Sid Meier's Civilization VI

Sid Meier's Civilization VI is a simulator game developed by Firaxis Games and released in 2016. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Firaxis LORE.

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 320 achievements to unlock.

Sid Meier's Civilization VI is the 37th of 41 entries we hold in the Sid Meier series. It arrived 11 months after Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution 2 Plus. The next entry was Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Platinum Edition in 2019. Its critic score of 87 is 5 points above the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Sid Meier's Civilization IV at 95.

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 19 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 652 votes.

The main story runs about 63 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $5.09, that works out to about $0.08 per hour of the main story.

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 2.5 Ghz or AMD Phenom II 2.6 Ghz or greater, 4 GB RAM and 1 GB & AMD 5570 or nVidia 450 or Intel Integrated Graphics 530. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 17GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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The cheapest verified price right now is $5.09 at Fanatical, 92% below its usual price.

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI launched on 20 October 2016, within three weeks of Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.

We have tested and published 10 cheat entries for Sid Meier's Civilization VI — 2 console commands, 1 unlockable, 5 easter eggs, 1 secret and 1 tip. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.

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