Sid Meier's Civilization V
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How do players who really played Sid Meier's Civilization V rate it? TrueGG Rating 95.4%

Release date: Jul 29, 2011 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks.

Good for

  • Players looking for hundreds of hours

Think twice if you are

  • Players bothered by bugs (reports of crashes and bugs)

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
95.4%
± 0.2 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 100+ hours (last 180 days) · 1,535 reviews

TrueGG, all time
96.6%
Steam overall
95.6%
Japanese, all time
94.6%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 1.8% of all reviews. Their positive share is 74.0%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (100h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 100 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h76%291–2 h46%132–5 h90%915–10 h93%13910–20 h94%16020–50 h96%32450–100 h95%257100–200 h91%347200+ h97%1,188Positive share by playtime0–1 h2976%1–2 h1346%2–5 h9190%5–10 h13993%10–20 h16094%20–50 h32496%50–100 h25795%100–200 h34791%200+ h1,18897%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h75.9%—29
1–2 h46.2%—13
2–5 h90.1%—91
5–10 h92.8%—139
10–20 h94.4%—160
20–50 h96.3%—324
50–100 h94.6%—257
100–200 h91.4%100.0%347
200+ h96.5%100.0%1,188

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 100+ hours. 84% had 20+ hours and 51% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Sid Meier's Civilization V has a TrueGG Rating of 95.4%: the positive share among 1,535 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 100+ hours, close to Steam's overall 95.6%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 96.6%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 2% of the total, and only 74% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention crashes and bugs, updates and the developers, and graphics and music. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 94.6%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (95.4% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on technical quality (Crashes & bugs). These can be fixed, so check recent reviews too. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Crashes & bugs13% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players
  • Updates & developers10% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players
  • Graphics & music8% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel28% of positive reviews (11% of negative)
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Counted from 352 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating95.6%All time, all languages · 211,130 reviews
Adjusted rating95.4%Weighted by trust (95% range 95.2%–95.6%), −0.2pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews93.7%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−1.9pt vs overall) · 820 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review1%9%
Very short text41%27%
Key activated outside Steam32%36%
Received for free1%0%
Owns very few games30%18%
Over 100 reviews written3%5%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.700.74

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 148.1 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 2010-10: +8 / −0 2010-11: +48 / −0 2010-12: +131 / −1 2011-01: +22 / −2 2011-02: +42 / −1 2011-03: +29 / −1 2011-04: +28 / −1 2011-05: +19 / −0 2011-06: +18 / −0 2011-07: +154 / −1 2011-08: +60 / −3 2011-09: +93 / −1 2011-10: +34 / −1 2011-11: +34 / −0 2011-12: +169 / −1 2012-01: +58 / −0 2012-02: +32 / −0 2012-03: +66 / −2 2012-04: +38 / −3 2012-05: +60 / −1 2012-06: +73 / −2 2012-07: +637 / −6 2012-08: +144 / −1 2012-09: +85 / −1 2012-10: +78 / −1 2012-11: +89 / −3 2012-12: +191 / −0 2013-01: +223 / −0 2013-02: +74 / −0 2013-03: +172 / −0 2013-04: +95 / −4 2013-05: +139 / −1 2013-06: +265 / −3 2013-07: +641 / −8 2013-08: +300 / −2 2013-09: +144 / −0 2013-10: +276 / −2 2013-11: +695 / −11 2013-12: +3,253 / −49 2014-01: +2,174 / −37 2014-02: +1,317 / −31 2014-03: +899 / −17 2014-04: +763 / −14 2014-05: +714 / −13 2014-06: +3,878 / −74 2014-07: +1,462 / −34 2014-08: +1,257 / −37 2014-09: +847 / −28 2014-10: +850 / −34 2014-11: +852 / −57 2014-12: +1,394 / −51 2015-01: +1,244 / −56 2015-02: +707 / −29 2015-03: +1,166 / −51 2015-04: +696 / −30 2015-05: +673 / −26 2015-06: +1,244 / −54 2015-07: +639 / −30 2015-08: +840 / −50 2015-09: +547 / −22 2015-10: +542 / −28 2015-11: +834 / −45 2015-12: +1,541 / −68 2016-01: +1,552 / −90 2016-02: +1,462 / −80 2016-03: +838 / −43 2016-04: +650 / −27 2016-05: +1,467 / −80 2016-06: +1,400 / −62 2016-07: +1,529 / −70 2016-08: +831 / −44 2016-09: +978 / −71 2016-10: +960 / −54 2016-11: +7,798 / −91 2016-12: +1,219 / −64 2017-01: +986 / −56 2017-02: +672 / −38 2017-03: +703 / −48 2017-04: +491 / −28 2017-05: +511 / −25 2017-06: +1,026 / −67 2017-07: +1,177 / −70 2017-08: +546 / −28 2017-09: +507 / −32 2017-10: +619 / −38 2017-11: +3,244 / −78 2017-12: +901 / −68 2018-01: +815 / −55 2018-02: +568 / −39 2018-03: +679 / −41 2018-04: +467 / −40 2018-05: +504 / −41 2018-06: +617 / −64 2018-07: +634 / −38 2018-08: +366 / −37 2018-09: +320 / −25 2018-10: +289 / −33 2018-11: +2,500 / −186 2018-12: +543 / −79 2019-01: +394 / −42 2019-02: +384 / −47 2019-03: +259 / −38 2019-04: +248 / −35 2019-05: +236 / −23 2019-06: +1,484 / −29 2019-07: +1,786 / −38 2019-08: +177 / −25 2019-09: +161 / −16 2019-10: +449 / −25 2019-11: +2,726 / −65 2019-12: +2,133 / −60 2020-01: +1,683 / −48 2020-02: +1,349 / −35 2020-03: +1,742 / −78 2020-04: +1,768 / −73 2020-05: +1,349 / −74 2020-06: +952 / −41 2020-07: +907 / −48 2020-08: +767 / −33 2020-09: +738 / −28 2020-10: +675 / −35 2020-11: +834 / −21 2020-12: +906 / −37 2021-01: +825 / −36 2021-02: +661 / −36 2021-03: +565 / −26 2021-04: +578 / −29 2021-05: +552 / −30 2021-06: +517 / −26 2021-07: +527 / −23 2021-08: +583 / −26 2021-09: +470 / −20 2021-10: +443 / −22 2021-11: +575 / −25 2021-12: +548 / −28 2022-01: +534 / −28 2022-02: +444 / −25 2022-03: +486 / −42 2022-04: +398 / −18 2022-05: +388 / −15 2022-06: +364 / −18 2022-07: +443 / −18 2022-08: +360 / −35 2022-09: +369 / −16 2022-10: +374 / −18 2022-11: +604 / −29 2022-12: +465 / −24 2023-01: +428 / −15 2023-02: +360 / −25 2023-03: +334 / −23 2023-04: +305 / −17 2023-05: +257 / −12 2023-06: +449 / −28 2023-07: +454 / −15 2023-08: +322 / −16 2023-09: +290 / −13 2023-10: +342 / −16 2023-11: +420 / −25 2023-12: +365 / −16 2024-01: +364 / −25 2024-02: +272 / −12 2024-03: +299 / −21 2024-04: +264 / −17 2024-05: +329 / −14 2024-06: +343 / −22 2024-07: +345 / −29 2024-08: +367 / −30 2024-09: +328 / −18 2024-10: +290 / −28 2024-11: +284 / −46 2024-12: +390 / −223 2025-01: +365 / −204 2025-02: +459 / −57 2025-03: +386 / −22 2025-04: +248 / −19 2025-05: +317 / −27 2025-06: +321 / −310 2025-07: +322 / −64 2025-08: +305 / −22 2025-09: +270 / −16 2025-10: +303 / −17 2025-11: +304 / −25 2025-12: +317 / −14 2026-01: +291 / −22 2026-02: +270 / −14 2026-03: +403 / −31 2026-04: +340 / −17 2026-05: +308 / −18 2026-06: +250 / −12 2026-07: +283 / −12 2026-08: +227 / −15 2026-09: +282 / −18 2026-10: +116 / −9 2010/102011/012012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 95.3% 2010-11: 100.0%2010-12: 99.2%2011-02: 97.7%2011-03: 96.7%2011-07: 99.4%2011-08: 95.2%2011-09: 98.9%2011-10: 97.1%2011-11: 100.0%2011-12: 99.4%2012-01: 100.0%2012-02: 100.0%2012-03: 97.1%2012-04: 92.7%2012-05: 98.4%2012-06: 97.3%2012-07: 99.1%2012-08: 99.3%2012-09: 98.8%2012-10: 98.7%2012-11: 96.7%2012-12: 100.0%2013-01: 100.0%2013-02: 100.0%2013-03: 100.0%2013-04: 96.0%2013-05: 99.3%2013-06: 98.9%2013-07: 98.8%2013-08: 99.3%2013-09: 100.0%2013-10: 99.3%2013-11: 98.4%2013-12: 98.5%2014-01: 98.3%2014-02: 97.7%2014-03: 98.1%2014-04: 98.2%2014-05: 98.2%2014-06: 98.1%2014-07: 97.7%2014-08: 97.1%2014-09: 96.8%2014-10: 96.2%2014-11: 93.7%2014-12: 96.5%2015-01: 95.7%2015-02: 96.1%2015-03: 95.8%2015-04: 95.9%2015-05: 96.3%2015-06: 95.8%2015-07: 95.5%2015-08: 94.4%2015-09: 96.1%2015-10: 95.1%2015-11: 94.9%2015-12: 95.8%2016-01: 94.5%2016-02: 94.8%2016-03: 95.1%2016-04: 96.0%2016-05: 94.8%2016-06: 95.8%2016-07: 95.6%2016-08: 95.0%2016-09: 93.2%2016-10: 94.7%2016-11: 98.8%2016-12: 95.0%2017-01: 94.6%2017-02: 94.6%2017-03: 93.6%2017-04: 94.6%2017-05: 95.3%2017-06: 93.9%2017-07: 94.4%2017-08: 95.1%2017-09: 94.1%2017-10: 94.2%2017-11: 97.7%2017-12: 93.0%2018-01: 93.7%2018-02: 93.6%2018-03: 94.3%2018-04: 92.1%2018-05: 92.5%2018-06: 90.6%2018-07: 94.3%2018-08: 90.8%2018-09: 92.8%2018-10: 89.8%2018-11: 93.1%2018-12: 87.3%2019-01: 90.4%2019-02: 89.1%2019-03: 87.2%2019-04: 87.6%2019-05: 91.1%2019-06: 98.1%2019-07: 97.9%2019-08: 87.6%2019-09: 91.0%2019-10: 94.7%2019-11: 97.7%2019-12: 97.3%2020-01: 97.2%2020-02: 97.5%2020-03: 95.7%2020-04: 96.0%2020-05: 94.8%2020-06: 95.9%2020-07: 95.0%2020-08: 95.9%2020-09: 96.3%2020-10: 95.1%2020-11: 97.5%2020-12: 96.1%2021-01: 95.8%2021-02: 94.8%2021-03: 95.6%2021-04: 95.2%2021-05: 94.8%2021-06: 95.2%2021-07: 95.8%2021-08: 95.7%2021-09: 95.9%2021-10: 95.3%2021-11: 95.8%2021-12: 95.1%2022-01: 95.0%2022-02: 94.7%2022-03: 92.0%2022-04: 95.7%2022-05: 96.3%2022-06: 95.3%2022-07: 96.1%2022-08: 91.1%2022-09: 95.8%2022-10: 95.4%2022-11: 95.4%2022-12: 95.1%2023-01: 96.6%2023-02: 93.5%2023-03: 93.6%2023-04: 94.7%2023-05: 95.5%2023-06: 94.1%2023-07: 96.8%2023-08: 95.3%2023-09: 95.7%2023-10: 95.5%2023-11: 94.4%2023-12: 95.8%2024-01: 93.6%2024-02: 95.8%2024-03: 93.4%2024-04: 94.0%2024-05: 95.9%2024-06: 94.0%2024-07: 92.2%2024-08: 92.4%2024-09: 94.8%2024-10: 91.2%2024-11: 86.1%2024-12: 63.6%2025-01: 64.1%2025-02: 89.0%2025-03: 94.6%2025-04: 92.9%2025-05: 92.2%2025-06: 50.9%2025-07: 83.4%2025-08: 93.3%2025-09: 94.4%2025-10: 94.7%2025-11: 92.4%2025-12: 95.8%2026-01: 93.0%2026-02: 95.1%2026-03: 92.9%2026-04: 95.2%2026-05: 94.5%2026-06: 95.4%2026-07: 95.9%2026-08: 93.8%2026-09: 94.0%2026-10: 92.8% 2010/102011/012012/012013/012014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 5 10 15 2026-09-19: +13 / −0 2026-09-20: +11 / −0 2026-09-21: +9 / −0 2026-09-22: +9 / −0 2026-09-23: +6 / −1 2026-09-24: +8 / −3 2026-09-25: +12 / −0 2026-09-26: +8 / −1 2026-09-27: +13 / −0 2026-09-28: +5 / −0 2026-09-29: +11 / −0 2026-09-30: +8 / −0 2026-10-01: +6 / −1 2026-10-02: +6 / −0 2026-10-03: +5 / −0 2026-10-04: +10 / −0 2026-10-05: +7 / −0 2026-10-06: +7 / −1 2026-10-07: +6 / −1 2026-10-08: +3 / −0 2026-10-09: +6 / −0 2026-10-10: +8 / −2 2026-10-11: +9 / −0 2026-10-12: +8 / −0 2026-10-13: +7 / −1 2026-10-14: +8 / −0 2026-10-15: +2 / −0 2026-10-16: +7 / −1 2026-10-17: +9 / −1 2026-10-18: +2 / −1 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2010-1080100.0%
2010-11480100.0%
2010-12131199.2%
2011-0122291.7%
2011-0242197.7%
2011-0329196.7%
2011-0428196.6%
2011-05190100.0%
2011-06180100.0%
2011-07154199.4%
2011-0860395.2%
2011-0993198.9%
2011-1034197.1%
2011-11340100.0%
2011-12169199.4%
2012-01580100.0%
2012-02320100.0%
2012-0366297.1%
2012-0438392.7%
2012-0560198.4%
2012-0673297.3%
2012-07637699.1%
2012-08144199.3%
2012-0985198.8%
2012-1078198.7%
2012-1189396.7%
2012-121910100.0%
2013-012230100.0%
2013-02740100.0%
2013-031720100.0%
2013-0495496.0%
2013-05139199.3%
2013-06265398.9%
2013-07641898.8%
2013-08300299.3%
2013-091440100.0%
2013-10276299.3%
2013-116951198.4%
2013-123,2534998.5%
2014-012,1743798.3%
2014-021,3173197.7%
2014-038991798.1%
2014-047631498.2%
2014-057141398.2%
2014-063,8787498.1%
2014-071,4623497.7%
2014-081,2573797.1%
2014-098472896.8%
2014-108503496.2%
2014-118525793.7%
2014-121,3945196.5%
2015-011,2445695.7%
2015-027072996.1%
2015-031,1665195.8%
2015-046963095.9%
2015-056732696.3%
2015-061,2445495.8%
2015-076393095.5%
2015-088405094.4%
2015-095472296.1%
2015-105422895.1%
2015-118344594.9%
2015-121,5416895.8%
2016-011,5529094.5%
2016-021,4628094.8%
2016-038384395.1%
2016-046502796.0%
2016-051,4678094.8%
2016-061,4006295.8%
2016-071,5297095.6%
2016-088314495.0%
2016-099787193.2%
2016-109605494.7%
2016-117,7989198.8%
2016-121,2196495.0%
2017-019865694.6%
2017-026723894.6%
2017-037034893.6%
2017-044912894.6%
2017-055112595.3%
2017-061,0266793.9%
2017-071,1777094.4%
2017-085462895.1%
2017-095073294.1%
2017-106193894.2%
2017-113,2447897.7%
2017-129016893.0%
2018-018155593.7%
2018-025683993.6%
2018-036794194.3%
2018-044674092.1%
2018-055044192.5%
2018-066176490.6%
2018-076343894.3%
2018-083663790.8%
2018-093202592.8%
2018-102893389.8%
2018-112,50018693.1%
2018-125437987.3%
2019-013944290.4%
2019-023844789.1%
2019-032593887.2%
2019-042483587.6%
2019-052362391.1%
2019-061,4842998.1%
2019-071,7863897.9%
2019-081772587.6%
2019-091611691.0%
2019-104492594.7%
2019-112,7266597.7%
2019-122,1336097.3%
2020-011,6834897.2%
2020-021,3493597.5%
2020-031,7427895.7%
2020-041,7687396.0%
2020-051,3497494.8%
2020-069524195.9%
2020-079074895.0%
2020-087673395.9%
2020-097382896.3%
2020-106753595.1%
2020-118342197.5%
2020-129063796.1%
2021-018253695.8%
2021-026613694.8%
2021-035652695.6%
2021-045782995.2%
2021-055523094.8%
2021-065172695.2%
2021-075272395.8%
2021-085832695.7%
2021-094702095.9%
2021-104432295.3%
2021-115752595.8%
2021-125482895.1%
2022-015342895.0%
2022-024442594.7%
2022-034864292.0%
2022-043981895.7%
2022-053881596.3%
2022-063641895.3%
2022-074431896.1%
2022-083603591.1%
2022-093691695.8%
2022-103741895.4%
2022-116042995.4%
2022-124652495.1%
2023-014281596.6%
2023-023602593.5%
2023-033342393.6%
2023-043051794.7%
2023-052571295.5%
2023-064492894.1%
2023-074541596.8%
2023-083221695.3%
2023-092901395.7%
2023-103421695.5%
2023-114202594.4%
2023-123651695.8%
2024-013642593.6%
2024-022721295.8%
2024-032992193.4%
2024-042641794.0%
2024-053291495.9%
2024-063432294.0%
2024-073452992.2%
2024-083673092.4%
2024-093281894.8%
2024-102902891.2%
2024-112844686.1%
2024-1239022363.6%
2025-0136520464.1%
2025-024595789.0%
2025-033862294.6%
2025-042481992.9%
2025-053172792.2%
2025-0632131050.9%
2025-073226483.4%
2025-083052293.3%
2025-092701694.4%
2025-103031794.7%
2025-113042592.4%
2025-123171495.8%
2026-012912293.0%
2026-022701495.1%
2026-034033192.9%
2026-043401795.2%
2026-053081894.5%
2026-062501295.4%
2026-072831295.9%
2026-082271593.8%
2026-092821894.0%
2026-10116992.8%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19130
2026-09-20110
2026-09-2190
2026-09-2290
2026-09-2361
2026-09-2483
2026-09-25120
2026-09-2681
2026-09-27130
2026-09-2850
2026-09-29110
2026-09-3080
2026-10-0161
2026-10-0260
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2026-10-04100
2026-10-0570
2026-10-0671
2026-10-0761
2026-10-0830
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2026-10-1371
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06 / TRUEGG INSIGHTS

Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days94.7%377
Last 180 days94.5%2,547
All time95.6%211,130
Japanese, last 180 days100.0%5
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