Genre Turn-BasedReleased Sep 21, 2010

Sid Meier's Civilization® V

Estimated lifetime revenue
$47.39M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$35.04M
After Steam's 26% cut
Units sold
3.21M
≈ 15 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 211,051 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
211,051
Overwhelmingly Positive96% positive
Playing now
14,394
25-day peak 14,394 · low 10,686
New reviews, last 25 days
+244
≈ 10 a day since Sep 15

History

Sep 15 – Oct 10

211.1K211.0K210.9K210.8K
Sep 15Sep 27Oct 10

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Strategy →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Strategy games on Steam

Outearns 76% of them — in the top quarter of the group.

Median
$16.97M
114,628 reviews
Top 10% start at
$74.66M
This game
$47.39M
78th pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

Developer
Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Publisher
2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Genre
Turn-Based
Released
Sep 21, 2010
Steam app ID
8930
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.