Can I Run Civilization VII?
Firaxis Games released Civilization VII in 2025. It is a simulation strategy game, published by 2K. The game supports a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Completionists have 37 achievements to work through. Critics scored it 79 on Metacritic. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Its Steam review count passes 43 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. 12 languages are covered by the store listing. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-4690 / Intel i3-10100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 1050 / AMD RX 460 / Intel Arc A380 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Win 10 64 Bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 2060 / AMD RX 6600 / Intel Arc A750 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Win 10 64 Bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a historical setting. Play is structured around a map at national or global scale. The publisher supplies 8 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Civilization VII is demanding
The ask Civilization VII makes is moderate. NVIDIA RTX 2060 / AMD RX 6600 / Intel Arc A750 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Civilization VII scales hard with the hardware you give it. Civilization VII calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Civilization VII needs 64 bit Windows. The install is small at roughly 20 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Civilization VII?
Civilization VII is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GTX 1050 / AMD RX 460 / Intel Arc A380, 8 GB RAM, about 20 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Civilization VII's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Civilization VII?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5-4690 / Intel i3-10100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200; GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1050 / AMD RX 460 / Intel Arc A380; 8 GB RAM; OS: Win 10 64 Bit.
How much storage does Civilization VII need?
Civilization VII needs about 20 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Civilization VII?
The RTX 3060 runs Civilization VII comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Civilization VII?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Civilization VII is the GPU.