Steam reviews

Overwhelmingly Positive

96% of 209,425 reviews

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Generally favorable

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SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION® V

Sid Meier's Civilization® V has 14,536 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 15,725 and its all-time peak is 19,607. Data refreshes every 5 minutes from the official Steam Web API.

DEV · Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)PUB · 2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)2010

Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

Strong daily player base. Matchmaking and servers will be lively.
Currently at 74% of the all-time peak of 19,607 players.
Last updated 5 months ago: Civ Streams: Civ VII's Test of Time Update.

Playing now

14,536

24h peak

15,725

24h change

▼ 3.2%

Quick verdict

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PREVIOUS 24 HOURS

GALLERY & TRAILERS

1 / 10

ACROSS PLATFORMS

STEAMLIVE

Current

14.5K

24h peak

15.7K

All-time

19.6K

TWITCHLIVE · VIEWERS

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266

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