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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 8,842 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 15,577 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!

Solid daily community. Plenty of people to play with right now.
Currently at 45% of the all-time peak of 19,607 players.
Last updated 2 months ago: Civ Streams: Civ VII's Test of Time Update.

Playing now

8,842

24h peak

15,577

24h change

▼ 3.1%

Quick verdict

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PREVIOUS 24 HOURS

GALLERY & TRAILERS

1 / 10

ACROSS PLATFORMS

STEAMLIVE

Current

8.84K

24h peak

15.6K

All-time

19.6K

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