The Epic Games Store is giving away Sid Meier’s Civilization 6 Platinum Edition away for free on PC for an entire week starting today.
The latest addition to the Fortnite maker’s free game offerings is no doubt one of the biggest deals of 2025, giving players a chance to pick up 2K and Firaxis Games’ 2016 strategy title at no extra cost from July 17 – 24. It’s an $80 value that nets players the base experience along with a whopping six DLC packs and two premium expansions, all free to own even after the offer expires. You can click here to claim the offer for yourself.
Everything Included in Sid Meier’s Civilization 6 Platinum Edition
- Sid Meier’s Civilization 6
- Civilization VI: Rise and Fall expansion
- Civilization VI: Gathering Storm expansion
- Civilization VI – Vikings Scenario Pack
- Civilization VI – Poland Civilization & Scenario Pack
- Civilization VI – Australia Civilization & Scenario Pack
- Civilization VI – Persia and Macedon Civilization & Scenario Pack
- Civilization VI – Nubia Civilization & Scenario Pack
- Civilization VI – Khmer and Indonesia Civilization & Scenario Pack
Firaxis launched Civilization 6 nearly 10 years ago, with the historically based 4X strategy game now available to play across PC, mobile devices, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It’s an experience we gave a 9.4/10 in our review upon its release, saying at the time that it was “fully loaded with features and makes some very smart changes to its winning 4X strategy formula.”
The project was the primary way for fans to enjoy the Civilization franchise all the way up to February of this year, which saw Firaxis release its long-awaited follow-up, Sid Meier’s Civilization 7. Although the 2025 iteration adds new features, updated visuals, and more tools from across history to play with, it’s still got a few scratches to buff out. We gave it a 7/10, and in May, Take-Two addressed its “Mixed” Steam reviews (which have now dropped to the “Mostly Negative” for recent reviews), promising that Firaxis’ work will result in a better game in the future.
Civilization 6, meanwhile, remains a complete experience, boasting “Very Positive” overall Steam reviews and a 4.7/5 stars from players on the Epic Games Store. If you play your PC games through the latter – or even if you don’t – there’s no reason not to pick up the Platinum Edition for free now that the deal is live.
While you wait for Civilization 6 to download, you can read up on how the first human Neuralink patient and how he used the experimental technology to stay up playing Firaxis’ 2016 video game. You can also check out its Android update trailer, which premiered just last month.
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