Sid Meier's Civilization VII News

Update 1.2.0 is going live tomorrow! Check out the highlights in our April 2025 update for Civilization VII, including:

• Resources Updates
  
• Teams Multiplayer
  
• Food & Growth Rebalance
  
• One More Turn
  
• UI & Quality of Life Improvements
  
• And more!
  

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

[h2]Civilization VII Steam Community and Points Shop Items [/h2]
Spruce up your Steam presence with Sid Meier's Civilization VII's Steam Community Items and Point Shop items. Read the full article about all of the available items here.

[h2]Firaxis Feature Feedback: Auto-Explore[/h2]
We hosted a 24-hour discussion on Discord to hear your thoughts about what evolution you would like Auto-Explore to take. Ed Beach joined in to discuss the future of the feature with the fans and talk about design.

A huge thanks to everyone who participated! It was wonderful to hear your insights and opinions. We look forward to continuing these conversations with you. If you missed out, don’t fret, cause there will be more to come. Join our Discord to add your voice to the evolution of Civilization VII and stay updated about any future feedback discussions with the devs, community events, and more.

[h2]Player Spotlight: Great Wall Shenanigans by EuphemisticallyBG [/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!

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.





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
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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
  

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
  

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."

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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!