Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
BANGER · Strategy · 2006
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $3.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.30/hr
- ReviewsS
- 92% of 3,700
- Critics
- 94 players 2 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Strategy
Watch this gameAlready a BANGER on sale. Pick a lower price.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 13.5h
- To 100%
- 133.5h 9.9x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 53 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $2.99 January 2022
- Sale every
- 62d last November 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 400 now
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 97% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
The lowest price on record is $2.99, set in January 2022. It has been discounted 53 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 9 weeks apart.
Its score puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Sid Meier's Civilization® V ($7.49, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete ($0.99, scores 81).
The math says it holds its tier up to $68.77.
More about Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
Of the 411 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 81 percent of the 362 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 13.5 hours; clearing it takes 134, which is 9.9 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
The instalment of Civilization I keep finding myself coming back to. Superb sound design. The soundtrack is gorgeous. Christopher Tin's opening track, 'Baba Yetu' became the first piece of video game music to win a Grammy Award, it's that good. And Leonard Nimoy announces new technologies as you discover them. That also, is every bit as gratifying as it sounds.
2 more reviews
Built the pyramids in washington, nuked ghandi, and failed 6 99.9% victory chance in a row losing the game. 10/10
CIV 4 is actually my favorite of the Civilization Series, although I do enjoy the others as well.
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About the game
With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...
Minimum specs
Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV scores 87/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3900/sid-meier-s-civilization-ivReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.