1. Sid Meier's Civilization VII
  2. News

Sid Meier's Civilization VII News

Civilization VII Steam Community Items and Points Shop items available now!

Civilization VII Steam Community Items and Points Shop items available now!


Spruce up your Steam presence with Sid Meier's Civilization VII's Steam Community Items and Point Shop items, available now!

As a quick refresher, Community Items are items you can unlock by playing Civilization VII on Steam or Trading with your friends. Points Shop items are Steam personalizations you can get by redeeming your Steam Points; check out the Steam Points overview for full details.

Community Items




Unlock these rewards as you play Civilization VII on Steam!

[h2]Steam Trading Cards[/h2]

Collect Steam Trading Cards for Civ VII leaders Amina, Catherine the Great, Charlemagne, Harriet Tubman, Ibn Battuta, José Rizal, Machiavelli, Pachacuti, Trung Trac, and Xerxes, then trade with your friends to complete the full set!

[h2]Badges
[/h2]
Show off your collection of Steam badges with these Civ VII hex tiles representing iconic resources!

[h2]5 Profile Backgrounds[/h2]

Turn your Steam Profile into your own personalized empire with these Profile Backgrounds featuring Civ VII leaders and their historically inspired civilization pairings:

  • Ashoka and Maurya India
  • Augustus and Rome
  • Himiko and Meiji Japan
  • Isabella and Spain
  • Tecumseh and Shawnee




[h2]5 Emoticons[/h2]

Show people how you really feel with these fun Civ VII leader Emoticons!
  • Catherine Happy
  • Charlemagne Sad
  • Machiavelli Sly
  • Trung Trac Shock
  • Xerxes Rage


Points Shop Items


Get these Civilization VII-themed items from the Steam Points Shop!



[h2]Animated Stickers[/h2]

Liven up your chats with these expressive Animated Stickers of Civ VII leaders (plus an adorable Scout Dog)!

  • Augustus
  • José Rizal
  • Trung Trac
  • Scout Dog



Civilization 7 being compared to Humankind is "probably the best compliment I ever got", says Amplitude boss

Much coverage of Sid Meier's Civilization VII has compared the Firaxis 4X to Amplitude's 2021 release Humankind. As our dirty turncoat strategy game columnist Sin Vega briefly explores in her review for Eurogamer, the game's Age structure, which hands you a new culture at intervals in each campaign, is reminiscent of Humankind's Era transitions.


Developers Firaxis have elsewhere observed that the impression of Civ cribbing notes from Humankind is an unfortunate coincidence. According to an interview with executive producer Dennis Shirk last year, the Civ 7 team came up with the concept on their own, pitching it to parent company 2K Games mere days after Amplitude unveiled Humankind. It's also, of course, worth reiterating that as a historical 4X, Humankind takes plenty of cues from older Civilizations. Still, Amplitude co-founder Romain de Waubert de Genlis was tickled pink when he saw Humankind cited in Civ 7 reviews. "That was probably the best compliment I ever got when I read some of these articles on Civ 7," he told me during an interview about Amplitude's forthcoming Endless Legend 2, adding "I did not see that coming, to be frank."

Read more

This Week in Civ: Update Check-in

Hey, Civ fans! In case you missed it, here’s another roundup of Civilization VII news from the past week:

[h2]Update Check-in Blog Post[/h2]
We’ve been hard at work on Update 1.2.0, which is currently slated for April 22 (date subject to change). Check out the full details here, or read on for some of the major highlights of what you can expect:
  • One More Turn
  • Research Queuing
  • Reduced Natural Disaster Frequency (Light and Moderate Settings)
  • Repair All Option
  • Resources Updates
  • Multiplayer Teams
  • Population Growth Improvements (Food Curve)
And even more, which will be included in the full Update Notes when they release later this month. We’ve also shared a few other additions that’ll come later down the road. We'll share more on those in the future!


[h2]Player Spotlight: Scout in the Valley of Flowers by Eighty_Six_Salt[/h2]


[h2]Feedback & More to Come [/h2]
Your feedback is an important part of these updates. Keep sharing your top feature requests, suggestions, and more on Steam and Discord. See you here next week, Civ fans!

It's only been two months, but a new version of Civilization 7 just dropped

If you've ever wanted to feel like a true, godly overseer during your Civilization 7 matches, or you want to up the challenge even more by trying to fend off motion sickness while trying to conquer its three ages, then boy do I have good news for you. Despite being in its infancy, a new version of Civ 7 has just launched, but it's a bit of a niche one. You guessed it - you can now play Civilization 7 in VR.


Read the rest of the story...


RELATED LINKS:

New Civilization 7 update adds a vital feature and revives Teams Multiplayer

Vital new Civilization 7 mod adds the most essential feature, fixing maps and UI

New Civilization 7 update adds vital missing features, but Firaxis must do more

Civilization VII version 1.2 will let you play forever, adds "Teams Multiplayer" and more major changes

Sid Meier's Civilization VII version 1.2 is due out April 22, and with it Firaxis Games are once again solving numerous complaints players have about the game, and it all sounds really positive.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/civilization-vii-version-1-2-will-let-you-play-forever-adds-teams-multiplayer-and-more-major-changes/