Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

Experience the journey of a civilization's birth to it's rise of power. Learn new technologies, conquer your foes, meet great people, and build Wonders of the World. Play as 16 different civilizations and…

81 13 June 2008

Simulator Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Action Fantasy Historical Warfare

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution is a simulator developed by Firaxis Games, released 13 June 2008 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution is

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution is a simulator game developed by Firaxis Games and released in 2008. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It runs on Gamebryo.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution is a 4X, turn-based strategy game developed in 2008 by Firaxis Games with Sid Meier as designer. It is a spin-off of the Civilization series. The video game was released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Windows Phone, and iOS. A Wii version was originally expected but was cancelled. The absence of a PlayStation Portable version was attributed to a lack of development manpower.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Sid Meier series

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution is the 22nd of 41 entries we hold in the Sid Meier series. The next entry was Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution in 2008. Its critic score of 81 is almost exactly the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Sid Meier's Civilization IV at 95.

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How it was received

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Players rate it 75, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution launched on 13 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company and LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company, LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.

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