Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
| App ID | 8800 |
| App Type | Game |
| Store Name | Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword |
| Developer | Firaxis Games |
| Publisher | 2K |
| Franchise | Sid Meier's Civilization |
| Supported Systems | Windows macOS |
| Last Changenumber | 28969298 |
| Last Record Update | 13 May 2025 – 22:23:39 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 24 July 2007 – 20:00:00 UTC ( |
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
Additional Information
| Developer | Firaxis Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_url | pc/civilization4beyondthesword | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gamedir | Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_name | Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| metacritic_score | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NoServers | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_fullurl | https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/sid-meiers-civilization-iv-beyond-the-sword?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| state | eStateAvailable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| GameManualURL | http://storefront.steampowered.com/Manuals/8800/index.php | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| developer_url | http://www.firaxis.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MustOwnAppToPurchase | Sid Meier's Civilization IV (3900) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| InstallScript | instscript.vdf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | 2K | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| visibleonlyonavailableplatforms | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 24 July 2007 – 07:00:00 UTC ( |
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| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Strategy (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Strategy (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 24 July 2007 – 20:00:00 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 17 September 2019 – 19:05:50 UTC ( |
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| review_score | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | Bink_Video SDK, Miles_Sound_System SDK, Python SDK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First seen on SteamDB | 20 March 2013 – 07:42:15 UTC ( |
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Supported Languages
| 5 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
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| English | Yes | ||
| French | Yes | ||
| German | Yes | ||
| Italian | Yes | ||
| Spanish - Spain | Yes |
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Steam charts
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- 1,083 players right now
- 1,830 24-hour peak
- 2,791 all-time peak
16 February 2025
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Store data
- 4,520 followers
- 4,445 positive reviews
- 177 negative reviews
- 96.17% positive reviews
Owner estimations
- ~73.0 k by Gamalytic
- ~163.7 k by VG Insights
- ~652.0 k by SteamSpy
- ~2.00 M by PlayTracker
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Markers
| Date | Label | 30-day Peak |
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| 24 July 2007 – 20:00 | Steam Release | - |
| 4 February 2014 – 19:00 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Sid Meier Bundle | - |
| 19 January 2016 – 19:00 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Firaxis Games Bundle | - |
| 21 October 2016 – 13:48 | ⇄ Fanatical: Sid Meier's Bundle Platinum | - |
| 21 February 2017 – 19:04 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Civilization Bundle | - |
| 23 February 2022 – 19:00 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Sid Meier's Ultimate Collection | - |
| 14 December 2022 – 19:00 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Sid Meier's Ultimate Collection - Holiday Encore | - |
| 20 October 2023 – 18:06 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Sid Meier's Ultimate Collection: One More Turn | - |
| 8 November 2024 – 19:00 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: 2K Presents: The Sid Meier Collection | - |
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword had an all-time peak of 2791 concurrent players on 16 February 2025.
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