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Civilization VI is the newest installment in the award winning Civilization Franchise. Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

Release DateOct 20, 2016
Price$ 59.99  Top 1%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)85.7% (very positive) / 85.5%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.8% Top 15% / 84.7%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)210.1K  Top 1% / 291.4K  Top 1%
Curators943 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time131.3 hours  Top 1%
Play Time per Dollar2.2 hours  Top 10%
Followers733.2K  Top 1%
Owners± 16.2M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 11.4M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 211M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI's Steam rating and reviews from October 2016 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 70.7% (October 2018) and 85.5% (December 2023).

With its 291.4K reviews Top 1%, Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI is indisputably a major AAA level success.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (42%), followed by Simplified Chinese (34%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 29 languages represented. The game has been translated in 12 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI, comparing positive and negative reviews. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 450 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.5 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (352 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • + Amazing strategy game that defines the 4x genre
  • + Huge replayability value
  • + Good graphics
  • + Lots of leaders to choose from
  • + Freedom to play it how like like
  • + The best of a 25-year-old series
  • + New diplomacy, research and city building systems make this the most in-depth Civ made
  • + The underlying formula remains as engrossing as ever
  • + It looks gorgeous
  • + Good soundtrack
  • - AI is not good
  • - Learning curve can be brutal
  • - Certain ideas could be better explained
  • - Making war is not fun as in Civ 2 and Civ 3
  • - Game on standard settings past too fast
  • - Turns at later stages take a lot of time
  • - The game could be too hard for newcomers in strategy genre
  • - This review was written 3 days after release and the game can still use a few balance patches to get to perfection
  • - No option to save in the tutorial
  • - Some DLC’s should’ve been in a base game or at least it could be cheaper.

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's 85.7% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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