Sid Meier's Civilization VI artwork

Every Civilization Game Ranked

Civilization spans 4 critic-rated games on CriticDB, released between 2001 and 2025. The highest-rated is Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth (86) and the lowest is Sid Meier's Starships (57). Across 65 critic reviews, the series averages 76, and Sid Meier's Civilization VII has drawn the most reviews.

Series average76
  1. 1
    Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

    Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

    86
    7 critic reviews·Oct 24, 2014·Aspyr Media
    PC
    “Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a sci-fi themed strategy game where you, as part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet…”
    — Worth Playing · 85/100
  2. 2
    Sid Meier's Civilization VI

    Sid Meier's Civilization VI

    82
    11 critic reviews·Oct 20, 2016·2K Games
    PCPS4Xbox OneSwitch
    “Is the latest entry in the series going in the history books as a great one?”
    — WellPlayed · 80/100
  3. 3
    Sid Meier's Civilization VII

    Sid Meier's Civilization VII

    78
    38 critic reviews·Feb 11, 2025·2K
    PCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +3
    “Sid Meier's Civilization VII remains as fun and engaging as ever, but too many drastic changes lead to glaring issues.”
    — GameSpot · 80/100
  4. 4
    Sid Meier's Starships

    Sid Meier's Starships

    57
    9 critic reviews·Mar 12, 2015·2K Games
    PC
    “Firaxis' new deep-space adventure is a disappointing and buggy affair.”
    — PC Gamer · 54/100

Civilization games in release order

  1. 1991Sid Meier's Civilization—
  2. 1994Sid Meier's Colonization—
  3. 1995Sid Meier's CivNet—
  4. 1996Sid Meier's Civilization II—
  5. 1999Civilization: Call to Power—
  6. 1999Civilization II: Test of Time—
  7. 2001Sid Meier's Civilization III—
  8. 2005Sid Meier's Civilization IV—
  9. 2006Civilization—
  10. 2006CivCity: Rome—
  11. 2008Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution—
  12. 2010Sid Meier's Civilization V—
  13. 2014Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution 2—
  14. 2014Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth86
  15. 2015Sid Meier's Starships57
  16. 2016Sid Meier's Civilization VI82
  17. 2025Sid Meier's Civilization VII78
  18. TBACivilization: Eras and Allies—
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