Genre StrategyReleased Oct 20, 2016

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

Estimated lifetime revenue
$149.74M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$116.79M
After Steam's 22% cut
Units sold
5.39M
≈ 14 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 380,216 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
380,216
Very Positive86% positive
Playing now
38,472
28-day peak 38,472 · low 18,852
New reviews, last 28 days
+1,184
≈ 42 a day since Sep 14

History

Sep 14 – Oct 12

380.3K379.9K379.4K378.9K
Sep 14Sep 28Oct 12

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 98% of them — in the top 10% of the group.

Median
$16.97M
114,628 reviews
Top 10% start at
$74.66M
This game
$149.74M
89th 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

Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

Developer
Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Publisher
2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Genre
Strategy
Released
Oct 20, 2016
Steam app ID
289070
Data updated
Oct 12, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.