Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

DEV: Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)PUB: 2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)AppID 65980

Is Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

67.0
Mixed

Elixir Rating

60.6% of 23,178 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 60. Nothing we would call a substantial update has landed in six months, but the developers were last heard 8 days ago — adding 7.0.

reception 60·support +7.0·Mixed

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$39.99

Development

Insufficient evidence

Last heard from developers

8 days ago

Historical posting rhythm

not yet established

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

cannot be judged

Our news coverage needs a fresh check; missing posts are not evidence that development has stopped.

Last successful news check: Oct 7, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC. This is when we checked Steam, separate from when the developer last posted. A fresh check is needed before judging current activity.

We hold a thin slice of this game's announcement history, so its normal rhythm can't be established. That is a limit of our record, not evidence about the game.

Two years of development

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3 announcements · 0 substantial · 21 months with nothing

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Community AnnouncementsMay 11, 2016
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The Wonder War and Chungsu's New Colors: Changes to Beyond Earth - Rising Tide

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Community AnnouncementsNov 30, 2015
The Wonder War and Chungsu's New Colors: Changes to Beyond Earth - Rising Tide

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Community AnnouncementsOct 29, 2015
Spoils of War and Black Market now live in ‪Rising Tide‬

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Community AnnouncementsOct 29, 2015
Spoils of War and Black Market now live in ‪Rising Tide‬

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Civilization: Beyond Earth Rising Tide review

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Community AnnouncementsAug 13, 2015
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