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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI — Genres, rating & game data

The sixth installment in Sid Meier’s Civilization series. Like in all previous Civilization games, the player controls one of eighteen unique historical civilizations, builds its cities, explores the hexagonal map of the world, researches technologies, develops his country's culture, establishes rel

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI is a simulation game developed by Aspyr Media, 2016. It stands out for tactical combat and a historical setting. Available in single-player and multiplayer mode. With an NextGameLike Score of 86/100, it ranks as an exceptional title in our catalog.

About Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

The sixth installment in Sid Meier’s Civilization series. Like in all previous Civilization games, the player controls one of eighteen unique historical civilizations, builds its cities, explores the hexagonal map of the world, researches technologies, develops his country's culture, establishes relationships with other civilizations and wages wars. All the traditional victory types are in place, and a new one, religious, is introduced.

A distinct new feature in the sixth part is that city improvements are no more concentrated in each city's only main tile. Instead, they are distributed throughout its whole surrounding area. Each of them is now considered a "district" with a specific purpose, and some of them should be built only on specific terrain. Similarly, wonders now occupy tiles on their own. Technology tree was also modified to take into account the player's terrain improvements that may speed up the research of certain technologies. Cultural achievements, such as Opera or Drama, are no more considered "technologies" and form a separate Civics research tree instead. Also, unlike most of its predecessors, Civilization VI allows stacking similar types of military units.

How Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI was received

Of the 373,587 Steam player reviews, 86% are positive. Critics score it 88/100 on Metacritic, reflecting acclaim.

Players

  • Steam players373,587 reviews86%Very positive
  • IGDB community609 reviews80/100

Critics

  • Metacritic88/100
  • OpenCritic95 reviews89/100
  • IGDB20 reviews87/100

Aggregated from public ratings on Steam, IGDB, Metacritic and OpenCritic. NextGameLike does not host its own reviews.

NextGameLike Score

86/100 ↗

Rating

👍 88%

1K votes

Type

Simulation, Turn-Based Strategy

Released

2016

Updated May 2026

Developer

Aspyr Media

Publisher: 2K Games

Avg. playtime

~15h

Platforms

PC, PlayStation, Xbox, iOS, Apple Macintosh, Linux, Nintendo

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