The gigantic new Civilization 7 update could just be enough to win you back

<img width="900" height="507" src="https://www.pcgamesn.com/wp-content/sites/pcgamesn/2025/03/new-civilization-7-update-firaxis-4x-game-civ-7-UI-fix-900x506.jpg"/>If you played Civilization 7 during release week and decided it wasn't the sequel that you were expecting, now might be the time to give it a second try. The user interface, progression, and certain behaviors of enemy rulers have all been criticized by the Civ 7 community; the response to Firaxis's 4X follow-up has in fact been so mixed that Civilization 6, despite being eight years old, now regularly has a larger number of players on Steam. But alongside the Crossroads of the World DLC, Firaxis has just shipped the first major Civilization 7 update, and it should take the edge off some of the biggest issues so far. <a href="https://www.pcgamesn.com/civilization-vii/major-update">Read the rest of the story...</a> RELATED LINKS: <a href="https://www.pcgamesn.com/civilization-vii/ui-fixes">New Civilization 7 updates could fix all the worst problems, from UI to maps</a> <a href="https://www.pcgamesn.com/civilization-vii/crossroads-of-the-world-dlc">Civilization 7 DLC may be coming very, very soon, according to new store listing</a> <a href="https://www.pcgamesn.com/civilization-7/cheats">Civilization 7 cheats and how to enable the debug console</a>