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Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

Release DateOct 23, 2014
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)60% (mixed) Bottom 20% / 59.5%  Bottom 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)59.4% Bottom 30% / 59.1%  Bottom 30%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)13.2K  Top 2% / 21.9K  Top 2%
Curators474 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time37.4 hours  Top 3%
Play Time per Dollar56 minutes  Top 25%
Followers140.5K  Top 1%
Owners± 2M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 1M  Top 2%
Gross Revenue ($)± 26.6M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™'s Steam rating and reviews from October 2014 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 59.9% (October 2014) and 51.7% (August 2015).

With its 21.9K reviews Top 2%, Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ is indisputably a major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™'s review languages. The most popular language is English (69%), followed by Russian (7%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 27 languages represented. The game has been translated in 10 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™, comparing positive and negative reviews. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 122 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.8 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 63 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • great graphics
  • interesting premise
  • immersive music
  • solid 4x game
  • fun gameplay
  • cool resources
  • affinity specialization
  • new gameplay elements
  • quests
  • beautiful map terrain
  • similar to Civ5
  • limited empire building
  • terrible UI
  • lacks charm of extraterrestrial exploration
  • boring
  • failure to introduce factions' differentiation
  • modest unit graphic
  • small twists in the game
  • balanced out of whack
  • limited end game

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's 60% rating  Bottom 20% 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®: Beyond Earth™'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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