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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™

by Firaxis Games

Released Oct 24, 2014
$39.99
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PC (Microsoft Windows)

61%positive reviews

14,060 positive9,131 negative

What players say

Pros

Strong sci-fi strategy with depth
Good alien factions and tactics

Cons

Feels unfinished and unpolished
Expensive for what it offers

Mixed

Some call it an honest sci-fi Civ, others say it came out too early

Media

Mission Control Walkthrough (YouTube)

A New Beginning Trailer (YouTube)

Chosen Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Graphics: 256 MB ATI HD3650 or better, 256 MB nVidia 8800 GT or better, or Intel HD 3000 or better integrated graphics

DirectX: Version 11

Storage: 8 GB available space

Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c‐compatible sound card

Additional Notes: Other Requirements: Initial installation requires one-time Internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Microsoft Visual C++2012 Runtime Libraries and Microsoft DirectX.

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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…