Civilization IV®: Warlords overview

Overview

Civilization IV®: Warlords comes from Firaxis Games and is published by 2K. It arrived on Steam on Apr 6, 2007, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Civilization IV®: Warlords's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 166 players at 5 October 2026 - 20:50:20 UTC, with a tracked peak near 335. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 90% positive across 541 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Civilization IV®: Warlords is available in 5 languages including:

7 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, usk, oflc, and nzoflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Civilization IV®: Warlords has sold up to 17,872 units and has 406 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $75,393. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Civilization IV®: Warlords overview details

Civilization IV®: Warlords combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit. Paying homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, the expansion delivers six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their new powerful "warlord" unit. Civ IV: Warlords includes new civilizations, leaders, units, and wonders that offer even more fun and exciting ways for players to expand their civilization's military power as they strive for world domination. Warlords: a new great person type called the Warlord. Vassal states: conquer an enemy and subjugate them to your rule. Game scenarios: the expansion delivers eight scenarios. New civilizations: the pack provides six new civilizations and associated unique units. Civilization leaders: 10 new leaders, including leaders for the new civilizations as well as additional leaders for existing civilizations. Leader traits: two new leader traits. New wonders: three new wonders. Unique buildings: each civilization has a new unique building as well as their unique unit. New units, resources, and improvements: many new items are presented throughout the scenarios. Core game tweaks and additions: expanded features and gameplay tweaks made to the core game. Post-release patches and game upgrades: the pack contains all of the patches and game additions (pit boss, etc.) yet released for Sid Meier's Civilization IV.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Civilization IV®: Warlords is listed as a game with $4.99. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 166 players at 5 October 2026 - 20:50:20 UTC, a tracked peak of 335, and 90% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StrategyTurn-Based4XTurn-Based StrategyHistoricalSingleplayerMultiplayerGrand StrategyLocal Multiplayer

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