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Sid Meier's Civilization® VI

Build. Conquer. Inspire.

Ratings

Age

13+

Category

Strategy

Languages

English

Originally created by legendary game designer Sid Meier, Civilization VI is a turn-based strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time. Become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Explore new lands, research technology, conquer your enemies, and go head-to-head with history’s most renowned leaders. Cities now physically expand across the map, creating new strategic layers, while active research in technology and culture unlocks new ways to play.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

94/100

Civilization VI on iOS is nothing short of a technical marvel. This isn't a 'lite' version or a mobile spin-off; it is the full, deep, and complex strategy experience that redefined the 4X genre. Bringing the 'unstacked cities' and the 'districts' system to a touchscreen works surprisingly well, with intuitive gestures for unit movement and menu navigation.

The beauty of Civ VI lies in its replayability. Every game is a fresh puzzle where the geography of your starting location dictates your entire national identity. Whether you are pursuing a scientific victory with Korea or a cultural dominance with Greece, the 'one more turn' syndrome is just as potent on an iPad as it is on a PC. While it demands a powerful device to run smoothly in the late game, it remains the gold standard for mobile strategy.

Dinsun reviewed on: Wed Feb 25 2026

Features

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Full PC game experience on mobile

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Dynamic Diplomacy and evolving world congress

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Expansive empires with physical city growth

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Active research boosts through 'Eureka' moments

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Cross-platform cloud saves with PC and consoles

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Includes all Rise and Fall & Gathering Storm expansions via IAP

Featured In

The Man Who Moved the World
The Man Who Moved the World
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Q&A

Yes, the download is free and allows you to play the first 60 turns. A one-time purchase is required to unlock the full game.

Ratings & Reviews

Fun but buggy
Sun Sep 15 2024 B4dmonkey

I never played civ 6 on pc but playing mobile i see the appeal. I played on game on the smallest map and easiest difficulty just to get a hang of the game and it worked fine. I decided to up the difficulty and size of the map and the game is unplayable. Early into the game it glitches with the ui breaking and im un abble to make any move. Even reset the game and loading it to the previous save point the in progress game doesnt work. Its unfortunate because i wanted to get the expansion pack to get the full experience but i will avoid that now. I hope that the developers can improve this or with the release of civ7 it will be optimized for mobile devices. Some other improvements can be made about ux for mobile. The help guide is not easy to navigate. There are also times when i accidentally move a unit and there no way to undo the move before the game automatically goes to the next turn. There might be a setting i change but the point is that on mobile where my unit is and where i need to navigate on the map may not be in the viewport. This design constraint should be considered

Amazing! But Limited.
Sun Apr 06 2025 BunnyStomper

I’ve played civ since civ 3. I am very pleased that they managed to get this on a mobile platform. I’ve come to one rather significant issue though, game save corruption. Maybe playing on a large map is the issue? Idk. I use an iPhone 13 Pro Max, it handles the game fine once I’m able to load into the game save. Recently though, my game saves are no longer loading because of an error: “Save version is incompatible.” I get the same error on the auto saves as well for that save. I can load an older one, just many moves behind. That isn’t the end of the world aside from 10 moves taking about 1.5-2hrs to finish. I play on deity large map with 4 other AI with domination victory only and no mods aside from what comes with the base game. I can only imagine trying to run mods for this game on mobile smh. So this is quite frustrating of course, but for $10 it isn’t terrible. Personally I won’t buy any additional content as it seems clear to me at least that the mobile version just isn’t at a point to run that much without even more issues. Keep your worlds large maybe even standard or smaller and things will be smoother? If you enjoy the civ franchise and would like to play on the go, this is worth it. Just don’t expect the PC experience with massive maps and lots of civs and mods in one game save haha. And remember, you are just one move away from many more moves to come. So try it out! Cheers

I love this game again with new update!
Fri May 03 2024 Zusu15

UPDATE: Aspyr released an update, and the game is working again! Yay! Thank you!!! Now I can give the review I really wanted to give, which is: this is a great strategy game. I’ve been a Civilization fan since Civ IV, and I think Civ VI does a great job of being both accessible and complex. The iOS port is very successful—truly just as good as playing it on desktop. I have spent way too many hours playing this game, but I do not regret it! Thank you, devs, for letting me play again! I LOVE this game! I play it all the time. It’s great. BUT! I just updated my iPad to iOS 17.4.1, and now the game cannot launch at all! I just get an “Abnormal exit” notification and the game gets stuck on the launch screen. I did some research, and people have been having this bug for months! Aspyr finally acknowledged the issue about a month ago, but they say there is no ETA on when it will be resolved. As a person who spent a decent amount of money on this game and is a devoted Civ fan, it feels crappy that they don’t seem to treat fixing this issue as a priority. I’d love to give the game the 5 star review it deserves, but until this issue is resolved, I can’t!

Revised review - great game, very buggy
Wed Oct 02 2024 HemiML

Big price tag. Very buggy on mobile. I own all expansions on PC. I own most of them on mobile. If you want the game plus expansions on mobile, you have to pay hundreds of dollars all over again. No problem, but, if the devs are going to charge this much, then I expect semi-premium quality. Among many small things, for example, on the mobile version only, (a big thing) Barbarian Clans Mode DOES NOT WORK—the clans fail to ever earn any points towards becoming city states, despite me spending thousands of gold on them. I am an ultra-experienced player on both PC and mobile. I realize there is little chance of the bugs being addressed at this point, but… buyer beware!

Great Port but Ridiculous Pricing
Sat Sep 07 2024 EuripidesMac

I think I paid $4.99 for the vanilla version. It is worth every single penny on my iPad Air 2. Random crashes are the only pain point. Years later, on iPhone 15 it’s miserable. I can’t purchase units with faith can’t purchase with gold. Maybe there’s a way but it is not logical in the interface and my poor brain can’t figure it out. I’ve been playing the game for years on PC and the iPad. I had previously purchased it on PC with ALL DLC under multiple steam accounts and even bought the same for a friend, so family and friends could play multiplayer or solo. Very reasonable pricing when on sale…sometimes ridiculously good. I am not rich at all, but its been affordable. I have not and will not spend another penny here for iOS. The price is always so unaffordable, ridiculous, even after all these years. Uninstalling from iPhone 15 in 2024. Can’t play the game it’s meant to be played along with imo ridiculous pricing vs what’s available on pc or mac.

Took a great game and introduced lots of bugs
Mon Jul 22 2024 That 1 Gamer

Clearly a company other than Fraxis put out this super buggy version of civilization. I have played 5 different versions of this game and never seen one with so many bugs. It throws down new desired improvements randomly without asking consent on location, usually placing them on a natural resource and almost always in an inconvenient place. When you can eschew this behavior, you must tap your desired location 30 times to get the game to plant the improvement. The tutorial interrupts production of recommended items to begin a litany of new products without allowing completion nearly finished higher priority item. If you make a cue, the game will freeze and cease to progress. No other version of Civ is so problematic. Save your money and buy a different version of the game.

Not good
Sun Jun 15 2025 Shizz01

I had Civ 1 during launch and that was ages ago , it was decent . Civ 2 I also had during launch . It was better in every way . It had some annoying time consuming applications and auto unit shifting which takes the camera to the unit which could be across the map when your trying to prioritize a current unit , yet Civ 2 is the standard in gameplay . The ai is stupid but the game is overall fun. I tried this game and it’s just too complex which takes the fun away . War is too costly and is expensive too expensive and takes too long and is too hard. The villagers are to over powerful . It just wasn’t a fun game . I had it and hadn’t played it in years yet I still play the simpler Civ 2 weekly currently.

Do not purchase for “Play By Cloud”
Fri Jan 03 2025 Random1749

Edited: It has only gotten worse. It will often make you redo turns several times. Completely unplayable. This is the third platform I have purchased this game on, and while the controls are a little difficult to adjust to, the gameplay is the same. My main purpose for the iOS purchase was to play with others remotely. However, the remote games are slow to load (several minutes per turn), often force you to kill the app to log back into your 2k account (at least daily), and cannot notify you when it is your turn. Even when two people are playing synchronously, there is a 1-5 minute delay where you have to stare at the character loading screen between each turn. All of that delay really makes it difficult to play and kills the joy of multiplayer Civ.

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