Civilizations

Each Civilization game features playable historic nations, empires, and cultural groups known as civilizations (or "civs" for short). The number of playable civs differs with each game.

Table of Civilizations by game appearanceEdit

Main article: List of civilizations

This table only includes the civilizations in the retail versions of these games. Civilization II and Call to Power II have several scenarios with many non-traditional civilizations not found on this list. Moreover, most Civilization games let players rename the civilization one plays as to whatever a player chooses.

Civilization	Civ1	Civ2	Civ3	Civ4	Civ5	Civ6		CivRev	CivRev2		CTP1	CTP2		C-evo
American	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Arabian			✓[1]	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Assyrian					✓						✓	✓
Australian						✓[2]					✓	✓
Austrian			-[3]		✓
Aztec	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓[4]		✓	✓
Babylonian	✓	✓	✓	✓[5]	✓[6]									✓
Brazilian					✓	✓					✓	✓
Byzantine			✓[7]	✓[5]	✓
Canadian						✓					✓	✓
Carthaginian		✓	✓[1]	✓[8]	✓
Celtic		✓	✓[1]	✓[8]	✓
Chinese	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Cree						✓
Cuban											✓	✓
Danish					✓[6]
Dutch (Netherlands)			✓[7]	✓[5]	✓	✓					✓	✓
Egyptian	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
English (British)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Ethiopian				✓[5]	✓						✓	✓
French	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
German	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Georgian						✓
Greek	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Hebrew											✓	✓
Hittite			✓[7]
Holy Roman				✓[5]
Hungarian						✓
Hunnic					✓
Incan			✓[7]	✓	✓[6]	✓					✓	✓
Indian	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓
Indonesian					✓	✓[2]					✓	✓
Irish											✓	✓
Iroquois			✓		✓
Jamaican												✓
Japanese	-[9]	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Khmer				✓[5]		✓[2]
Kongolese						✓
Korean			✓[1]	✓[8]	✓[6]	✓			✓		✓	✓
Macedonian						✓[2]
Malian				✓		✓
Māori						✓
Mapuche						✓
Mayan			✓[7]	✓[5]	✓						✓	✓
Mexican											✓	✓
Mongol	✓	✓	✓[1]	✓	✓[6]	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Moroccan					✓
Native American				✓[5]							✓	✓
Nicaraguan											✓	✓
Nigerian											✓	✓
Norwegian						✓
Nubian						✓[2]
Ottoman			✓[1]	✓[8]	✓	✓
Persian		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓[2]					✓	✓		✓
Phoenician						✓					✓	✓		✓
Polish					✓	✓[2]					✓	✓
Polynesian					✓[6]						✓	✓
Portuguese			✓[7]	✓[5]	✓						✓	✓
Roman	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Russian	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Scottish						✓					✓	✓
Scythian						✓
Shoshone					✓
Siamese					✓
Sioux		✓
Songhai					✓
Spanish		✓	✓[1]	✓	✓[6]	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Sumerian			✓[7]	✓[5]		✓
Swedish					✓	✓
Thai											✓	✓
Turkish											✓	✓
Venetian					✓
Viking		✓	✓[1]	✓[8]							✓	✓		✓
Welsh											✓	✓
Zulu	✓	✓	✓	✓[8]	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓
Total	14	21	31	34	43	42		16	17		42	41		15

Number of Civilizations Per GameEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Play the World expansion pack
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Civilization VI DLC
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Austria is a hidden civ in Civilization III because of hardcoded civilizations limit in the game. Another civilization must be replaced with Austria to play as them. The first game Austria is an official Civilization is Civilization V: Gods and Kings.
4. ↑ Preorder bonus DLC. Given for free for all players 90 days after game is released so it is considered a part of the original civilizations.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9} Beyond the Sword expansion pack
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} Civilization V DLC
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6} Conquests expansion pack
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Warlords expansion pack
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Only on SNES version of the game. Replaces Zulus
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Japanese civilization replaces Zulu civilization in the original Civilization. Japanese are found in every Civilization game since the original game.

Valid only in the Gods & Kings expansion pack.
Valid only in the Brave New World expansion pack.
Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

Civilization: Beyond EarthEdit

Main article: List of Sponsors (CivBE)

The sponsors in Beyond Earth are not the same as the historically based civilizations.

FreecivEdit

Main article: List of civilizations (Freeciv)

The Freeciv civilizations were far too numerous to put on this list. Each civilization plays the same way.

ColonizationEdit

Main article: List of civilizations (Civ4Col)

European Civilizations (In all versions of Colonization)

• British
• Dutch
• French
• Spanish

Native "Indian" tribes

• Indian Tribes

FreeColEdit

Early versions have just the same as Col1, but recent versions have an option of adding:

• Danish
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Swedish

Other GamesEdit

Alpha CentauriEdit

Main article: Factions (SMAC)

StarshipsEdit

See also: Leaders (Starships)

Starships doesn't have a factions page because they are the same as the original sponsors of Beyond Earth.

CivWorldEdit

Main article: CivWorld#Civilizations

ImperialismEdit

Main article: Imperialism

• Great Britain
• France
• Prussia
• Germany
• Austria-Hungary
• Sardinia
• Italy
• Russia
• Ottoman Empire

External linksEdit

Who Gets to Be a CIVILIZATION? - Between the Lines- A documentary on the concept of Civilizations in the game.