Strategy · October 25, 2006

Sid Meier’s Civilization® III Complete (2006)

group1M–10M ownerstrending_up1.4k peak concurrentrecommend5.4k recommendations

Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery, combined with the updated and enhanced multiplayer expansion pack Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World*, as well as all of the great new civilizations, scenarios, and features from Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests! Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete provides more ways to explore, more strategies to employ, more modes of play, and more ways to win, all in one box! *Online Multiplayer to be suspended as of May 31st 2014, LAN mode still supported

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

Strategy · 313
Turn-Based Strategy · 216
Turn-Based · 139
Classic · 138
4X · 120
Historical · 120
Singleplayer · 94
Multiplayer · 75
Replay Value · 71
Grand Strategy · 59
Simulation · 58
Military · 56
Exploration · 52
Addictive · 44
City Builder · 31

Position in Strategy

Metric	This title	Genre position
Review volume	7.2k Steam reviews	Top 55% in Strategy
Positive rating	90% positive	Genre average: 84% — this title sits in top 39%
Metacritic	90/100	Genre average 79 — top 7% of Strategy titles
Concurrent peak	1.4k players	Top 17% in Strategy by live player count
Engagement hours	14 h average	Top 66% for session depth among Strategy

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Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 7.2k reviews

6.5k positive · 723 negative

Metacritic

90/100 critic aggregate

Open Metacritic page

Curator recommendations

5.4k

Peak concurrent players

1.4k

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Release & Availability

Release date	Oct 25, 2006
Developer	Firaxis Games
Publisher	2K
Base price	$4.99
Platforms	Windows
Estimated owners	1M–10M
External links	Official site · Metacritic page · Support

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

14h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

Typical completion time

2-week avg

12h

Current engagement

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

Multi-player

Other

Single-player
Includes level editor
Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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