is available on Windows and MacOS in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 3,375 reviews of which 3,134 were positive and 241 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
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)
MacOS
Recommended:
  • OS: 10.12 (Sierra)
  • Processor: Intel chipset
  • CPU Speed: 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 3.5 GB free disk space
  • Video Card: (ATI): Radeon 9600 Video Card (NVidia): GeForce FX 5200
  • Video Memory: (VRam): 128 MB RAM
  • Multiplayer: Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported. Internet play requires broadband connection.
  • Media Required: DVD Drive Supported Video cards: NVIDIA GeForce 5200, 6600, 6800, 7800 ATI Radeon 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X600, X800, X850, X1600
  • NOTICE: This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive).

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Feb. 2025
Probably the best Civ we're ever going to get. The new ones are prettier but this one is the peak.
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Jan. 2025
I've played every version of Civ and this is the one that I think was best. The expansions and the mods (eg. Fall From Heaven II) added so much as well, but being the last version before hex and 1UPT means it'll always be unique.
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Jan. 2025
This version is a lot more straightforward, without some of the unnecessary complications in the later versions.
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Jan. 2025
By far the best of all Civilization games. It solves basically all the problems of the series. It makes maintenance work exactly as it should for balancing expansion vs growth and early vs late game, preventing the Infinite City Sprawl from being optimal play, it makes diplomacy work well, it makes culture work well, it contains an AI that can actually play the game - including waging war (within limits, but still). And it does so many other things right in little ways; it is, for instance, my go-to example of an informative UI with effective use of screenspace in a video game. The switch to 1UPT in the games that followed resulted in a cascade of problems, and dealt a blow to the formula that IMO these games never recovered from.
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Sept. 2024
got this on sale, totally new to the civ series. "well, I've got about 15 minutes before bed...that's enough time to check out the game mechanics before I have to sleep." (6 hours later, as dawn is beginning to break) "DAMMIT I WAS 2 TURNS AWAY FROM WINNING THE SPACE RACE!!!!!!!!!" this game is very fun, and probably very bad for my health. two thumbs up!
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Frequently Asked Questions

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV received 3,134 positive votes out of a total of 3,375 achieving a rating of 8.91.
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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV was developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K.

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV is not playable on Linux.

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV does not currently offer any DLC.

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV does not support Steam Remote Play.

Sid Meier's Civilization® IV is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Sid Meier's Civilization® IV.

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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV PEGI 12
8.9
3,134
241
Game modes
Features
Online players
698
Developer
Firaxis Games
Publisher
2K
Release 25 Oct 2006
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