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Sid Meier's Civilization VII: Founders Edition

Founders Edition of Sid Meier's Civilization VII

Founders Edition includes: • Full base game • Early Access - play the game up to 5 days early on February 6, 2025 • Tecumseh and Shawnee Pack Crossroads of the World Collection, with post-launch content featuring 2 new leaders (Ada Lovelace and Simón Bolívar) , 4 new civilizations (Carthage, Great Britain, Nepal, Bulgaria), 4 new Natural Wonders, a special cosmetic bonus, and more to be announced. Right to Rule Collection, with post-launch content featuring 2 new leaders (Genghis Khan, Lakshmibai), 4 new civilizations (Assyria, Dai Viet, Qajar, Silla), 4 new Wonders, a special cosmetic bonus, and additional content to be announced Deluxe Content Pack, which includes: 2 leader personas (Xerxes, The Achaemenid and Friedrich, Baroque), 4 profile customizations, 1 alternate scout skin Founders Content Pack, which includes: 2 leader personas (Ashoka, World Conqueror and Himiko, High Shaman), 4 profile customizations, 1 fog of war tile set, 1 Founders palace skin

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53,420 Steam reviews

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53,420 total

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Steam User 9875STEAMRecommended

cool

Mar 28, 2026·358h·Verified

Steam User 0562STEAMNot recommended

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Mar 28, 2026·35h

Steam User 6841STEAMNot recommended

Wiedziałem co kupuje czytałem opinie i oglądalem recenzje mimo to kupiłem. W porównaniu do Cywilizacji 6 ta część jest kompletnie nie grywalna nie logiczna i wywrócona do góry nogami. Potrzebuje jeszcze paru lat pracy, najgorzej wydane pieniądze w calym moim zyciu. Nie żartuje, pieniądze w błoto.

Mar 28, 2026·11h·Verified

Steam User 6169STEAMNot recommended

not worth the cost, feels like a 3 dollar mobile game

Mar 28, 2026·5h·3·Verified

Steam User 7160STEAMRecommended

Ottimo

Mar 28, 2026·277h

Steam User 6270STEAMNot recommended

It's not a CIV anymore

Mar 28, 2026·1h·1

Steam User 2290STEAMNot recommended

This game sucks. I've spent hundreds of hours on Civ VI, which is a strategy game, but this new Civ VII is some kind of adventure game. There is no real control over your gameplay, it's just a list of random events that you have to deal with while being bombarded by useless development of your cities. It's just too easy to survive and boring in all means. I enjoyed the first hour or two, but then you realize how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ it is.

AVOID this game, even if you're a long time fan of Civs games.

Mar 28, 2026·7h·2

Steam User 8074STEAMRecommended

Sid Meier's Civilization VII – Honest Review
Civilization VII brings a fresh three-era system (Antiquity → Exploration → Modern) that keeps campaigns exciting and prevents the usual late-game drag. The gameplay is smoother, diplomacy feels more engaging, and the visuals + soundtrack are excellent.
Post-launch updates in 2026 have improved balance and replayability, making the game noticeably better than at launch.
My only real complaint is the price. The base game is already $70, and the DLC collections (each around $30) add up very quickly if you want the full experience. I find it somewhat too expensive — especially the DLCs — for what it offers.
Solid and innovative, but the aggressive pricing holds it back.

Mar 28, 2026·49h

Steam User 5237STEAMNot recommended

Not really a Civ game.
While this is 'pretty', it's not a Civilization game. I understand that developers want to try different types of play environments, but but the game play is far too detached from the previous Civilization games it makes it its own genre. If you want a Civilization game buy Civ 6 and don't waste your money on this. The most annoying part is I bought a new PC to play this only for it to be rubbish,

Mar 28, 2026·25h·3·Verified

Steam User 9187STEAMNot recommended

la vera cosa che non ho gradito di questo Civ VII é il dover cambiare obbligatoriamente il percorso di sviluppare la propria civiltà con la scelta iniziale del proprio percorso e del proprio leader.
Scelta che non trovo assolutamente coerente e anche un poco fuorviante!!

Mar 28, 2026·25h·Verified

Steam User 0281STEAMNot recommended

Tedious, bad maps. convoluted

Mar 28, 2026·38h·5·Verified

Steam User 2972STEAMNot recommended

目前还是个半成品三个时代就结束近世时代很无聊就这完成度买开拓者版和豪华版都是爆亏个人猜测至少还需要两三年的更新内容才能勉强赶上前作 783+5060ti 16g可以流畅运行

Mar 28, 2026·29h·Verified

Steam User 9099STEAMRecommended

A way to wind off my work stress!

Mar 28, 2026·263h·Verified

Steam User 1187STEAMNot recommended

Just play civ 6 instead

Mar 28, 2026·12h·7·Verified

Steam User 4950STEAMRecommended

it's civilization, but number 7.

Mar 27, 2026·181h·3·Verified

Steam User 2739STEAMRecommended

还是很不错的

Mar 27, 2026·17h·Verified

Steam User 4817STEAMRecommended

Guten Tag, Spieler!
Ich schreibe diese Rezension, obwohl ich noch nicht einmal durchgespielt habe. Aber bisher gefällt mir Civ VII sehr gut. Das Gameplay ist leicht zu verstehen und zu bedienen.
Ich möchte noch meiner Hoffnung Ausdruck geben, dass es in späteren Epochen vielleicht möglich sein wird, Städte auf dem Meeresboden oder im Orbit über der Erde Raumstationen zu errichten (wie schon in Civilization: Call to power). Und dass es darüber hinaus möglich sein wird, zukünftige Epochen ala Star Trek, Mad Max, Battle Tech oder ähnliche dystopische oder goldene Epochen zu erreichen.
Ich werde auf jeden Fall weiter Civ VII spielen und alle möglichen Zivilisationen und Anführer ausprobieren.

Viele Grüße Euer Entenpieps

Mar 27, 2026·20h·Verified

Steam User 5295STEAMRecommended

I've seen a lot of criticism from fans of previous generations, but this was my first Civ game and I've had a blast (1100-some hours at the time of this writing). Learning that "choose your fighter" included Simon Bolívar, Pachacuti, and Tecumseh nearly brought me to tears, and the behind-the-scenes on how they cast them surely did. I wish this is how everyone approached making their games.

Mar 27, 2026·1148h·1

Steam User 6402STEAMRecommended

I wanted to hate this game, but it really is enjoyable and now one of my favorite civs. It's an interesting take on the civ lineup and I'm really enjoying it with friends. The multiplayer is probably one of the best integrations, the pacing is good, and the overall gameplay is fun as well. I definitely recommend this if you're a fan of these types of games or not, especially if played with friends.

Mar 27, 2026·62h

Steam User 2573STEAMRecommended

Super giera, wszystkie zmiany polepszaja rozgrywkę.

Mar 27, 2026·62h

Steam User 1421STEAMNot recommended

Хрень... Писать больше нет смысла, я лучше в 6 поиграю гораздо интереснее и продуманее!!!

Mar 27, 2026·Verified

Steam User 2522STEAMRecommended

The Issue is, this game is good. It isn't the best in the series and it's Innovation in game play tore out most of the things that made Civ 5 and 6 great. This leaves in a spot where the next two DLC's are going to fix everything and that's how they will make their money. I like the game but the overwhelming stupidity of leaving out small features makes winning just not at all satisfying. I have no data to see where I can improve, how the other team's did, a timeline, rankings, or anything like that. The main draw of winning for me was trying to see if I could beat my previous score or find a way to get better. that is next to impossible now and its a shame.

TLDR
My most hated things
-Why on Earth can I not gift a settlement back to another civ?
-No Data at the end of a game?
-Game is easy on harder difficulty but AI acts more strange and out of character
Things I love
-Steam lined game play/ easy to understand what is going on
- Gold is overpowered for multiplayer
-The three age system gives an interesting take on what you go for per age
Mid things
-UI is better but still meh
-Trade is too damn simple and almost boring
-Science and Culture are a bit too easy to generate unless playing on a hard difficulty

Civ 7, It's good, but it would have been easier to delay this game and make it perfect.

Mar 27, 2026·37h·2

Steam User 2287STEAMRecommended

Much more fun than Civ VI.

Mar 27, 2026·8h·Verified

Steam User 7474STEAMRecommended

Mar 27, 2026·348h·Verified

Steam User 7816STEAMNot recommended

Brak hotseat.
Nie da się połączyć w sieci LAN.

Mar 27, 2026·7h·Verified

Steam User 6123STEAMRecommended

much simpler than Civ 6, so much more enjoyeable for me, since it doesn't require huge micromanagement. unique gameplay due to its age transition. add more civs please :D

Mar 27, 2026·44h·Verified

Steam User 2056STEAMRecommended

Not bad, didnt buy it on relase because they removed curent age and it was expensive. I understand why they did it, they usually go DLC heavy in civilizations but by making civ switchable they needed to include a great buch of them on release so they removed an age planing to sell it later with a bunch of curent age civ is my guess....now that they are tweaking the game to allow for single civ gameplay they might try to remove the curent era civs and sell them to you later as you will be able to enjoy the game without switching...in the end i think this game will be a blast will the 60 civ it will have in the end and the way you will have to accomplish things to get acces to them....

Mar 27, 2026·11h

Steam User 7238STEAMRecommended

나는 관대하다

Mar 27, 2026·16h·Verified

Steam User 3930STEAMRecommended

Très bon jeu. Plus poussé que le VI mais moins intuitif pour les débutants

Mar 27, 2026·28h

Steam User 5698STEAMNot recommended

Let me just spend 90$ on dlc.

Mar 27, 2026·63h·7·Verified

Steam User 1086STEAMRecommended

Just good fun, frustrating at times, but on the whole a very good and interesting game.

Mar 27, 2026·393h·Verified

Steam User 4933STEAMRecommended

再来下回合

Mar 27, 2026·93h·1·Verified

Steam User 8717STEAMNot recommended

This game has a lot of FREEZES in modern age. I have a 14900k and 4070ti super and 64gb ram and 2 tb of very fast nvme. But in late game even on a TINY map with only 4 players. the game lags and is unplayable. Absolute waste of money. The devs should be JAILED. it is a crime for this game to be so unplaybale after more than a year of release! clicking esc lags, selecting a unit lags like a good 5 second lag. attacking animations lag and then it just speeds up. Absolute trash. no wonder this game has so many negative reviews

Mar 27, 2026·72h·7·Verified

Steam User 4224STEAMRecommended

Good ♥♥♥♥

Mar 27, 2026·159h·Verified

Steam User 3331STEAMRecommended

Solid game. First of the franchise that I've played and I've enjoyed it quite a bit. If I had to guess, the otherwise very negative reviews of the game are just from hardcore civ fans that don't like change (valid enough). I would recommend buying :)

Mar 27, 2026·41h·Verified

Steam User 3693STEAMNot recommended

Was eine Enttäuschung. Spiele seit Civ 4 diese Reihe. Waren alle top. Die gelobte Grafig in CIv VII finde ich schrecklich. Viel zu bunt, unübersichtlich. Die Figuren (ZB Soldaten) laufen dauernt wohin ich diese nicht haben will. Bei Zeitenwechsel auf die nächste Zivilation verschwinden dazu einfach Einheiten, andere werden aufgewertet ohne das man dafür etwas machen muss. Städte die man als Suverän mit Diplomatie übernommen hat, sind nach Zeitenwechsel wieder Feinde, bzw wieder Unabhängig
Ein Expandieren ist begrenzt auf eine Städte, bzw Siedlungsanzahl. Man kann garnicht richtig expandieren, selbst als Römer nicht. Beim Krieg, wenn man eine Stadt einnimmt, muss man diese vernichten, da man sonst zu viel Städte hat. So ein Schrott für so viel geld. Es entsteht weder eine Stimmung noch ein Spielspass. Spiele wieder das Civ VI.

Mar 26, 2026·13h·1

Steam User 7975STEAMNot recommended

Let me make this crystal clear.
The core framework of this game is actually solid, but it’s NOT FUN AT ALL.

Adding single-civ or single-era modes is completely useless. Just release the fourth era already, fix the pacing, balance the numbers, and tune the AI properly. You’re just making things worse for no reason.

Why is it not fun?
Because the AI is COMPLETELY BRAINDEAD.
You just spam the same few cheap strategies over and over to crush these idiotic AIs every single game. What’s the point of adding more content when the AI is this garbage?

The commander system introduced in Civ 7 is great, but my commander can wipe out 10 to 20 of the AI’s units without losing a single man.
What do the AI commanders do? They just walk straight into my troops and feed themselves to me.
After two rounds of this mindless combat, where the hell is the fun?

The economy system is total garbage. It’s just mindless number stacking.
Building wonders always takes 4 turns no matter what—there’s zero strategy involved whatsoever.

Just make the AI ACTUALLY SMART, not just stat-obsessed. Give us some real challenge, and the game will be fun.

And don’t give me that “just play PvP” crap.
First, this game’s length is already terrible for PvP. Second, the era switching is devastating to the flow of PvP.
If the AI was competent, even the few PvP players could enjoy games with AI opponents for more fun.

This is a PvE single-player game built for playing against computers.
If you refuse to improve the AI and just keep messing around with useless stuff, you have no idea what you’re doing.

我的想法一直是你现在的游戏框架很好，但就是不好玩，做出单文明或者单时代也没什么用处，你把第四时代赶紧弄出来，把节奏，数值，ai能力调整好完事儿，非得给自己找不自在。
不好玩的点在哪儿，在纯智障的ai，每天对着几个智障ai来来回回用固定几个套路就杀完了，更新再多内容有什么意思？
战斗方面7代引入了指挥官系统，这很优秀，但我的指挥官带一队兵能杀ai十几二十个兵不死一人，而ai的指挥官能干嘛，能走到我脸上去送死。体验两局无聊的战斗下来还有什么乐趣可言。
经济方面更是一坨，只会吃数值，建奇观更是恒定4回合更不用谈了。
你把ai做灵活点儿，而不是只吃数值，挑战性高一点儿不就好玩了么。
那有人要说了，你不想虐菜为啥不去打pvp，且不说pvp你的游戏时长本来也不吃香，那换时代对pvp的流畅体验更是毁灭性的打击。ai提高了，少数几名pvp玩家不也能加入一些ai来增强趣味性。
一个主打pve打电脑的单机游戏，不好好提升下ai的能力不知道整天瞎几把干啥

Mar 26, 2026·476h·9·Verified

Steam User 0610STEAMNot recommended

I looked forward to this game greatly, having been a fan of the series for a very long time. Sadly i was extremely disappointed to find that the entire game was reworked into a poor copy of Humankind or Millennia rather than continuing the series along the same vein that made it stand out. Really sad that I gave it to many hours of play time trying to force myself to like the game to be able to get a refund.

Mar 26, 2026·74h·3·Verified

Steam User 1777STEAMNot recommended

Cette version a pompé toutes les bonnes idées d'HUMANKIND mais en moins bien, Décu, je ne retrouve plus les civilizations que j'avais aimé (3,4,5 et 6) Même pas 20 h que je suis surpris de toutes les incoherences ça a va voulu faire jolie mais c'est moyen le plaisir de jouer... je laisse tomber et attend le 8 et retourne à la 6.

Mar 26, 2026·17h·1

Steam User 5099STEAMRecommended

Civilization VII looks like a flawed but highly promising chapter in the series; the dev team has taken some risks that likely needed more time in the oven, but I am confident that over time this title will come to be remembered as fondly as Civ V or VI eventually did after their respective rough edges were ironed out.

That said, it's not the reason I am giving the game a recommendation, rather I am doing this because of the game's focus on accessibility: among the things that perhaps the team implemented that likely needed more time in the oven, is a curious new feature called "narrate on hover". It's a rather crude implementation of an in game screen reader, likely little more than an APi call/interpreter between the PC's internal TTS engine and the game's text, it has a number of significant problems, especially the lack of support for controllers or structured navigation (it only works via the mouse cursor).

And yet, it's an essential feature for me. I am a visually impaired player that while not blind, does have significant trouble reading text in any game. I would like to use this review to really applaud the inclusion of this crude and simple option that has made Civ VII arguably the first 4x game I am able to actually play and have fun in years. Hopefully more effort will be put in the future on improving this feature so it's more feature complete, structured and helpful for visually impaired players.

Mar 26, 2026·8h·1·Verified

Steam User 3090STEAMRecommended

Ca reste un jeu attrayant pour la franchise, l'emprunt du méchanisme des changement de civilisations à travers les âges apporte du nouveau mais devrait être moins contraignant pour ceux qui ne veulent pas changer, offrir plus d'options pour faire évoluer sa civilisation, offrir plus d'option de carte (surtout les cartes terrestres avec emplacement réel même si il y a des mods dédiés).

Mar 26, 2026·247h

Steam User 6467STEAMNot recommended

It seems this game has fallen victim to something many studios now fall victim too, and that is unrelenting greed. Artistic integrity and talent has been thrown out the window.

Instead of looking at their customers and making the best possible game, they have looked at what game the marketing department told them to make, so they could possibly make as much money from DLC as possible, with the minimum amount of effort.

The base design was flawed, with the game objectives far removed from good game design. Instead the focus was in selling extra civilisations as DLC, to increase the amount of civilisations they could sell they decided to have you change civilisations with every age shift. The information age is missing altogether and no doubt be paid DLC at a heft price.

The core mechanics and gameplay are worse then previous iterations of the game, with updates having made the ultimate ways to victory less transparent. With only slightly improved graphics as a drawing point, the question very much then becomes why you would buy this over Civilization VI.

Having bought this game on sale, I would still say it was overpriced. Considering pretty much all DLC costs 20,- euros, despite the meagre content, it might be a good time to send some of the upper management at Firaxis Games to an asylum of sorts, to get them psychological help to bring them back to our shared reality, instead of the alternative reality they inhabit, where there are no market forces at work.

Mar 26, 2026·34h·3·Verified

Steam User 1801STEAMNot recommended

the game just feels not finished. I'm not even talking about system and the fact that it feels like a different game but how ametourish everything feels, the menu's look like a powerpoint slide and you can't make out anything as thhe color pallet ranges from bleek melancholy to an oversaturatted mess.

Mar 26, 2026·31h·4·Verified

Steam User 4839STEAMRecommended

Klassischer Zeitvertreib

Mar 26, 2026·34h

Steam User 1967STEAMNot recommended

they ruined it.

Mar 26, 2026·83h·5·Verified

Steam User 4900STEAMNot recommended

Worst user interface I have ever seen in a big budget title.
One year after launch and vast majority of it still looks like pre-alpha placeholders done by people with zero interface design experience.

Loads of misaligned text with horrible typograpy and placement. Blurry, ugly fonts with poor readability, all presented on ugly, unimaginative grey backgrounds.

It's so bad, it actually makes me not want to play it - it's just such an eyesore.

Every single User Interface design principle is broken. Nothing is properly aligned or spaced. The scaling doesn't make any sense. They can't even get the simplest of things right - for example - they seem unable to center a text horizontally inside a button.

Again - one year after launch.

Whoever is responsible for the UI should be absolutely ashamed of it's current state and frankly put - fired.

Mar 26, 2026·3h·6

Steam User 6256STEAMRecommended

With a few more leaders, playable nations, and military and map updates, this game could be genuinely greater with some love put into it.

Mar 25, 2026·934h·Verified

Steam User 3536STEAMNot recommended

good try still ♥♥♥♥

Mar 25, 2026·2h·2·Verified

Steam User 6078STEAMNot recommended

After so much time past.. the game is literally the same as before. The "free" content was the bare minimum to excuse day-one DLCs and other stuff which sould be in the game. There are so many DLCs out and who actually wants to buy all this? There is even no compact bundle for the alternative personas(Frederick, Himiko etc). I had my fun with the strategic battle system and the graphics are good but there is so much less content than in other games- also missed opportunites in scripted events. Karthago and Rome are at war ? Nothing special to mention in history. Somehow sad. It feels that there is no passion but money greed. The half price is not worth it. They also left out 1 age(modern/information age) after 1 1/2 years after release, which is rediculous. Too expensive for so less content. The reviews are still bad for a top game series (52% currently) and I am one of them.

Mar 25, 2026·335h·5

Steam User 5907STEAMRecommended

I got into civ with civ 5 and have way too many hours in 5, 6, and now 7. I have been playing 7 since launch and its honestly changed a lot during that time to where its almost been 3 different games, with another massive change in the pipe. Right now its in a great place but I trust the changes to improve it even more. I only play single player with deity AI, large map, long ages. I feel like it does a good job of being a civ game. Recently I just finished an age where I was Isabel as greece and up against both Charlemagne and Xerxes. I was able to facilitate some good alliances through trade routes and shared interest. I was pumping out tons of hoplites and eventually horsemen with some balista. Somehow managed to get the mausleum and so my horsemen got an extra life. Still Charlemagne with his king of europe special combined with deity combat bonus was a tough nut to crack. I needed to take Waset because it had like 5 wonders, but there was only about 15 turns left in the age. I had some killer commanders though due to fighting 2 wars. One commander was like level 12 and had 3 commendations. Still just barely got Waset but it was literally on the last turn of the age. The tension was peak civ. Idk i think there are a great many bugs and rough edges but the core game play is SOLID. Building towns and cities is FUN AS FORK. The AI may not be perfect at combat but I am always challenged with war situations and I would consider myself a master at civ tactics. I will also say even the naval combat is hella fun. Different game as Catherine Iceland (exploration age) and i had an epic show down in the sea again getting lots of great commanders. Id say modern is the weakest but ive also been having fun with that and I feel like when they eventually drop a information age or something it will get even better. Anyway I deffo recommend but its a different game from 5 or 6 so if youre just wanting more 6 with better graphics than just stick to 6. But if you want a game that will challenge and surprise you then 7 is great and getting better!

Mar 25, 2026·559h·1·Verified

Steam User 1438STEAMRecommended

Pome...

Mar 25, 2026·49h·1

Steam User 1990STEAMRecommended

Mar 25, 2026·60h·Verified

Steam User 7844STEAMRecommended

I played Civ games since Civ 1, and I like changes this game brought. I like to pick different civ every age. It gives a lot of flexibility and more unique game play each time. Also I like that leaders aren't tightly connected to civilizations. The fantastic idea is to have people that weren't civilization leaders in real world. I'd like to see Leonardo Da Vinci, or some of Greek philosophers.
What I don't like. Well, the whole age is missing in the end, and winning ways must be improved, but it will probably come with next big expansion.

Mar 25, 2026·110h·Verified

Steam User 1697STEAMRecommended

Mar 25, 2026·395h·Verified

Steam User 2549STEAMNot recommended

Civilisation 7

The only thing that really allows this to be called part of the Sid franchise is the involvement of ~Firaxis.

It is vastly different to the mechanics of earlier versions. Gone are districts, builders, religious victories and a single Empire for the entire game. Instead, it is now essentially 3 games with a single historic leader. This stops players from heavy loading an aspect to win. Each of the 3 eras can be won using militarist, science, culture or economic victory or you can play for points solely. As each era progresses, a crisis will start to impede play. This can be religious, epidemic or social unrest. The key to victory is Production and Food.

It appears that Firaxis outsourced much of the work to the Philippines and 2k. Despite the complete disaster that 2k had with Civ 6. For some reason one of the main factions is a Filipino one! And the online play was broken until they brought it back in house.

The Good

Navigable rivers.
Graphics.
They have listened to feedback and improved the game to a playable product.
Espionage. This needed an overhaul and it’s an OK job, but feels incomplete.

The Bad

City development is to limited.
No City leaders, while these were a bit pants in the previous game, they did allow for some minor boosts to play that could shift the balance.
The reward system.
2k, after the previous mistakes made by 2 k it should have been given to inmates at the local asylum to attempt first. Somebody needs to be seriously removed from the gene pool for this choice. Which makes no sense on an economic, technical, management or competence levl.
Losing the zonal nature has reduced the claim that this is part of the Civ franchise. It is more like a hybrid of Civ and Endless series.
OP and Nerfed factions. Some factions are so much better than the others in their age it ruins the competition. With some having deep water scouting and offensive scouts, while others are stuck close to home.
The “British museum” problem. The easiest way by far is to win with artifact collection, which makes it a race to collect them before the others and hoard, with no option to steal. Or go economic from the start and win through economic means. It is almost never a space race and while a military victory can be achieved, it is a lot of work.
Not enough breadth of research.
The historical period references are those a person born and raised in the Philippines would be familiar with, it is not the historical journal of the earlier games.
Disasters cannot be turned off or made interesting.

Overall

Once you accept it is a completely new game and has only a nod towards the Civ games which came before. It is a playable game. It is however obviously a product released for financial motives rather than to improve the underlying game. It’s a time sink game, playable and enjoyable, but will not be remembered as one of the Defining Civilization games or other games for that matter. Technically it feels like the project was given to the favourite tea boy of the department to produce, who had never played the earlier games. Scoring using the Monkeys and Shakespeare scale it ranks as 5.5 monkeys and a Donald Trump speech out of infinity. Not worth purchasing until it becomes available at discount.

Those I played it with were very shorter in their appraisal, "S**t" and "S***E Sandwich" were their exact words................

Mar 25, 2026·2377h·6·Verified

Steam User 8501STEAMNot recommended

Comprei achando que iria ser como as outras franquias mas eles separam totalmente as eras e evolução deixando isso chato demais o VI e melhor que este pode ter certeza disso

Mar 25, 2026·19h·1·Verified

Steam User 5014STEAMNot recommended

expensive game much disappointment. i was going along fine, then the game decided i cannot be that civ anymore. i stopped playing but i heard it had improved. not yet i guess. i feel so let down and robbed. they never mentioned this before selling.

Mar 25, 2026·33h·2

Steam User 1379STEAMRecommended

I was hesitant to play this one after all the mixed reviews but as a casual player who loves the series (I have over 800 hours in Civ 5 and over 700 hours in Civ 6) I really enjoy this one, the changes are refreshing IMO and worth it if you are already a fan of the series. For the record I did not enjoy Humankind or it's playstyle which also contributed to my lack of interest in this one with the changes per era, but they really did it right here.

Mar 25, 2026·51h

Steam User 1849STEAMNot recommended

J'ai joué et adorer les précédent Civilization mais là je suis déçu. Trop de changement d'un coup, un mélange de civ, humankind... en espérant qu'il ce rattrape pour les prochains.

Mar 25, 2026·3h

Steam User 5826STEAMRecommended

我要把精力放在军事上面。

Mar 25, 2026·26h·Verified

Steam User 9463STEAMNot recommended

Краще було ці 100$ роздати на вулиці жебракам.

Mar 25, 2026·19h·3·Verified

Steam User 3618STEAMNot recommended

Ну, не в восторге. Замутка с эпохами прикольная, но до конца не доведена.

Mar 25, 2026·24h·1·Verified

Steam User 6354STEAMRecommended

Jeu très bien fait malgré les critiques je trouves , il y a encore deux? trois choses a améliorer mais c'est un très bon jeu

Mar 25, 2026·54h·Verified

Steam User 4931STEAMRecommended

酷

Mar 25, 2026·11h·Verified

Steam User 3064STEAMRecommended

It is a great game, and I love it that they added Mexico

Mar 25, 2026·21h·Verified

Steam User 0447STEAMNot recommended

확장팩나올때까지 숨 참으세요 사지마

Mar 25, 2026·121h·1

Steam User 8710STEAMRecommended

i think its less micro management, i love hot it looks and feels, really enjoing

Mar 25, 2026·15h·1·Verified

Steam User 9345STEAMNot recommended

ถ้าคาดหวังว่ามันคือภาคต่อ CIV มันไม่ใช่ภาคต่อของ CIV มันคือภาคต่ของ Human kind ถ้าใครอยากลองอะไรใหม่ๆมาลองได้ แต่ไม่คุ้มแน่ๆกับราคาของมัน
ข้อดีมันมี แต่พอมาคิดถึงข้อเสียกลับเยอะกว่าซะงั้น เลยไม่แนะนำให้ซื้อเลยสำหรับคนที่เคยเล่น CIV
ความรู้สึกต่างมากจากตอนภาค 5 ไป 6 คือยังรู้ว่านี่คือ CIV แต่สำหรับภาคนี้คือไม่ใช่เลย
UX/UI ก็แย่เมื่อเทียบกับภาค 6 ยกตัวอย่างเลย การ trade ระหว่างเมืองภาคนี้ทำได้แค่แลกเปลี่ยนระหว่างประเทศ แถบต้องรอให้ unit มันเดินไปถึง แล้วก็สร้างเส้นทาง กลับกัน ภาค 5 กับ 6 แค่เลือกเมืองก็จบ เจ้าใจง่ายมาก
เมืองดันจำกัดแบบ Human kind และความเห็นส่วนตัว การเลือกพื้นที่ทำเลตั้งเมืองจากสภาพภูมิประเทศมีผลแค่จะสร้างอะไรเพิ่มลำบาก มากังวลเรื่องหาที่ที่จะใช้พื้นที่ให้คุ้มค่าที่สุด ส่วนในภาคก่อน ต้องมองหาแม่น้ำเมืองจะได้เติบโตไวๆ และ Terrain ยังดูดีกว่าเลย
และมีข้อเสียอื่นๆอีกที่ทำผมนอนไม่หลับเมื่อคืนเพราะกำลังคิดให้มันตกผลึก

Mar 25, 2026·27h·1·Verified

Steam User 9682STEAMNot recommended

systems very shallow. not really a civ game.

Mar 25, 2026·36h·9·Verified

Steam User 6221STEAMNot recommended

Civilisation 6 ou Civilisation 5 sont des meilleurs jeux que cette fraude. Passez votre chemin et jouez à un civilisation plus vieux. Vous trouverez plus de fun dans les anciennes civilisations. Pour moins cher en plus.

Mar 25, 2026·14h·1·Verified

Steam User 7719STEAMNot recommended

Not a Civ game. I was super bummed. I grew up playing these games since 2. Each one great in it's own way. but ooof what a flop.

Mar 25, 2026·65h·11·Verified

Steam User 6656STEAMNot recommended

I had such high hopes and thought Civ7 would redeem 6 and Beyond Earth, but it's actually worse. I bought all the DLC, preordered, but it's just a boring game. Ages is a lousy system and I don't feel the immersion nor am I wowed by any aspect. They need to go back to what made 1-5 great and rebuild from there. Otherwise, this franchise is pretty much dead.

Mar 25, 2026·171h·14·Verified

Steam User 1837STEAMRecommended

Highly recommend, I love the graphics and game play.

Mar 24, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 7549STEAMRecommended

I like the game. Even though it might not be a super good product like civ 6 I think civ 7 is still amazing for most of the palyers that do not take it too seriously.

Mar 24, 2026·9h·2·Verified

Steam User 4882STEAMRecommended

Despite what some people have to say, I think the changes they've made in this game from prior entries in the series are refreshing. I find the addition of Age Transitions and the difference between towns and cities, while a little jarring for long-term players, to be an interesting way to think about long-term strategy. Yes, there is MUCH room for improvement. The devs have done quite a bit of that over the first year already, but things can still be tweaked for some confusing gameplay moments. In any case, worth your time.

Mar 24, 2026·484h·1·Verified

Steam User 7074STEAMNot recommended

I have played all 7 versions of this game. Some I have liked more then others but this version is so disapointing. The game play is not the same, feels likes its built for a phone or tablet. No exploration, no grand empire building. Graphics are beautiful, but its not what people or I love about this game starting at the beginning, exploring, researching, expanding. The screens to check your progress are now nonsensical, and confusing. No picking your nation its traits, your leader and building up. Not sure what to do. Can't get my money back. Feels like that horrible activision spin off at one point. I was ok putting up with the giant death robots on civ 6, but this is just bad.

Mar 24, 2026·11h·10·Verified

Steam User 2663STEAMRecommended

Оно того стоит!

Mar 24, 2026·18h·Verified

Steam User 6138STEAMNot recommended

This is such a step down from the last civ. There are so many reasons; the claymation graphics with browns and greens, the incessant help popups, the menus, the tech and culture trees, the civs, the lack of map choice, the general character of the game - the whole vibe is severely off. It's disturbing really.

Mar 24, 2026·1h·9·Verified

Steam User 4081STEAMNot recommended

I don't know what's worse, the amount of bugs, or the overall lack of polish Civ is known for. Game crashes way too often and the menus are not very response, the civopedia is barren and the game doesn't explain the new mechanics very well, if at all. I have 40 hours in and literally hundreds of crashes in that time.

Game is literally broken. It will decide you are done with a game and refuse to load even the old save files.

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IT IS BROKEN STEAM WILL NOT REFUND YOU

Under all that it's a great game, shame all the problems make it literally impossible to play. Navigable rivers are nice and the graphics look great.

Mar 24, 2026·54h·5·Verified

Steam User 3417STEAMRecommended

This is an interesting take on Civilization. I'm new and so lost a lot but it's fun. I don't get the wholesale changing of the ages but maybe it will grow on me.

Mar 24, 2026·17h·Verified

Steam User 4855STEAMRecommended

I'm going to say I came into this knowing that Civ 7 is not Civ 6 or Civ 5 and that people usually didn't like the age system. However after playing my first match I was quickly sucked into the 'One more turn' obsession. The game simply looks and sounds amazing.

I can see why people would complain about the age system, but I can also see how this can help mix up games and change how 'your story' plays out. They have already made it so you can mitigate the age system entirely and will soon be patching in the 1 civ for all 3 ages in a Spring 2026 patch.

I can also complain about the DLC, its overpriced for what it is. But the good thing about the DLC, you can live without it unless you absolutely want the leader shown. It doesnt really change the gameplay too much.

As the game stands today, I would give it a thumbs up when on sale. I will definitely get my dollar per hour of enjoyment on this.

Note: There are no scenarios like older games, only standard matches. I never really touched those in the older games but it would be cool to have some to role play through from time to time rather than just playing standard matches.

Mar 24, 2026·24h·Verified

Steam User 6658STEAMRecommended

nicht wie civ 6 oder 5 aber auf seine weise spannend ein paar nervige features

Mar 24, 2026·49h

Steam User 8520STEAMRecommended

Kurzweilig, flexibel & spannend. Macht echt viel Laune!

Mar 24, 2026·24h·Verified

Steam User 9828STEAMNot recommended

Paid alot of money for not alot of content. This game is rished, gating leaders behind $$$, The ui is insane you cant find anything you need. The game changes completely 2 times for ages but doesnt actually meaningfully change it doenst feel like a civ game it feels like a cash grab. This was not playtested it has lost base features that other civ games had, good narration, wonders building animations, its all shallow.

Mar 24, 2026·29h·10·Verified

Steam User 7067STEAMNot recommended

I have, like many others, attempted to enjoy this game, but the new age mechanics; changing civs every age, is a far jump from the original structure of the Civilization franchise. Instead of continuing the tradition, the devs pumped out what can best be described as an AI-slop game, without even using AI, which is honestly impressive to have dropped the ball this hard. While I'm sure some might like the new "changing civs" system, I find it a slap in the face as a longtime CIV player, if you wanted to do that, make a separate game, don't ruin the current franchise by "testing things" despite consistent backlash from your community. Even the overall civilization/leader selection is sub-par.

What is most insulting, is the devs belief that this was a game ready for release and despite it all, has still refused to modify some of the most notable issues that customers/supporters have been higlighting since Day 1 of release.

There are good parts of Civ VII, but with every pro, comes at least 3-5 cons. The only thing this game is good for is wasting your time, money, and soul; hoping that a decent civ-like game will ever grace our computers again. Civ VII is just another half-baked, hyped up game by internet personalities with I can only assume financial backing or free copies, yet it is an incomplete, jumbled up, incoherent mess. Including a various "awards" like the 5/5 from "The Guardian", a news organization is honestly the most comedic thing, no wonder the other awards are just as sad like I've personally never relied on 99% of those for gaming reviews and recommendations in the past, much less The Guardian.

Whatever comes after this game, I hope is better, but looking at the way most franchise games have been going, Civilization as a franchise might finally be at its shelf-life as the developers have run out of ideas or refuse to hear out the community.

P.S. I would downvote this game 100 times for wasting my time and money.

Mar 24, 2026·44h·8·Verified

Steam User 0364STEAMNot recommended

Je mets très rarement une note négative car je préfère ne rien dire mais là, je suis quand même très déçu par ce qui a été sortie, l'état du jeu qui ne semble pas finis, avec une UI et une UX immonde par rapport à l'attendu et la gourmandise du studio avec des DLC prévu dès la sortie alors que ces fonctionnalité auraient pu être intégré directement au jeu.

J'espère qu'ils auront retenu la leçon et qu'ils préférerons stopper la série sur cet opus au lieu de nous sortir un Civ VIII avec les mêmes tares.

Mar 24, 2026·62h·4·Verified

Steam User 5629STEAMRecommended

its civ woohoo

Mar 24, 2026·7h·Verified

Steam User 8943STEAMNot recommended

Hey Firaxis, you were popular because you never acted like EA or Creative Assembly. You do NOT want to join their bandwagon.. Lets tone back the DLC monetization crap before you even begin to think it's a good idea.

We've lost the epic grandness of an empire through time. There isn't really much to do in a game. Put a city down then spend points to raise attributes so you can move bar to maximum before the time runs out.

Mar 23, 2026·5h·17·Verified

Steam User 1526STEAMRecommended

zsasd

Mar 23, 2026·31h

Steam User 6020STEAMRecommended

really great game graphics are great game play is great but really quite different to previous civ games 8/10

Mar 23, 2026·9h·Verified

Steam User 4288STEAMRecommended

civ is good

Mar 23, 2026·70h·Verified

Steam User 1164STEAMNot recommended

This is a horrible CIV game and a mediocre strategy game. The UI is an eyesore and amateurish, not the quality i have come to expect from this series. The eras system feels extremely out of character for a CIV game and breaks my immersion completely. I think this could have been an alright game had it come from a smaller studio and had nothing to do with the CIV IP; seeing as this series comes with the expectation of a certain feel and quality. Very dissapointing game, if you are going to spend your money on a CIV game buy CIV VI or CIV V. Overall 4/10 game. Would not recommend.

Mar 23, 2026·9h·7

Steam User 2257STEAMNot recommended

Das Drecksgame läuft nie im Multiplayer. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, völlig unspielbar.

Mar 23, 2026·51h·1

Steam User 6891STEAMNot recommended

Version trop loin des anciennes versions...
Pour l'instant je n'y comprends pas grand chose...

Mar 23, 2026·19h·Verified

Steam User 4863STEAMRecommended

challenging game, requires planning to be able to match the others

Mar 23, 2026·30h·Verified

Steam User 1953STEAMNot recommended

돈낭비

Mar 23, 2026·23h·Verified

Steam User 1025STEAMRecommended

really interesting

Mar 23, 2026·60h·Verified

Steam User 6185STEAMRecommended

Fun and enjoyable game. It’s really quite different from Civ 6, but that doesn’t make it better or worse, just different. It introduces a lot of new and interesting mechanics and encourages a different play style overall. There’s less micromanagement, but more strategic options.
The only major downside is the HUD. It looks pretty bad and isn’t very well designed.
Overall: i recommend the game and quite like it.

Mar 23, 2026·13h·1

Steam User 6924STEAMNot recommended

All the people recommending this game are just coping because they played longer than Steam's 2 hour refund policy.

Mar 23, 2026·1h·12·Verified

Steam User 1683STEAMRecommended

Good game

Mar 23, 2026·49h·Verified

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