Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is the latest in the long-running 4X strategy franchise that first debuted in 1991 on MS-DOS. The new turn-based game from Firaxis Games and the titular, legendary designer is set to release on PC and modern consoles in on February 11th, 2025 — over eight years after the last installment.

Firaxis Games has revealed the PC system requirements for Sid Meier’s Civilization 7. As a hardcore strategy game with a lot of simulation going on, you'd be forgiven for thinking that it's going to hammer your CPU.

Firaxis Games and 2K have released the system requirements for Sid Meier's Civilization VII on Windows, but the Linux and macOS requirements will be coming later.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII, a new installment of the award-winning strategy game franchise that is said to be a revolutionary chapter of the series, bringing about key features that include three distinct ages,