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Civilization VI
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2016 turn-based strategy video game
OverviewAI-generated
Sid Meier's Civilization VI is a strategy and simulation game developed by Firaxis Games. It was announced on May 11, 2016, and released on October 20, 2016, with additional publication dates listed for October 21, 2016, October 24, 2016, February 9, 2017, and December 21, 2017. The title is part of the Sid Meier franchise and utilizes the Firaxis LORE engine. It supports single-player and multiplayer modes and is available on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, macOS, Linux, and Android. The game carries an ESRB rating of Everyone 10+.
The game has sold 11,000,000 units and has 6,100 social media followers. Review scores include 7/10, 89/100, 8/10, and 92%, while a metacritic score is listed as 88. Other ratings include 4.16, 80, and a critic rating of 87 based on 20 reviews. The official website is civilization.com.
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Game data
Metacritic 88- Released
- 2016-10-20
- User rating
- 4.16 / 5
- Genres
- Strategy, Simulation
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, macOS, Linux
- ESRB
- Everyone 10+
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Civilization VI is a 4X turn-based strategy game in which players guide a civilization from its founding as a small settlement through multiple eras of development. Players explore a procedurally generated map, found cities, research technologies, develop culture, engage in diplomacy, and compete against AI or human opponents to achieve victory through military dominance, scientific advancement, cultural influence, religious conversion, or diplomatic consensus. A key design change from its predecessor is the "unstacking" of cities, requiring players to place districts on surrounding tiles r…
- Released
- 2016
- Genres
- Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Engine
- Firaxis LORE
- Franchise
- Sid Meier
- Developer
- Firaxis Games
- Publisher
- Aspyr Media, 2K Games
Key facts
- Developer
- Firaxis Games
- Publishers
- 2K , Aspyr Media (Mobile/Switch)
- Designer
- Ed Beach
- Artist
- Brian Busatti
- Composer
- Geoff Knorr
- Series
- Civilization
- Platforms
- Windows macOS Linux iOS Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox One Android
- Release
- October 21, 2016 Windows October 21, 2016 macOS October 24, 2016 Linux February 9, 2017 iOS December 21, 2017 Nintendo Switch November 16, 2018 PlayStation 4 , Xbox One November 22, 2019 Android August 13, 2020
- Genres
- Turn-based strategy , 4X
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Encyclopedic overview
Sid Meier's Civilization VI is a 2016 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by American company Firaxis Games and published by 2K. The mobile and Nintendo Switch ports were published by Aspyr Media. It is the sequel to Civilization V (2010), and was released on Windows and macOS in October 2016, with later ports for Linux in February 2017, iOS in December 2017, Nintendo Switch in November 2018, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in November 2019, and Android in 2020.
Similar to previous installments, the goal for the player is to develop a civilization from an early settlement through many in-game millennia to become a world power and achieve one of several victory conditions, such as through military domination, technological superiority, or cultural influence over the other human and computer-controlled opponents. Players do this by exploring the world, founding new cities, building city improvements, deploying military troops to attack and defend themselves from others, researching new technologies and civics advancements, developing an influential culture, and engaging in trade and negotiations with other world leaders.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Civilization VI” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.