Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a turn-based strategy, 4X video game in the Civilization series developed by Firaxis Games, published by 2K Games and released for Microsoft Windows on October 24, 2014, the Mac App Store on November 27, 2014 and for Linux on December 18, 2014. The game's premise is that Earth became uninhabitable due to an undescribed disaster known as "the Great Mistake", forcing humanity to colonize space in the 23rd century.
SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
- Time to beat
- about 16.9 hours
Overview
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a turn-based strategy, 4X video game in the Civilization series developed by Firaxis Games, published by 2K Games and released for Microsoft Windows on October 24, 2014, the Mac App Store on November 27, 2014 and for Linux on December 18, 2014. The game's premise is that Earth became uninhabitable due to an undescribed disaster known as "the Great Mistake", forcing humanity to colonize space in the 23rd century. As a spiritual successor to the 1999 game Alpha Centauri, Beyond Earth shares much of its development team and some concepts, most notably its setting on an exoplanet in the future.
An expansion pack, titled Rising Tide, was released on October 9, 2015.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Developer
- Firaxis Games
- Publisher
- 2K Games, Aspyr Media
- Series
- Civilization
- Engine
- Firaxis LORE
- Platforms
- Windows
- Age rating
- ESRB E10+
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- Yes
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- PEGI
- 12
- ESRB
- E10+
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Worldwide | 2014-10-24 |
| Windows | North America | 2014-10-24 |
Playable today
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Has online features | Yes |
Credits
- Publisher
- 2K Games, Aspyr Media
- Developer
- Firaxis Games
- Released
- 2014-10-24
- Age rating
- ESRB E10+
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 16.9 hours
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