Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

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Price $ 9.99
Players 1,481 Last 10 minutes
1,596 Last 7 days
2,564 All time @ -
Followers 4,077 (Group)
Review Score 96.25% (3,261 126 )
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Release Date 24 Jul 2007
Demos Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword - Final Frontier Demo
Genres Strategy
Features Single-player
Developers Firaxis Games
Publishers 2K
Tags
Strategy 176
Turn-Based Strategy 127
4X 101
Turn-Based 93
Historical 63
Singleplayer 59
Multiplayer 52
Moddable 47
Grand Strategy 22
Classic 19
Masterpiece 16
Replay Value 14
Education 8
Management 8
Local Multiplayer 7
Simulation 6
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Strategy 176
Turn-Based Strategy 127
4X 101
Turn-Based 93
Historical 63
Singleplayer 59
Multiplayer 52
Moddable 47
Grand Strategy 22
Classic 19
Masterpiece 16
Replay Value 14
Education 8
Management 8
Local Multiplayer 7
Simulation 6
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Euro
Euro
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Pound Sterling
Pound Sterling
 £ 5.99 n/a n/a
United States Dollar
United States Dollar
 $ 9.99 n/a n/a
Stats
Peak All Time 2,564
Peak Last 7 days 1,596
Peak Last 10 minutes 1,481
Average Playtime (On Global Steam) 13 hours, 6 minutes
Owners By Steam Spy
Owners 500,000 - 1,000,000
Average Playtime (Two Weeks) 0 hours
Average Playtime (Forever) 43.9 hours
Median Playtime (Two Weeks) 0 hours
Median Playtime (Forever) 11.8 hours
Player Countries
United States 37.15%
United Kingdom 10.09%
Canada 6.33%
Germany 4.49%
Russia 3.56%
Australia 3.53%
Poland 2.21%
Japan 2.02%
China 1.93%
France 1.91%
Brazil 1.75%
Finland 1.73%
Netherlands 1.60%
Sweden 1.44%
Spain 1.39%
Norway 0.96%
South Korea 0.88%
Denmark 0.82%
Italy 0.81%
New Zealand 0.76%
Czech Republic 0.69%
Ukraine 0.60%
Turkey 0.57%
Ireland 0.51%
Portugal 0.50%
Belgium 0.50%
Hungary 0.45%
Argentina 0.44%
Austria 0.44%
Vatican City 0.44%
Switzerland 0.38%
Antarctica 0.34%
Taiwan 0.33%
Mexico 0.30%
North Korea 0.30%
Romania 0.29%
Croatia 0.28%
Lithuania 0.25%
South Africa 0.25%
Israel 0.24%
Latvia 0.24%
Estonia 0.23%
Chile 0.22%
Greece 0.22%
Indonesia 0.22%
Malaysia 0.21%
Hong Kong 0.19%
Slovakia 0.18%
Serbia 0.18%
Bulgaria 0.17%
Thailand 0.17%
Philippines 0.16%
Singapore 0.16%
Palestine 0.16%
Slovenia 0.13%
Belarus 0.13%
Iceland 0.11%
Isle of Man 0.10%
Christmas Island 0.10%
India 0.10%
Chad 0.10%
Niger 0.09%
Zimbabwe 0.08%
Kazakhstan 0.08%
South Georgia 0.08%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.07%
Peru 0.07%
United States Virgin Islands 0.07%
Vietnam 0.07%
Somalia 0.07%
Afghanistan 0.07%
Macedonia 0.07%
Colombia 0.07%
United States Minor Outlying Islands 0.06%
Djibouti 0.05%
Uganda 0.05%
Uruguay 0.05%
Western Sahara 0.04%
Venezuela 0.04%
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0.04%
Albania 0.04%
Uzbekistan 0.04%
Azerbaijan 0.04%
DR Congo 0.04%
Cuba 0.04%
Luxembourg 0.04%
El Salvador 0.04%
Costa Rica 0.04%
Iraq 0.04%
Cyprus 0.04%
Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0.04%
Bahamas 0.03%
Armenia 0.03%
Mongolia 0.03%
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.03%
Faroe Islands 0.03%
Georgia 0.03%
Puerto Rico 0.03%
Lebanon 0.03%
United Arab Emirates 0.03%
Jersey 0.03%
British Virgin Islands 0.02%
Central African Republic 0.02%
American Samoa 0.02%
Bahrain 0.02%
Pakistan 0.02%
Jamaica 0.02%
Jordan 0.02%
Montenegro 0.02%
Saint Helena 0.02%
Cook Islands 0.02%
Panama 0.02%
Bhutan 0.02%
Ghana 0.02%
Seychelles 0.02%
Namibia 0.02%
Monaco 0.02%
Belize 0.01%
Fiji 0.01%
Guam 0.01%
Kyrgyzstan 0.01%
Vanuatu 0.01%
Rwanda 0.01%
Andorra 0.01%
Ecuador 0.01%
Moldova 0.01%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.01%
Pitcairn Islands 0.01%
Norfolk Island 0.01%
Swaziland 0.01%
Sierra Leone 0.01%
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.01%
Nigeria 0.01%
Dominican Republic 0.01%
Saint Martin 0.01%
Bangladesh 0.01%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.01%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.01%
Saint Lucia 0.01%
Oman 0.01%
Egypt 0.01%
South Sudan 0.01%
Kuwait 0.01%
Martinique 0.01%
Nepal 0.01%
Aland Islands 0.01%
Niue 0.01%
Lesotho 0.01%
Brunei 0.01%
Greenland 0.01%
Mozambique 0.01%
Tonga 0.01%
Gibraltar 0.01%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01%
Tuvalu 0.01%
Guernsey 0.01%
Eritrea 0.01%
San Marino 0.01%
Wallis and Futuna 0.01%
Honduras 0.01%
Kosovo 0.01%
French Polynesia 0.01%
Togo 0.01%
Mauritius 0.01%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.01%
Nauru 0.01%
Botswana 0.01%
Saint Barthélemy 0.01%
Maldives 0.01%
Grenada 0.01%
British Indian Ocean Territory 0.01%
Burkina Faso 0.01%
Republic of the Congo 0.01%
Cape Verde 0.01%
Iran 0.01%
Zambia 0.01%
Gambia 0.01%
Madagascar 0.01%
Liberia 0.01%
Réunion 0.01%
Ivory Coast 0.01%
Syria 0.01%
Tokelau 0.01%
Nicaragua 0.01%
Micronesia 0.01%
Malta 0.01%
Guyana 0.01%
Guatemala 0.01%
Ethiopia 0.01%
Paraguay 0.01%
Kenya 0.01%
Northern Mariana Islands 0.01%
Marshall Islands 0.01%
Barbados 0.01%
Myanmar 0.01%
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Player Count - All Time
Player Count - By Time of Day/Week
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From 2,526,459 Global Steam players.
Top Players
Rank Flag Player Time
Name Release
Achievements
0
Average Completion
0.00%
Achievement Distribution
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Achievement Unlocked At Avg Completion
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Global Steam Score
96.25%
Metacritic Score
86%
A selection of the 3,387 reviews
Screenshots
10
Movies
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Media 0 Media 1 Media 2 Media 3 Media 4 Media 5 Media 6 Media 7 Media 8 Media 9
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updated_global_steam Other 31 Jul 22 19:24
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noservers Extended
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publisher Extended 2K
serverbrowsername Extended
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visibleonlywhensubscribed Extended
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  • Publisher: 2K
  • Franchise: Sid Meier's Civilization
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store_asset_mtime Common 17 Sep 19:05
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