Yes, worth buying.
At $4.99. It has been as low as $0.99.
- Graphics: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Multiplayer: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 8k player reviews · updated 5 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The maps are beautiful and the map generation is some of the best in the series. graphics for me are a strong suite in this game.
I only recommend picking this up if you have a personal connection to it, or if you are entirely out of gameplay from modern titles.
multiplayer with too many people runs well but you may get save issues.
Graphically, Civ III hasn’t aged as well as its successors, but its clean, colorful aesthetic and intuitive interface remain functional and even charming in a retro sense.
. the sound track :pray: fun fact it was composed by only two people.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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