Civilization VI

Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Developer(s)	Firaxis Games
Publisher(s)	2K Games
Distributor(s)	Take-Two Interactive
Producer(s)	Dennis Shirk
Designer(s)	Ed Beach
Artist(s)	Brian Busatti
Composer(s)	Geoff Knorr
Series	Civilization
Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4, Android
Release date(s)	Windows INT October 21, 2016 macOS INT October 24, 2016 Linux INT February 9, 2017 iOS INT December 21, 2017 Nintendo Switch INT November 16, 2018 Xbox One, PlayStation 4 INT November 22, 2019 Android INT August 13, 2020
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy, 4X
Modes	Single player, multiplayer
Ratings	ESRB: E10+

Sid Meier's Civilization VI (called Civilization VI or Civ6 for short) is a turn-based strategy and 4X game in the Civilization franchise that was released in 2016. The lead producer of the game is Dennis Shirk, and the lead designer is Ed Beach.

The game's first expansion pack, Rise and Fall, was released on February 8, 2018. Its second expansion pack, Gathering Storm, was released on February 14, 2019. Afterward, a series of six DLC packs called New Frontier Pass were released from May 2020 to March 2021. The first in a series of six more DLC packs called Leader Pass was released in November 2022, with new packs released every month afterwards until March 2023.

Differences from Civilization V

• There is a new game engine with support for a day/night cycle and camera rotation.
• Cities now occupy multiple tiles and can be expanded through the construction of "districts", built on tiles within the city's borders. Wonders are similarly constructed; on tiles rather than within the city itself.
• City growth is kept in check by Housing metric, which is increased by certain buildings, fresh water, and tile improvements. Happiness is once again calculated for each individual city, and it can be improved through the accumulation of Amenities.
• Workers have been replaced with Builders that complete their jobs instantly but have a limited number of uses.
• Civics are researched in a Civic tree parallel to the traditional scientific tech tree. Progress through this tree is made through Culture instead of Science.
• A "Boost" mechanic has been added: Eureka Moments and Inspirations accelerate research time for the Technology and Civics trees respectively. Most technologies and civics have a goal related to their subject that will spark a Eureka Moment or Inspiration when met and substantially reduce the research required. For example, settling a coastal city sparks a Eureka Moment for Sailing.
• Governments are back. Governments can be further customized by mixing and matching various policy cards that are unlocked through the Civic tree.
• Diplomacy evolves through times. The developers quoted Theodore Roosevelt as inspiration for their design philosophy, who said that "as civilization grows, warfare becomes less and less the normal condition of foreign relations."
• Espionage and gossip are now the primary means of learning the activities of rival civilizations.
• The Great Works system makes a return from Brave New World, with improvements.
• Religion is back, more complex than ever. You can build religious-oriented buildings in your Holy Sites. Inquisition can have a more important role in the game. A unit called an Apostle has been added. A new Religious Victory condition is introduced.
• Support units, such as Battering Rams or Anti-Air Guns, can be stacked with other types of units.
• Civilian units can be escorted by military units for protection as well as fast movement in certain cases.
• Combat has been altered to allow the combining of units into stronger ones through the use of Formations. Starting with the Industrial Era, two land units can be merged to form a "Corps" that have increased combat strength. In the Modern Era, a third unit can be added to form an "Army." Likewise, naval units can be merged into "Fleets" and "Armadas."
• Roads are built automatically along Trade Routes.
• Ships can be built not only in the City Center, but also in the Harbor district. This way, an inland city that is sufficiently close to the sea may also build ships!
• Great People now have unique bonuses, a mechanic similar to the Founding Fathers in Colonization.
• AI players now follow Agendas: each civilization leader has a historical agenda that dictates his or her play style and also has a randomized hidden agenda that can be learned through espionage and can be almost anything.
• Barbarians are more organized, sending out scouts to plan raids on cities.
• City-states return, with each city-state having a unique bonus for their Suzerain.
• Leaders now have their own unique bonuses, along with the bonuses that their civilization provides.
• Civilization VI is the first Civilization game to have DLC after all of its expansion packs were launched.

Civilizations & Leaders

Main article: Civilizations (Civ6)

Main article: Leaders (Civ6)

There are currently nineteen civilizations included in the base game. This includes the Aztec civilization, which was officially added ninety days after launch. The Nintendo Switch version contains these nineteen, as well as all civilizations from the initial four DLC packs.

Each civilization has three unique components: a unit, a piece of infrastructure (be it a building, a district or a tile improvement), and an ability. Furthermore, each leader has a distinct ability of their own, as well as a unique agenda which shapes his or her play style and diplomatic personality when controlled by the AI. Abilities can be multi-faceted, and some leader abilities include a further unique unit, or another piece of unique infrastructure, giving the civilization a total of two, or even a unique project.

List of Civilizations

Civilization Leader(s) Civilization Ability Unique Unit Unique Infrastructure American Teddy Roosevelt Founding Fathers Government legacy bonuses accumulate in half the usual number of turns. All Diplomatic policy slots in the current government are converted to Wildcard slots. All Diplomatic policy slots in the current government are converted to Wildcard slots. +1 Diplomatic Favor per turn for each Wildcard slot in the current government. P-51 Mustang Film Studio Teddy Roosevelt (Bull Moose) Teddy Roosevelt (Rough Rider) Abraham Lincoln Arabian Saladin (Vizier) The Last Prophet Automatically receives the final Great Prophet when the next-to-last one is claimed (unless one has already been earned through other means). +1 Science per foreign city following Arabia's Religion. Mamluk Madrasa Saladin (Sultan) Australian John Curtin Land Down Under +3 Housing in coastal cities. Building a Pasture triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles. Campus, Commercial Hub, Holy Site, and Theater Square districts gain +1 to their yields in tiles with Charming Appeal, and +3 in tiles with Breathtaking Appeal. Digger Outback Station Aztec Montezuma Legend of the Five Suns Can spend Builder charges to complete 20% of a district's Production cost. Eagle Warrior Tlachtli Babylonian Hammurabi Enuma Anu Enlil Eurekas instantly unlock their respective technologies. -50% Science per turn. Sabum Kibittum Palgum Brazilian Pedro II Amazon Rainforest tiles provide a +1 adjacency bonus for Campus, Commercial Hub, Holy Site, and Theater Square districts. Owned Rainforests provide +1 Appeal to adjacent tiles, instead of the usual -1. Minas Geraes Street Carnival Copacabana Byzantine Basil II Taxis +3 Combat and Religious Strength for all units for each Holy City converted to Byzantium's Religion (including Byzantium's own Holy City). Byzantium's Religion is spread to nearby cities when a unit from an enemy civilization or city-state is defeated. +1 Great Prophet point from Holy Sites. Dromon Hippodrome Theodora Canadian Wilfrid Laurier Four Faces of Peace Cannot declare Surprise Wars or war on city-states. Surprise Wars cannot be declared on Canada. For every 100 Tourism earned, gain 1 Diplomatic Favor. +100% Diplomatic Favor gained from successfully completing Emergencies or Scored Competitions. Mountie Ice Hockey Rink Chinese Qin Shi Huang (Mandate of Heaven) Dynastic Cycle Eurekas and Inspirations provide an extra 10% of the Science and Culture cost for researching technologies and civics. Completing a Wonder grants a Eureka and Inspiration from that Wonder's era. Crouching Tiger Great Wall Qin Shi Huang (Unifier) Kublai Khan (Chinese) Yongle Wu Zetian Cree Poundmaker Nîhithaw Gains +1 Trade Route capacity and a free Trader with Pottery. Unclaimed tiles within three tiles of a Cree city come under Cree control when a Trader first moves into them. Okihtcitaw Mekewap Dutch Wilhelmina Grote Rivieren Rivers provide a +2 adjacency bonus for Campus, Theater Square, and Industrial Zone districts. Building a Harbor triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles. Rivers provide a +2 adjacency bonus for Campus, Theater Square, and Industrial Zone districts. Building a Harbor triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles. +50% Production towards the Dam district and Flood Barrier building. De Zeven Provinciën Polder Egyptian Cleopatra (Egyptian) Iteru +15% Production towards districts and wonders built next to a River. Floodplains do not prevent placement of districts and wonders. +15% Production towards districts and wonders built next to a River. Districts, improvements and units are immune to damage from floods. Maryannu Chariot Archer Sphinx Cleopatra (Ptolemaic) Ramses II English Victoria (Age of Empire) Vanilla and : British Museum Each Archaeological Museum can hold six Artifacts instead of three and can build two Archaeologists instead of one. Archaeological Museums are automatically themed when they have six Artifacts. : Workshop of the World Iron and Coal Mines accumulate +2 resources per turn. +100% Production towards Military Engineers. Military Engineers receive +2 charges. Buildings that provide additional yields when powered receive +4 of their respective yields. +20% Production towards Industrial Zone buildings. Harbor buildings grant +10 Strategic Resource stockpiles. Sea Dog Royal Navy Dockyard Victoria (Age of Steam) Eleanor of Aquitaine (English) Elizabeth I Ethiopian Menelik II Aksumite Legacy Improved resource tiles receive +1 Faith for each copy of the resource the city owns. International Trade Routes grant +0.5 Faith for each resource in the origin city. Can purchase Archaeologists and Archaeological Museums with Faith. Oromo Cavalry Rock-Hewn Church French Catherine de Medici (Black Queen) Grand Tour +20% Production towards Medieval, Renaissance and Industrial Era Wonders. Double Tourism from Wonders of any Era. Garde Impériale Château Catherine de Medici (Magnificence) Eleanor of Aquitaine (French) Gallic Ambiorix Hallstatt Culture Mines gain +1 Culture, provide a +0.5 adjacency bonus for all districts and trigger a Culture Bomb when built, claiming surrounding unowned tiles. Specialty districts do not receive an adjacency bonus from other districts and cannot be built next to the City Center. Gaesatae Oppidum Georgian Tamar Strength in Unity Dedications chosen at the beginning of a Golden Age or Heroic Age also grant their Normal Age bonuses towards improving Era Score, in addition to their regular bonuses. +50% Production towards walls. Khevsur Tsikhe German Frederick Barbarossa Free Imperial Cities Each city can build one more specialty District than the Population limit would normally allow. U-Boat Hansa Ludwig II Gran Colombian Simón Bolívar Ejército Patriota +1 Movement for all units. Promoting a unit does not end that unit's turn. Llanero Hacienda Greek Pericles Plato's Republic Gains an additional Wildcard policy slot in all Governments. Hoplite Acropolis Gorgo Hungarian Matthias Corvinus Pearl of the Danube +50% Production for districts and buildings built across a river from a City Center. Huszár Thermal Bath Incan Pachacuti Mit'a Citizens may work Mountain tiles. Mountain tiles provide +2 Production, and +1 Food for each adjacent Terrace Farm. Mountain tiles provide an additional +1 Production when Inca reaches the Industrial Era. Warak'aq Terrace Farm Indian Gandhi Dharma Indian cities receive the Follower Beliefs of all religions with at least one follower in them, not just the majority religion. Indian cities receive the Follower Beliefs of all religions with at least one follower in them, not just the majority religion, and gain +1 Amenity for each religion with at least one follower in them. +2 Spread Religion charges for Missionaries. +100% Religious pressure from Indian Trade Routes. Varu Stepwell Chandragupta Indonesian Gitarja Great Nusantara Coast and Lake tiles provide a +0.5 adjacency bonus for Holy Site, Campus, Industrial Zone, and Theater Square districts. Entertainment Complexes built adjacent to a Coast or Lake tile provide +1 Amenity. Jong Kampung Japanese Hojo Tokimune Meiji Restoration Districts receive a +1 adjacency bonus for each adjacent district, instead of +0.5. Samurai Electronics Factory Tokugawa Khmer Jayavarman VII Grand Barays Cities with an Aqueduct receive +1 Amenity, and +1 Faith for every Population. Farms receive +2 Food when adjacent to an Aqueduct, and +1 Faith when adjacent to a Holy Site. Domrey Prasat Kongolese Mvemba a Nzinga Nkisi Relics, Artifacts and Sculptures grant +2 Food, +2 Production, +1 Faith, and +4 Gold. The Palace has four extra slots for Great Works. +50% Great Artist, Great Musician, and Great Merchant points gained from all sources. Ngao Mbeba Mbanza Nzinga Mbande Korean Seondeok Three Kingdoms Farms receive +1 Food and Mines receive +1 Science for each adjacent Seowon. Hwacha Seowon Sejong Macedonian Alexander Hellenistic Fusion Conquering a city grants a free Eureka for each Encampment and Campus district in the conquered city and a free Inspiration for each Holy Site and Theater Square district. Hypaspist Basilikoi Paides Malian Mansa Musa Songs of the Jeli City Centers receive +1 Faith and +1 Food for every adjacent Desert and Desert Hills tile. Mines receive -1 Production and +4 Gold. May purchase Commercial Hub buildings with Faith. -30% Production towards buildings and units. Mandekalu Cavalry Suguba Sundiata Keita Māori Kupe Mana Starts with Sailing and Shipbuilding unlocked and the ability to enter Ocean tiles. +5 Combat Strength and +2 Movement for embarked units. Unimproved Woods and Rainforests grant +1 Production, increasing to +2 Production with Mercantilism and +3 Production with Conservation. +1 Food from Fishing Boats. Building a Fishing Boat triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles. Resources cannot be harvested. Great Writers cannot be earned. Toa Marae Mapuche Lautaro Toqui Cities with an established Governor gain +5% Culture, +5% Production, and +10% combat experience towards all units trained in the city. These numbers are tripled in cities not founded by the Mapuche. All cities within 9 tiles of a city with your Governor gain +4 Loyalty per turn towards your civilization. Malón Raider Chemamull Mayan Lady Six Sky Mayab Cities do not receive additional Housing from being adjacent to fresh water or coast. Cities gain +1 Amenity for each Luxury Resource adjacent to the City Center. Farms grant +1 Housing, +1 Production if adjacent to an Observatory, and +1 Gold. Hul'che Observatory Mongolian Genghis Khan Örtöö Sending a Trade Route immediately creates a Trading Post in the destination city, instead of when the Trade Route is completed. Gains an extra level of Diplomatic Visibility with civilizations that have a Mongolian Trading Post. +6 Combat Strength for all units for each level of Diplomatic Visibility Mongolia has over the other civilization, instead of the usual +3 Combat Strength. Keshig Ordu Kublai Khan (Mongolian) Norwegian Harald Hardrada (Konge) Knarr Norwegian units gain the ability to enter Ocean tiles with Shipbuilding, instead of Cartography, and pay no additional Movement costs to embark or disembark. Naval melee units can heal in neutral territory. Berserker Stave Church Harald Hardrada (Varangian) Nubian Amanitore Ta-Seti +30% Production toward Ranged units. Ranged units gain +50% combat experience. +1 Production for Mines over strategic resources, and +2 Gold for Mines over bonus and luxury resources. Pítati Archer Nubian Pyramid Ottoman Suleiman (Kanuni) Great Turkish Bombard +30% Production toward Siege units. Siege units gain +5 Combat Strength when attacking defensible districts. Conquering a city doesn't cause that city to lose Population. +1 Amenity and +4 Loyalty per turn for cities not founded by the Ottomans. Barbary Corsair Grand Bazaar Suleiman (Muhteşem) Persian Cyrus Satrapies Gains +1 Trade Route capacity with Political Philosophy. Domestic Trade Routes provide +2 Gold and +1 Culture. Roads built inside Persian territory are one level more advanced than usual. Immortal Pairidaeza Nader Shah Phoenician Dido Mediterranean Colonies Starts with the Eureka for Writing. Coastal cities founded by Phoenicia and in the same continent as their Capital always have full Loyalty. Settlers receive +2 Movement and Sight while embarked, and pay no Movement costs to embark or disembark. Bireme Cothon Polish Jadwiga Golden Liberty Building an Encampment or Fort triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles. One Military policy slot in all governments is converted into a Wildcard policy slot. Winged Hussar Sukiennice Portuguese João III Casa da Índia International Trade Routes can only be sent to cities on the coast or with a Harbor, but gain a +50% increase to all yields. Traders have +50% range over water, and can embark as soon as they are unlocked. Nau Navigation School Roman Trajan All Roads Lead to Rome Founded or conquered cities start with a Trading Post and, if within Trade Route range of the Capital, a road to it. Trade Routes generate +1 additional Gold from Roman Trading Posts they pass through. Legion Bath Julius Caesar Russian Peter Mother Russia Founded cities start with five additional tiles. Tundra tiles provide +1 Faith and +1 Production, in addition to their usual yields. Founded cities start with five additional tiles. Tundra tiles provide +1 Faith and +1 Production, in addition to their usual yields. Units are immune to damage from Blizzards. +100% damage from Blizzards inside Russian territory to civilizations at war with Russia. Cossack Lavra Scottish Robert the Bruce Scottish Enlightenment Happy cities gain +5% Science and +5% Production, and generate +1 Great Scientist point in their Campuses and +1 Great Engineer point in their Industrial Zones. Ecstatic cities double these bonuses. Highlander Golf Course Scythian Tomyris People of the Steppe Building a light cavalry unit or Saka Horse Archer grants a free second copy of that unit. Saka Horse Archer Kurgan Spanish Philip II Treasure Fleet May form Fleets and Armadas with Mercantilism, instead of Nationalism and Mobilization. Trade Routes receive 3 Gold, 2 Faith and 1 Production. Trade Routes between cities on different continents gain triple these yields. Cities not on your original Capital's continent receive 25% extra Production towards Districts and a Builder when founded. Conquistador Mission Sumerian Gilgamesh Epic Quest Capturing a Barbarian Outpost also grants a Tribal Village reward. Levying city-state units costs 50% less Gold. War-Cart Ziggurat Swedish Kristina Nobel Prize Gains 50 Diplomatic Favor whenever a Great Person is earned. +1 Great Engineer points from Factories and +1 Great Scientist points from Universities. Sweden's presence in the game adds three unique World Congress competitions in the Industrial Era. Carolean Open-Air Museum Vietnamese Bà Triệu Nine Dragon River Delta Land specialty Districts can only be built on Woods, Rainforest or Marsh tiles. Buildings on these features receive additional yields: +1 Culture in Woods, +1 Science in Rainforest, and +1 Production in Marsh. Can plant Woods with Medieval Faires, instead of Conservation. Voi Chiến Thành Zulu Shaka Isibongo Capturing a city will upgrade the capturing unit, as long as the necessary civics are unlocked: from a normal unit into a Corps or Fleet, and from a Corps or Fleet into an Army or Armada. Cities with a garrisoned unit gain +3 Loyalty per turn, increasing to +5 Loyalty if the garrisoned unit is a Corps or Army. Impi Ikanda Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack. Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

Districts

The Aqueduct, a district dedicated to growth

Main article: District (Civ6)

Cities take up multiple tiles: when a city is settled, the tile it was settled on becomes the City Center district, and any other tile up to three hexes away from the City Center is able to have another district on it, to be improved by a tile improvement, or to have a wonder placed on it (see below).

Districts themselves act as containers for buildings of the same type. For example, the Campus district may contain buildings such as the Library, University, and Research Lab.

Wonders

Broadway, a Modern Era wonder

Main article: Wonder (Civ6)

As with previous Civilization games, wonders are mega-buildings that are unique in the world and provide potent bonuses to a civilization. All wonders are inspired by, and named after, famous real-world buildings or landmarks that have stood the test of time and changed the world forever. Wonders require time, energy, and effort to complete, but once constructed, they provide your civilization with many benefits. As with districts, they are built not within the City Center, but on tiles of their own. When built, all tile yields from that tile are removed and the wonder replaces anything else that was originally there.

Civilization VI adds a feature known as "wonder movies," which allows you to watch a wonder being constructed from scratch in less than 30 seconds (somewhat similar to the wonder movies from Civilization IV). This replaces the announcement screen you see in Civilization V when you complete a wonder.

Natural wonders

Eyjafjallajökull, a natural wonder

Main article: Natural wonder (Civ6)

Natural wonders are unique terrain features that may be found scattered throughout the world. All natural wonders cover between 1 and 4 tiles, and provide powerful bonuses which are of great strategic importance to nearby civilizations. Though players cannot build districts or improvements on wonder tiles, the bonuses they provide to their surroundings make them attractive locations for constructing cities.

City-states

Hong Kong, an industrial city-state

Main article: City-state (Civ6)

There are six types of city-states in the game. To influence city-states, civilizations can send Envoys, and receive larger bonuses (based on city-state type) for higher numbers of Envoys. The civilization with the most influence over any single city-state becomes the Suzerain, as long as that civilization has three or more Envoys present. If two or more civilizations are tied for influence (same number of Envoys), there is no Suzerain. The Suzerain receives a bonus unique to the city-state in question. Suzerains may pay Gold to take control of their city-state's military units for 30 turns.

Envoys

Main article: Envoy (Civ6)

Envoys are representatives of your civilization that can be sent to city-states that you've met. By default, one Envoy is earned for every 100 influence points that you accumulate and it can be improved by policy cards. The bonuses you earn from a city-state depend on how many Envoys you have sent to the city-state. One bonus is earned for having 1 Envoy, the next bonus is at 3 Envoys, and the final bonus is at 6 Envoys. Declaring war directly on a city-state removes all Envoys you had there. Otherwise, Envoys stay at the city-state permanently.

City-states that you have met can periodically generate a quest, such as sending a Trade Route. Completing a quest automatically grants you 1 additional Envoy in that city-state.

Civics

Opera and Ballet, an Industrial Era civic

Main article: Civic (Civ6)

Social policies have been removed and replaced with civics, which are unlocked with Culture via a research-style civics tree. Civics grant bonuses, unlock buildings and wonders, give you policy cards, and open up government types. In single-player games, the discovery of each civic (and tech) is accompanied by a famous quotation from history that is voiced by Sean Bean.

Policy cards

Main article: Policy card (Civ6)

Policy cards, once unlocked via the civics tree, are placed in your policy card deck. From there they may be selected to customize your government. The government's card configuration can be changed at any time for a Gold cost, or for free whenever a new civic is completed.

These cards come in four types:

• Military
• Economic
• Diplomatic
• Wildcard

Governments

Monarchy, a Medieval Era government

Main article: Government (Civ6)

All civilizations begin with the Chiefdom government upon researching Code of Laws; further government types are unlocked via the civics tree. Anarchy is not present when changing government types unless reverting to a government which has been previously chosen.

Each government has a unique bonus, an additional legacy bonus earned by keeping the government type for an extended and unbroken period, and a different configuration of policy card slots.

Additional slots

Certain wonders and abilities award additional, free policy slots. These can be filled with cards of the appropriate type, regardless of a civilization's current government.

Military Frederick Barbarossa's Holy Roman Emperor ability The Alhambra Economic Big Ben Industrial-era Great Merchant Adam Smith (vanilla only) Kublai Khan's Gerege ability

Diplomatic Potala Palace Wild Greece's Plato's Republic ability The Forbidden City

Religion

Islam, one of twelve default religions

Main article: Religion (Civ6)

Religion is a returning feature in Civilization VI, but its role has been greatly expanded both in scope and in importance, becoming the focus of a new victory condition. A Religion is a system of spiritual Beliefs (manifested by game bonuses), founded by a Great Prophet which you get points towards by building holy sites, and spread among the population of cities around the world. Religion is primarily based around the Faith stat, which you can gain through various means including buildings, wonders, and others.

Pantheons

Main article: Pantheon (Civ6)

Pantheons are the first signs of spiritual development in a civilization, and a stepping stone towards a religion. Pantheons worship a number of minor gods, usually related to nature and natural phenomena, and provide minor bonuses, usually based on terrain. In a major departure from the previous game, a civilization's Pantheon will not get overwritten by foreign religions converting your cities.

Victory conditions

Main article: Victory (Civ6)

There are five victory conditions in the base version of Civilization VI (six with expansions), corresponding to many of the major aspects of the game. You can win a Science Victory by focusing on scientific advancement and ultimately establishing a base on Mars. Cultural Victory returns from its debut in Civilization III and looks similar to the incarnation in Civilization V: Brave New World; it triggers when you attract more visiting tourists than any country has domestic tourists. Religious Victory is added to the victory conditions from Civilization V; it requires that the religion a player has adopted become the predominant religion (followed by > 50% of cities) in every civilization in the game. Score and Domination Victories return as well.

Expansions and DLC

Civilization VI has two expansion packs along with several DLC packs.

Expansion packs

• Civilization VI: Rise and Fall: Adds the Age system, Loyalty and Governors. Also revamps Alliances and adds Emergencies.
• Civilization VI: Gathering Storm: Adds natural disasters, and the effects of global warming. Also adds a new Future Era as well as its technologies and civics. Canals, Rock Bands, Diplomatic Victory, World Congress, etc.

DLC

Main article: DLC (Civ6)

Pack name	Release date	Contents	Link
Aztec Civilization Pack1	November 19, 2016	Adds the Aztec civilization.	[1]
Poland Civilization & Scenario Pack	December 20, 2016	Adds the Polish civilization and the Jadwiga's Legacy scenario.	[2]
Vikings Scenario Pack		Adds the Vikings, Traders, and Raiders! scenario, three natural wonders and six new city-states.	[3]
Australia Civilization & Scenario Pack	February 23, 2017	Adds the Australian civilization, the Outback Tycoon scenario, and the Uluru natural wonder.	[4]
Persia and Macedon Civilization & Scenario Pack	March 28, 2017	Adds the Persian and Macedonian civilizations, the Conquests of Alexander scenario, and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and Apadana wonders.	[5]
Nubia Civilization & Scenario Pack	July 27, 2017	Adds the Nubian civilization, the Gifts of the Nile scenario, and the Jebel Barkal wonder	[6].
Khmer and Indonesia Civilization & Scenario Pack	October 19, 2017	Adds the Khmer and Indonesian civilizations, the Path to Nirvana scenario, the Angkor Wat wonder, the Ha Long Bay natural wonder, and a new map.	[7]
Expansion Bundle2	November 21, 2019	Adds the Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm expansion packs.	[8]
Catherine de Medici Persona Pack	July 23, 2020	Adds the Catherine de Medici personas.	[9]
Teddy Roosevelt Persona Pack	July 23, 2020	Adds the Teddy Roosevelt personas.	[10]
Julius Caesar Leader Pack3	November 21, 2022	Adds Julius Caesar as a leader for Rome.

¹ Free DLC pack that became available to everyone 3 months after the game's release. Immediate access to the Aztecs could be obtained by pre-ordering the game.
² Only available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Khmer & Indonesia and Nubia are the only other DLC packs not included in the console base game.
³ Available for free for linking Steam account with 2K account.

New Frontier Pass

Main article: Civilization VI: New Frontier Pass

New Frontier Pass is a series of DLC released bimonthly from May 2020 to March 2021. The pass includes eight new civilizations, nine new leaders, and six new game modes.

Pack	Release Date	New Civilizations and Leaders	New Game Mode	Additional New Content
Maya & Gran Colombia Pack	May 21, 2020	Mayan - Lady Six Sky Gran Colombian - Simón Bolívar	Apocalypse	New City-states: Caguana, Singapore, Lahore, Vatican City, Taruga & Hunza New Resources: Honey & Maize New Natural Wonders: Bermuda Triangle, Paititi & Fountain of Youth
Ethiopia Pack	July 23, 2020	Ethiopian - Menelik II	Secret Societies /	New District: Diplomatic Quarter Two new Buildings: Consulate & Chancery
Byzantium & Gaul Pack	September 24, 2020	Byzantine - Basil II Gallic - Ambiorix	Dramatic Ages /	New World Wonders: Biosphère & Statue of Zeus New Map: Highlands
Babylon Pack	November 19, 2020	Babylonian - Hammurabi	Heroes & Legends	New City-states: Ayutthaya, Johannesburg, Chinguetti, Wolin, Samarkand & Nalanda New Great People
Vietnam & Kublai Khan Pack	January 28, 2021	Vietnamese - Bà Triệu Kublai Khan (alternate Mongolian and Chinese leader)	Monopolies and Corporations	New District: Preserve Two new Buildings: Grove & Sanctuary
Portugal Pack	March 25, 2021	Portuguese - João III	Zombie Defense	New World Wonders: Torre de Belém & Etemenanki New Map: Wetlands

New game mode requires the Gathering Storm expansion to play.
/ New game mode requires either the Rise and Fall or Gathering Storm expansions to play.

Leader Pass

Main article: Civilization VI: Leader Pass

Leader Pass is a series of DLC released montly from November 2022 to March 2023. The pass includes 12 new leaders for existing civilizations, and 6 new personas.

Pack	Release Date	New Leaders	New Personas
Great Negotiators Pack	November 21, 2022	Abraham Lincoln (America) Nzinga Mbande (Kongo)	Sultan Saladin (Arabia)
Great Commanders Pack	December 15, 2022	Tokugawa (Japan) Nader Shah (Persia)1	Suleiman the Magnificent (Ottoman)
Rulers of China Pack	January 19, 2023	Yongle (China) Wu Zetian (China)	Qin Shi Huang the Unifier (China)
Rulers of the Sahara Pack	February 16, 2023	Ramses (Egypt) Sundiata Keita (Mali)	Ptolemaic Cleopatra (Egypt)
Great Builders Pack	March 15, 2023	Theodora (Byzantium)2 Sejong (Korea) Ludwig II (Germany)
Rulers of England Pack	March 29, 2023	Elizabeth I (England)	Varangian Harald Hardrada (Norway) Victoria - Age of Steam (England)

¹ Requires Persia & Macedon Scenario Pack to play.
² Requires Byzantium & Gaul Pack to play.
Requires the Rise and Fall expansion to play.
Requires the Gathering Storm expansion to play.

Reception

Sid Meier's Civilization VI received "generally favorable" reviews on Metacritic getting a metascore of 88/100 on PC, 87/100 on PS4, and 86/100 on both Xbox One & Nintendo Switch.

Screenshots

Alternate covers

Cover for Civilization VI on Nintendo Switch

Cover for Civilization VI on Xbox ONE

Cover for Civilization VI on PS4

Cover for Civilization VI: Gold Edition

Cover for Civilization VI: Platinum Edition

Videos

CIVILIZATION VI Official Announcement Trailer

Civilization 6 Developer Rewind Theater - IGN First

Lead Designer Ed Beach and Lead Producer Dennis Shirk dissect the trailer, second by second

CIVILIZATION VI - First Look The Development Team

CIVILIZATION VI - First Look The Art of Civilization VI - International Version (With Subtitles)

Civilization VI (Six!) - Pre-Release Gameplay Footage! - Part 1 of 2

Pre-Release Gameplay Footage by quill18!

Civilization VI – Announce Trailer - PS4 and Xbox One

PS4 and Xbox One announcement trailer

External links

• Civilization VI - E3 Walkthrough (Developer commentary)
• Beginners guide
• Civilization VI at CivFanatics
• Civilization VI at Apolyton
• Civilization VI at MobyGames
• Civilization VI at GameFAQs
• Sid Meier's Civilization VI on Steam
• Civilization VI Analyst: Overview
• 2016-05-25 IGN — Civilization 6's New Game-Changer Features
• 2016-05-25 GameSpot — Civilization 6: How Much Has Changed Since Civ 5?
• 2016-05-25 PC Gamer — New looks and classic gameplay: 60 turns of Civilization 6
• 2016-05-11 PC Gamer — Civilization 6: everything you need to know
• 2016-05-11 Polygon — Civilization 6 is coming in October, with big changes
• 2016-05-11 Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Civilization VI Releases October: Here’s Every Detail
• 2016-05-11 IGN — Three ways Sid Meir's Civilization 6 radically reinvents itself: City-building, science, and diplomacy
• 2016-05-11 Time — 6 Reasons Civilization 6 Sounds Totally Different From Past Games
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Civilization Series
Game	Expansion packs
Civilization	None
Civ II	Conflicts in Civilization Fantastic Worlds Test of Time
Civ III	Play the World Conquests
Civ IV	Warlords Beyond the Sword Colonization (Total conversion)
Civ V	Gods & Kings Brave New World
Beyond Earth	Rising Tide
Civ VI	Rise and Fall Gathering Storm New Frontier Pass Leader Pass
Civ VII
Official Spinoffs	Sid Meier's Colonization Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Alien Crossfire Civilization Revolution CivWorld Civilization Revolution 2 Sid Meier's Starships Civilization: Eras & Allies
Other Games	Pirates! Railroad Tycoon XCOM (IP) Freeciv Imperialism C-evo Civilization: Call to Power Call to Power II FreeCol Pirates!: Live the Life CivCity: Rome Railroads! NewCol Unciv Humankind
Comparisons	Comparison between Civilization games Civilizations Glossary of Civilization terms