Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI (2016)
- Developer
- Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
- Publisher
- 2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Genres
- Strategy
- Rating
- 4.3 of 5, 376,267 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 56 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A slow-burn empire-building experience where every district placement and policy decision feels consequential, unfolding across centuries with a satisfying sense of progression.
strategicmethodicaldeeprewardingcerebralengrossingatmospheric
What players say
Players are hooked by the "one more turn" pull, often losing track of time for entire nights or weekends. Many praise the strategic depth of district planning and leader variety, but frustrations are consistent: the Deity AI is a mess, diplomacy feels arbitrary and annoying, and multiplayer suffers from desync issues that never got fixed. A few report crash problems on newer hardware.
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