Civilization V — Steam Gift

Sid Meier's Civilization V: a civilization under your command

Sid Meier's Civilization V is a turn-based 4X strategy from Firaxis Games and publisher 2K, released on September 21, 2010. You take a single people under your wing — from the first campfire by a river to launching a spaceship — and lead them across thousands of years of history. Explore the map, expand your borders, push science and culture, negotiate and wage war. Civ V is the game that taught millions the phrase “just one more turn” right up until sunrise.

Here you buy the game as a Steam gift: after payment our delivery bot sends the gift straight to your account, and Civilization V lands in your Steam library like any purchased game — with updates, cloud saves and Workshop support.

Why Civilization V still hooks players

The fifth game moved the series onto a hex grid: cities, armies and terrain sit on hexagons, making combat far more tactical. One military unit occupies one hex — no more giant “stacks of doom” on a single tile. Ranged units strike across several hexes, terrain decides the outcome of a fight, and cities fire back at pushy neighbours on their own.

• Five paths to victory: domination, science (a flight to Alpha Centauri), culture, diplomacy through the World Congress, and a score victory by the end of the era.
• City-states: small independent powers whose friendship you can buy, earn or take by force — a whole extra layer of diplomacy.
• Social policies and World Wonders: from the Great Library to the Sistine Chapel, each solves its own problem.
• AI leaders with real personality: Gandhi, Napoleon, Catherine and others all behave differently and remember what you've done.

What the base game includes

Base Civilization V is a complete, standalone game. Dozens of civilizations with their own leaders and unique units, single-player against the AI and multiplayer matches, the World Builder map editor, and Steam Workshop support with thousands of community mods and maps. You need nothing extra to start: claim the gift and play.

The Cradle of Civilization set — historical maps

A separate listing in this card is Civilization V: Cradle of Civilization - DLC Bundle. This is an add-on, not a standalone game: a set of four historical map regions where the first great civilizations rose.

• Mesopotamia — the Fertile Crescent, the Tigris, Euphrates and Nile valleys, the classic “cradle of civilization”.
• Mediterranean — the age of antiquity: Phoenicia, Greece, later Rome and Persia around the warm sea.
• Asia — the Indus valley with its Harappan culture and China's Yellow River valley on a single map.
• Americas — the stretch from Mexico down to Peru: jungles, highlands and ancient New World cultures.

The maps work for normal games and for World Builder, where you can use them to craft your own scenarios. Important: the set requires base Civilization V already installed — it won't launch on its own. If you don't own the base game on the account, grab the full game first.

How gift delivery works

The gift is sent through our bot. You provide your Steam friend invite link and your account region — then the bot adds itself, sends the gift and leaves your friends list after delivery. You don't need to accept the request manually, and Steam Guard isn't required for this. Delivery usually takes a couple of minutes from payment.

Two conditions Steam needs to accept the gift

To keep things smooth, check two things in advance:

• Region matches. Your Steam account region must match the gift region — otherwise Steam simply won't let you accept it. Pick the variant for your own region when ordering.
• You don't already own it. You can't accept a gift for a game (or DLC) already on the account. This is the number one reason gifts fail — make sure you don't already have Civilization V.

Your profile privacy settings must also allow friend requests — otherwise the bot can't reach you.

If you're just entering the Civilization series

Civ V is a great entry point: approachable, kind to newcomers and yet deep. If you want modern visuals and district building, look at Sid Meier's Civilization VI. If you love tense turn-based tactics in a different wrapper, check out XCOM 2 from the same Firaxis. And for slower, classic empire-building, you can step into Sid Meier's Civilization IV.

What you get in the end

A full copy of Civilization V on Steam (or the Cradle of Civilization map set on top of it), delivered as a gift to your account. The rest is your story: one city, one turn, one civilization you'll carry through the ages.

🎮 Sequels & parts

Nearby in the catalog: Sid Meier's Civilization VII.