Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
A Game by 2K Games
Supported Platforms
Description
Sid Meier’s Civilization Beyond Earth is a 4X strategy game, the follower of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. You need to develop a new civilization from a colony that arrives on another planet. You can choose a nation from 8 available expeditions, a settlers’ class and some other parameters that give you start bonuses and define the path your colony will follow. The goal of the game is to dominate the world.
Like in the previous games of the series, Beyond Earth features resource mining and management, technology development, trading and diplomacy. However, ways to the victory differ from classic Civilization ones. Here they depend on the resource type you focus on. As a result, you can rather co-exist with the planet, become the technological leader, make this new planet more Earth-like by changing its landscape or establish contact with aliens.
Additionally to general civilization development Beyond earth often gives you tasks to progress through the game. A huge part of the game is dedicated to exploration and interaction with aliens who protect their homeland from invaders.
System Requirements
For PC
OS: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB ATI HD3650 or better, 256 MB nVidia 8800 GT or better, or Intel HD 3000 or better integrated graphics DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c‐compatible sound card Additional Notes: Other Requirements: Initial installation requires one-time Internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Microsoft Visual C++2012 Runtime Libraries and Microsoft DirectX.
OS: Windows® Vista SP2 / Windows® 7 Processor: 1.8 GHz Quad Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: AMD HD5000 series or better (or ATI R9 series for Mantle support), nVidia GT400 series or better, or Intel IvyBridge or better integrated graphics DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c‐compatible sound card Additional Notes: DirectX: DirectX version 11, or Mantle (with supported video card)
For macOS
OS: 10.9.5 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite) Processor: Intel Core i3 (2.2 ghz) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: ATI Radeon 4850 / nVidia 640M /Intel HD 4000 Storage: 8 GB available space Additional Notes: NOTICE: It is possible for Mac and PC to become out of sync during updates or patches. Within this short time period, Mac users will only be able to play other Mac users. NOTICE: The following video chipsets are unsupported for Civilization: Beyond Earth (Mac) • ATI Radeon X1000 series, HD 2400, 2600, 3870, 4670, 6490, 6630 • NVIDIA GeForce 7000 series, 8600, 8800, 9400, 9600, 320, 330, GT 120 • Intel GMA series, HD 3000
For Linux
OS: SteamOS, Ubuntu 14.04 Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD A10 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 260 Storage: 8 GB available space Additional Notes: Don't meet the above requirements? That doesn't mean your configuration wont run Civilization: Beyond Earth. Visit the Beyond Earth community page to share your experience with other Linux players and learn about how to send bugs to Aspyr. Your feedback will help us improve Civilization: Beyond Earth Linux and future AAA Linux releases!