Released Jul 24, 2007 $9.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

By Firaxis Games · published by 2K

Strategy Turn-Based Strategy 4X Turn-Based Historical Singleplayer Multiplayer Moddable Grand StrategyClassicReplay ValueLocal Multiplayer

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Reviews 3,907 Overwhelmingly Positive

Players yesterday 1,395 at the busiest moment

Owners 500K–1M estimated

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is a game tagged Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and 4X by Firaxis Games, released Jul 24, 2007. It has 3,907 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Sid Meier's Civilization® IV, Civilization IV®: Warlords and Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization.

Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.

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Everything Steam lists for Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID8800

Release dateJul 24, 2007

Last change number39035307

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Firaxis Games
Publisher: 2K
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Sid Meier's Civilization
Metacritic: 86
Website: 2kgames.com/civ4/beyondthesword

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes
French	Yes
German	Yes
Italian	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes

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Steam Deck: Unsupported

Single-playerFamily Sharing

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Price · US$9.99

On sale0 of 39regions right now

Lowest seen · US$9.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked21 hours agoin 39 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
283175	public	Oct 24, 2026
251930	original_release_unsupported	Oct 24, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
4321	Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword	1	$9.99
4323	Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition	4	$29.99

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
8801	—	Windows	3.83 GB	—	3024972926171139166
8802	—	Windows	—	—	818898718454498436
8803	—	Windows	—	—	2150593979647573

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	283175	—	Open
original_release_unsupported Original Release - UNSUPPORTED	251930	—	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
beyond the sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exe		Windows

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Oct 25, 2026 · 18:28 #39035307
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Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

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Asia-Pacific 14

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