Released Sep 21, 2010 $29.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Sid Meier's Civilization® V

By Firaxis Games · published by 2K

Turn-Based Strategy Strategy Turn-Based Multiplayer Historical 4XAddictiveSingleplayer Hex GridGrand StrategyReplay ValueCo-op

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Reviews 128k Overwhelmingly Positive

Players yesterday 12,206 at the busiest moment

Owners 10M–20M estimated

Sid Meier's Civilization® V is a game tagged Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy and Turn-Based by Firaxis Games, released Sep 21, 2010. It has 128,395 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 10M–20M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Sid Meier's Civilization® IV, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization and Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI.

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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV 94% match · Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy, Turn-Based
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization 90% match · Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy, Turn-Based
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI 87% match · Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy, Turn-Based
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete 84% match · Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy, Turn-Based
Civilization IV®: Warlords 84% match · Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy, Turn-Based
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword 82% match · Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy, Turn-Based
Vietnam ‘65 81% match · Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy, Turn-Based
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Sid Meier's Civilization® V · record updated 15 hours ago

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Overview

App ID8930

Release dateSep 21, 2010

Last change number39822137

Last record update15 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Publisher: 2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Sid Meier's Civilization
Metacritic: 90
Website: civilization.com
Links: YouTube Facebook X

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

All 10 languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Russian	Yes		Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes		Yes

Windows macOS Linux

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on tabletFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$29.99

On sale0 of 40regions right now

Lowest seen · US$29.99Oct 26, 2026

Checked17 hours agoin 40 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
165647	local	Oct 25, 2026
4390913	public	Nov 14, 2019

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
6146	Sid Meier's Civilization V	1	$29.99
6820	Civilization V: Cradle of Civilization - DLC Bundle	0	$9.99
575 Bundle	Sid Meier's Civilization V: Complete	1	$49.50

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Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
8931	—	Windows	4.42 GB	3.85 TB	2566665288019907120
8932	—	Windows	44.1 MB	268.5 MB	1500173799562188053
8933	—	Windows	13.2 MB	69.87 GB	3972654303751865124
8934	— French	Windows	13.9 MB	55.89 GB	2946233043878990808
8935	— Italian	Windows	13.8 MB	50.50 GB	3389724086417641770
8936	— German	Windows	13.7 MB	2.49 GB	2308820381862011329
8937	— Spanish	Windows	13.7 MB	33.51 GB	4033290353420267053
8938	— Japanese	Windows	113.4 MB	222.19 GB	5647067247059726214
8939	— Russian	Windows	172.8 MB	802.95 GB	7703334065753503678
16860	— DLC 16860	Windows	111.5 KB	86.6 MB	170439753274339292
16861	— DLC 16861	Windows	109.8 KB	86.6 MB	445702972723661441
16862	— DLC 16862	Windows	60.7 KB	43.3 MB	637396967391839303
16863	— DLC 16863	Windows	70.1 KB	43.3 MB	422432513321351052
16864	— DLC 16864	Windows	916.8 MB	390.53 GB	2538230894969058078
16865	— DLC 16865	Windows	53.8 MB	80.57 GB	5645302925182191203
16866	— DLC 16866	Windows	609.8 KB	2.32 GB	9130183576332888211
16867	— DLC 16867	Windows	141.8 MB	730.31 GB	6302478183155461615
16868	— DLC 16868	Windows	57.1 MB	46.63 GB	4675090471310464815
16869	—	Windows	290.5 MB	398.04 GB	1752512657270051788
16870	— DLC 16870	Windows	1.10 GB	3.50 TB	7341463768253426297
16871	— DLC 16870	Windows	3.3 MB	938.9 KB	679307463584834613
16873	—	Windows	167.6 MB	54.3 MB	4642352200449048625
16880	— Polish	Windows	161.6 MB	773.37 GB	5044248757410991860
16881	— Koreana	Windows	121.2 MB	21.76 GB	22543732107394664
34481	—	macOS	4.11 GB	2.61 GB	2388328581570924122
34482	—	macOS	29.6 MB	11.3 MB	3383990245568193610
34483	—	macOS	2.3 MB	618.3 KB	6147563888555940246
34484	— French	macOS	2.8 MB	691.1 KB	4658102751176592797
34485	— Italian	macOS	2.6 MB	669.6 KB	4438220497198045696
34486	— German	macOS	2.6 MB	682.5 KB	8224938089841149961
34487	— Spanish	macOS	2.6 MB	657.0 KB	1931585391225711903
34490	— DLC 34490	macOS	111.2 KB	6.8 KB	1432009369858768609
34491	— DLC 34491	macOS	109.4 KB	5.7 KB	5549253660914644022
34492	— DLC 34492	macOS	60.4 KB	4.5 KB	1011038399085398327
34493	— DLC 34493	macOS	69.7 KB	5.3 KB	772888426837994951
34494	— DLC 34494	macOS	54.5 MB	45.3 MB	8944973956243765589
34495	— DLC 34495	macOS	49.7 MB	42.2 MB	8400126890555297678
34496	— DLC 34496	macOS	604.7 KB	61.3 KB	1043411477648563748
34497	— DLC 34497	macOS	131.9 MB	106.4 MB	691699797817605517
34498	— DLC 34498	macOS	54.5 MB	45.3 MB	4515013559133450082
99610	— DLC 99610	Windows	66.7 MB	301.87 GB	1838032016530508956
99611	— DLC 99611	Windows	84.4 MB	277.21 GB	8743623907963094913
99612	— DLC 99612	Windows	68.0 MB	136.50 GB	7101460566003448004
99613	— DLC 99613	Windows	37.8 MB	128.69 GB	3521034378861237317
102000	— DLC 102000	macOS	60.4 MB	47.5 MB	1081144846188256261
102001	— DLC 102001	macOS	79.5 MB	60.3 MB	1696513202575344551
102002	— DLC 102002	macOS	63.6 MB	54.2 MB	1624213597315523491
102003	— DLC 102003	macOS	31.3 MB	25.1 MB	9171523434165050508
210450	— DLC 210450	macOS	1.11 GB	972.5 MB	2726832630160098374
210451	— DLC 16870	macOS	4.9 MB	1.5 MB	2218334048647977308
228989	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
235580	— DLC 235580	Windows	1.23 GB	2.89 TB	3944995621630953134
235581	— DLC 235580	Windows	3.9 MB	781.1 KB	1005885633494040832
235582	— DLC 235580	macOS	1.25 GB	1.01 GB	6647928174275513914
235583	— DLC 235580	macOS	5.6 MB	1.8 MB	8678468257144451924
235584	— DLC 235584	Windows	1.8 MB	12.65 GB	3388619487526832290
235585	— DLC 235585	Windows	1.9 MB	52.72 GB	9089048715899510052
235586	— Tchinese	Windows	2.3 MB	49.78 GB	8046246580151360303
235587	— DLC 235584	macOS	1.8 MB	161.0 KB	3384783463780376329
235588	— DLC 235585	macOS	1.9 MB	166.2 KB	806796720756814996
235590	— Schinese	Windows	—	—	—
266720	— DLC 266720	Windows	225.3 MB	800.53 GB	9089176099445456904
266721	— DLC 266720	macOS	214.4 MB	182.6 MB	6359824074045590534
282300	—	Linux	4.11 GB	2.62 GB	6389225738581842747
282301	—	Linux	82.9 MB	25.3 MB	5267780777055206315
282302	—	Linux	2.3 MB	618.6 KB	1982156094632779925
282303	— DLC 16865	Linux	49.7 MB	42.3 MB	120079972373717717
282304	— DLC 16867	Linux	132.0 MB	106.5 MB	2643485439959527777
282305	— DLC 99610	Linux	60.5 MB	47.6 MB	313489635234814162
282306	— DLC 99611	Linux	79.6 MB	60.3 MB	158481880894805329
282307	— DLC 99612	Linux	63.7 MB	54.3 MB	323507258050599970
282308	— DLC 99613	Linux	31.4 MB	25.1 MB	261355857334255286
282309	— DLC 16864	Linux	347.2 MB	319.1 MB	323705303891630438
282310	— DLC 16868	Linux	54.5 MB	45.3 MB	65932600989304912
282311	— DLC 16866	Linux	604.7 KB	61.5 KB	48089012925950836
282312	— DLC 235584	Linux	1.8 MB	161.0 KB	700181433679681602
282313	— DLC 235585	Linux	1.9 MB	166.2 KB	95041807267491356
282314	— DLC 16860	Linux	111.2 KB	7.0 KB	239834820357537853
282315	— DLC 16861	Linux	109.4 KB	5.8 KB	528022330178821064
282316	— DLC 16862	Linux	60.4 KB	4.5 KB	35840779178982127
282317	— DLC 16863	Linux	69.7 KB	5.3 KB	240675552619007338
282318	— DLC 16870	Linux	1.11 GB	975.3 MB	779329514913021136
282320	— DLC 235580	Linux	1.25 GB	1.01 GB	2505833101960255592
282322	— French	Linux	2.8 MB	691.4 KB	908149319756665729
282323	— Italian	Linux	2.6 MB	668.9 KB	153737629251596019
282324	— German	Linux	2.6 MB	682.7 KB	1020510729793183846
282325	— Spanish	Linux	2.6 MB	656.4 KB	1571330514338509481
282326	— DLC 266720	Linux	215.4 MB	183.1 MB	7705606035427097533

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	4390913	Nov 14, 2019	Open
local Local Content Server	165647	—	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization V

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Launcher.exe		Windows	Sid Meier's Civilization V - Legacy Launcher
Civilization V.app		macOS
./Civ5XP		Linux	Launch
LaunchPad/LaunchPad.exe		Windows · 64-bit
LaunchPad/LaunchPad.exe	--launchConfig Config/civ5/config.bin	Windows · 64-bit	Launchconfig launchpad
CivilizationV.exe		Windows · 64-bit	Sid Meier’s Civilization V (DirectX 9)

All 8 launch options

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
CivilizationV_DX11.exe		Windows · 64-bit	Sid Meier’s Civilization V (DirectX 10/11)
CivilizationV_Tablet.exe		Windows · 64-bit	Sid Meier’s Civilization V (Touch)

Space per player100.0 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations0

Screenshots

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