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Sid Meier's Civilization® V

by Firaxis Games

  • Released Sep 21, 2010
  • $29.99
  • 12 h to beat
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)

96%positive reviews

201,920 positive9,280 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Deep 4X strategy with many paths to victory

  • Strong sense of history and memorable leaders

Cons

  • Launcher and update changes criticised as intrusive

  • Late-game AI behaviour frustrates some players

Mixed

  • Long games: some find them rewarding, others find them slow

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz

Memory: 2GB RAM

Graphics:256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 7900 GS or better, or Core i3 or better integrated graphics

DirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0c

Hard Drive: 8 GB Free

Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card

Note: Optimized for the touch-screen Ultrabook™ device

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Sid Meier's Civilization V is a turn-based strategy game in which players lead a civilization from the ancient era through the future. Players found cities, research technologies, build improvements, train military units, and engage in diplomacy with AI or human opponents. Victory can be achieved…

Ratings

  • 85IGDB players1,168 ratings
  • 87Critics5 reviews
  • 86Overall1,173 scores

Time to beat

  • 11.5 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 53 hStory and extraswith side content
  • 511 hCompletionist100%

Languages

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English
French
German
Italian
Spanish (Spain)
Chinese (Traditional)
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian