Civilization V (PC)

Enjoy hours of entertainment in Civilization V, as you build and defend your empire on their quest to become the greatest ruler the world has ever known. With deeper strategy, more realistic gameplay and stunning organic landscapes for you to explore, you can expand your empire like never before.

Fully animated characters
The brand new engine orchestrates a spectacular visual experience featuring fully animated leaders, interacting with players from a screen-filling diplomatic scene and speaking in their native language for the first time.

Strategy is key
Successful diplomacy will depend on players carefully managing relationships with other leaders, trading items and land, plying them with gold and deciding if they are friend or foe.

Realistic and diverse landscapes
Expanded visuals and immersive audio invite would-be kings to take up the throne and forge a mighty empire. Civilization V offers a limitless variety of vast, realistic and diverse landscapes for players.

Great for new and seasoned players alike
An intuitive interface eases both new players and Civ veterans into the game. Guided by a set of trusted advisors who will explain game functionality and provide counsel for significant decisions.

Can you guarantee victory on the battlefield?
Wars between empires dominate the landscape and combat is more exciting and intense than ever before. Plus ranged bombardment allows players to fire weapons from behind the front lines, challenging you to develop clever new strategies to guarantee victory on the battlefield.

Choose one of eighteen historical civilisations
Write your own epic story each time you play. Choose one of eighteen historical civilisations to lead from the stone-age to the space age on your quest to build the world’s most powerful empire.

Civilization V on PC Features:
  • Hours of entertainment
  • Fully animated characters
  • Choose one of eighteen historical civilisations
  • Wars that dominate the landscape
  • More exciting and intense than ever before
  • Develop clever new strategies
  • Intuitive interface for new and seasoned players
  • Expanded visuals and immersive audio
  • Deeper strategy, more realistic gameplay
  • Stunning organic landscapes

Minimum System Requirements
  • Operating System: Windows® XP SP3/ Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz
  • Memory: 2GB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 8 GB Free
  • Video:  256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 7900 GS or better, or Core i3 or better integrated graphics
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
  • DirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0c

Recommended System Requirements
  • Operating System: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
  • Processor: 1.8 GHz Quad Core CPU
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 8 GB Free
  • Video: 512 MB ATI 4800 series or better, 512 MB nVidia 9800 series or  better
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
  • DirectX®: DirectX® version 11

Other Requirements:
  • Initial installation requires one-time Internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Microsoft Visual C++2008 Runtime Libraries and Microsoft DirectX.
SKU: 266226-product
Release Date: 01/11/2013