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Sid Meier's Civilization VII

Released 10 February 2025

Players recommending it

47%Mixed

of all 62,389 reviews on Steam

53%▲ 6

recommend it, last 7 days

129▼ 37%

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Recommended19 hours playedEnglish

I really don't get the hate... no, I did understand the thing about mandatory civilization swap, but now it's fixed! So... what's up? The visuals are gorgeous; the AI is smarter... I wouldn't say the game is better than it's predecessor - Civilization 6 - but then again It's still young and still got time to get even better...

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Recommended, last 7 days69Not recommended, last 7 days60

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Steam’s top-ranked review for and against it in these 7 days, in English. Votes as they stood when this map was made.

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Recommended2 found it helpful41 hours played · 26 Sep

Fairly complicated to learn, i had watch several videos and i am still unsure how to really play. i do like the concept, wish there was more of a campaign mode that exposed how to do things in small chunks before exposing a new player to full experience. Also need guided explanations instead of just having to read novels to learn. Overall, it's a game that, in its current state, you really have to be willing to learn.

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Not recommended7 found it helpful119 hours played · 24 Sep

Unfinished game, outrageous DLC policy, insanely bad UI design. Feels like the game lost its CIV identity completely. CIV V and VI are way better as the new "features" of VII are so half baked and annoying.

Reviews by language

Each language’s share of its reviews, and how many in that language recommend it.

62,389reviews
29 languages · point at one
LanguageReviewsShareRecommend itthe tick is every language, 47%; the chip is the gap
English38,13861%
50%+3
Simplified Chinese8,95514%
34%−13
German3,6356%
54%+7
French2,6374%
46%−1
Russian1,5923%
43%−4
Korean1,2732%
40%−7
Spanish1,1702%
47%0
Polish1,0032%
45%−2
Other languages3,9866%

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