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Overwhelmingly Positive

96% of 4,961 reviews

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CIVILIZATION IV: BEYOND THE SWORD

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword has 997 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 1,441 and its all-time peak is 1,571. Data refreshes every 5 minutes from the official Steam Web API.

DEV · Firaxis GamesPUB · 2K2007

Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.

Down 31% in 24h. Check the patch notes.
Currently at 63% of the all-time peak of 1,571 players.
Last updated 10 years ago: Take One More Turn in Civilization VI.

Playing now

997

24h peak

1,441

24h change

▼ 30.8%

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GALLERY & TRAILERS

1 / 11

ACROSS PLATFORMS

STEAMLIVE

Current

997

24h peak

1.44K

All-time

1.57K

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