SimulationStrategy
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 28% of owners
Steam reviews 47% positive of 62,749
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (87%); after 20h it's almost 1 in 2 (45%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 100% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 28% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 63,115 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 287 reviews: 39.2h for positive, 27.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (28% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (47)
story milestone ending side
- One Hit Wonder. Complete 3 Major Cultural Triumphs in a single Antiquity Age. 100%
- Trade Secret. Complete 3 Major Economic Triumphs in a single Antiquity Age. 93%
- Book Smart. Complete 3 Major Scientific Triumphs in a single Antiquity Age. 91%
- Pax a Wallop. Complete 3 Major Military Triumphs in a single Antiquity Age. 82%
- Velvet Glove. Complete 3 Major Diplomatic Triumphs in a single Exploration Age. 76%
- Beyond the Horizon. Complete 3 Major Expansionist Triumphs in a single Exploration Age. 76%
- Science in the Suburbs. Complete 3 Major Scientific Triumphs in a single Exploration Age. 75%
- Relic Hunter. Complete 3 Major Cultural Triumphs in a single Exploration Age. 74%
- Coin Toss. Complete 3 Major Economic Triumphs in a single Exploration Age. 62%
- Settled the Score. Complete 3 Major Military Triumphs in a single Exploration Age. 58%
- Paint the Map. Complete 3 Major Expansionist Triumphs in a single Antiquity Age. 55%
- Talk of the Towns. Complete 3 Major Diplomatic Triumphs in a single Antiquity Age. 48%
- Proverbial Wisdom. Win the modern age as Confucius. 36%
- Postmaster and Commander. Win the modern age as Ben Franklin. 30%
- Roman of the Hour. Win the modern age as Augustus. 30%
- Inquisitor Queen Win the modern age as Isabella. 26%
- Sailed the Seven Xerxes. Win the modern age as Xerxes, King of kings. 23%
- Suted for Battle. Win the modern age as Hatshepsut. 21%
- Radiance of the Sun. Win the modern age as Himiko, Queen of Wa. 20%
- Lived up to the Name. Win the modern age as Catherine the Great. 19%
- Son of a Duck. Win the modern age as Ibn Battuta. 17%
- Magne Squeeze. Win the modern age as Charlemagne. 16%
- Playing God. Win a game on Deity difficulty. 16%
- Eat, Inca, and be Merry. Win the modern age as Pachacuti. 15%
- Woman-o-war. Win the modern age as Amina. 15%
- Budding Buddhist. Win the modern age as Ashoka, World Renouncer. 15%
- On the Fritz. Win the modern age as Friedrich, Oblique. 15%
- Sisters Before Misters. Win the modern age as Trung Trac. 13%
- Can't Touch This. Win the modern age as Jose Rizal. 13%
- Hit Mach 10. Win the modern age as Machiavelli. 12%
- Ground Breaker/Freedom Fighter. Win the modern age as Harriet Tubman. 12%
- Shawnee Deep in Victory. Win the modern age as Tecumseh. 11%
- Had the last Lafayette. Win the modern age as Lafayette. 11%
- Xerxing Red. Win the modern age as Xerxes, the Achaemenid. 11%
- Deep Friedrich. Win the modern age as Friedrich, Baroque. 6.1%
- Enlightened Rule. Win the modern age as Himiko, High Shaman. 5.7%
- Sorry Not Sorrow. Win the modern age as Ashoka, World Conqueror. 5.4%
- Founding Father Win the modern age as George Washington. 1.4%
- Ada Girl! Win the modern age as Ada Lovelace. 1.1%
- Elizabest Win the modern age as Elizabeth. 1.1%
- Simón Says Win the modern age as Simón Bolívar. 0.4%
- Universal Ruler Win the modern age as Genghis Khan. 0.4%
- Lakshmi-Bye, Losers Win the modern age as Lakshmibai. 0.4%
- Teach 'em a Lesson Win the modern age as Edward Teach. 0.4%
- Sayyida al Hero Win the modern age as Sayyida al Hurra. 0.4%
- Not Toying Around Win the modern age as Toyotomi Hideyoshi. 0.4%
- Turtle Power Win the modern age as Yi Sun-sin. 0.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.