Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ overview

Overview

Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ comes from Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux) and is published by 2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux). It arrived on Steam on Oct 23, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™'s latest SteamPulse observation recorded 187 players at 6 October 2026 - 06:00:00 UTC, with a tracked peak near 86,747. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 60% positive across 23,032 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ is available in 10 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including esrb, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ has sold up to 1,420,271 units and has 14,056 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $40,677,582. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ overview details

Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award-winning Civilization series. Set in the future, global events have destabilized the world leading to a collapse of modern society, a new world order and an uncertain future for humanity. As the human race struggles to recover, the re-developed nations focus their resources on deep space travel to chart a new beginning for mankind. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, you will write the next chapter for humanity as you lead your people into a new frontier and create a new civilization in space. Explore and colonize an alien planet, research new technologies, amass mighty armies, build incredible Wonders and shape the face of your new world. As you embark on your journey you must make critical decisions. From your choice of sponsor and the make-up of your colony, to the ultimate path you choose for your civilization, every decision opens up new possibilities. Features Seed the Adventure: Establish your cultural identity by choosing one of eight different expedition sponsors, each with its own leader and unique gameplay benefits. Assemble your spacecraft, cargo & colonists through a series of choices that directly seed the starting conditions when arriving at the new planet. Colonize an Alien World: Explore the dangers and benefits of a new planet filled with dangerous terrain, mystical resources, and hostile life forms unlike those of Earth. Build outposts, unearth ancient alien relics, tame new forms of life, develop flourishing cities and establish trade route…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ is listed as a game with $39.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 187 players at 6 October 2026 - 06:00:00 UTC, a tracked peak of 86,747, and 60% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StrategyTurn-Based StrategySci-fiSpace4XTurn-BasedMultiplayerFuturisticSingleplayerAliensHex GridTacticalGrand StrategyReplay ValueExploration

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