Best Civ, a timeless classic
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“A timeless classic. Perhaps the pinnacle of strategy games.”
Steam review · 466.2 h played ↗
Civilization IV®: Warlords
Worth buying? What 169 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 169 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Firaxis Games20074X · Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy
$4.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A beloved, replayable Civ IV expansion adding generals, vassals, civs and scenarios. Skip it if you can get Beyond the Sword, or if late-game memory crashes on Windows 10/11 would bother you.
Great for
Civ veterans who love classic turn-based 4X and want generals, vassals and extra scenarios
Main risk
Content is mostly included in Beyond the Sword, and late-game memory crashes on modern Windows
What players love
Addictive and highly replayable
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“This game just never gets old for me. I have over 28k hours played and it's still my favorite game.”
Steam review · 28751.1 h played ↗
New civs, leaders, units, vassals and generals
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The Great Generals feature is a new and interesting "hero mechanic" to the series, that adds a bit of flavor to the game.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Fun scenarios and moddability
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“brings many new scenarios (Alexander the great and the Peloponnisan Wars being my favorites)”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗
Runs on almost anything, easy to pick up
Mentioned in ~1 in 18 positive reviews
“A great way to lose time. seems to run on anything”
Steam review · 195.8 h played ↗
Very cheap for the content
Mentioned in ~1 in 24 positive reviews
“Warlords adds a few nice gimmicks to an already great base game, and is worth the purchase, especially at the very low price point it's offered.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Redundant with Beyond the Sword
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Civ4: Beyond the Sword has everything his has and more. Get that instead.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Crashes and memory errors in late game
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“This game will crash to desktop (CTD) once your game file gets around 2GB.”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗
Dated graphics, UI and design
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“So old and out of date... graphics are poor and used to love this game, but now... not at all”
Steam review · 15.8 h played ↗
Cheating AI and unfair combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“If it wasn't for the fact that the AI blatantly cheats, I would recommend this game.”
Steam review · 22 h played ↗
Slow and tedious late game
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Too boring and tedious. Don't have hours to sink on a single round.”
Steam review · 20.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable3.5 GB
Minimum
OSMac OS X 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6
ProcessorPowerPC G5 or Intel
Memory1GB or higher
Graphics(ATI): Radeon 9600 Video Card (NVidia): GeForce FX 5200
Storage3.5 GB free disk space
OSMac OS X 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6
ProcessorPowerPC G5 or Intel
Memory1GB or higher
Graphics(ATI): Radeon 9600 Video Card (NVidia): GeForce FX 5200
Storage3.5 GB free disk space
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