Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Worth it · Strategy · 2006
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $0.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Jan 2013.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.04/hr
- ReviewsA
- 89% of 7,848
- Critics
- 90 players 1 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 2% Strategy
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 22.2h
- To 100%
- 146.1h 6.6x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 82 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 December 2019
- Sale every
- 44d last November 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 954 now
- Cheaper than
- 59% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 94% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 82 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today's $0.99 at 80 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Its score sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Sid Meier's Civilization® IV ($3.99, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI ($59.99, scores 72).
More about Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
3 of the 603 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 524 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
22.2 hours to finish it, 146 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 6.6 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 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
I've played this game for a long time. Really enjoy it. It's easy to play and you won't get bored because each game is so different.
2 more reviews
THE BEST CIVILIZATION EVER MADE. There really isnt anything like it. Civ 4 is close but this is the magnum opus.
Whenever I play this game, it always feels either like I'm playing the best game ever made, or like I've stuck my balls in a hydraulic press. There is no in between.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Minimum specs
Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3910/sid-meier-s-civilization-iii-completeReviews 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.