Become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age: Wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies
StrategyBeat the game on any difficulty setting as Washington.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Elizabeth.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Napoleon.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Bismarck.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Catherine.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Caesar.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Alexander.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Ramesses II.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Askia.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Harun al-Rashid.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Darius.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Gandhi.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Ramkhamhaeng.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Wu Zetian.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Oda.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Hiawatha.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Montezuma.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Suleiman.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting with each leader.
Beat the game on the Settler difficulty level.
Beat the game on the Chieftain difficulty level.
Beat the game on the Warlord difficulty level.
Beat the game on the Prince difficulty level.
Beat the game on the King difficulty level.
Beat the game on the Emperor difficulty level.
Beat the game on the Immortal difficulty level.
Beat the game on the Deity difficulty level.
Beat the game on a Duel Map.
Beat the game on a Tiny Map.
Beat the game on a Small Map.
Beat the game on a Standard Map.
Beat the game on a Large Map.
Beat the game on a Huge Map.
Beat the game on a Continents-type Map.
Beat the game on a Pangaea-type Map.
Beat the game on an Archipelago-type Map.
Beat the game on an Earth-type Map.
Beat the game on all standard map types and sizes.
Win any Multiplayer Match.
Reach Ally Status with a City-State.
Annex a previously puppetted City-State.
Build a Wonder.
Upgrade a Unit.
Earn a Unit Promotion.
Completely defeat another Civ and remove them from the game.
Found a second city.
Discover an ancient ruin.
Fully explore the Tech Tree.
Build all the Wonders, across any number of playthroughs.
Unlock all Social Policies, across any number of playthroughs.
Train all Units, across any number of playthroughs.
Begin a Golden Age.
Develop a city to produce more than 100 culture per turn.
Develop a city to produce more than 100 science per turn.
Develop a city to produce more than 100 gold per turn.
Purchase 1000 tiles, across any number of playthroughs.
Destroy an enemy unit in just one hit.
Embark a Unit.
Raze 100 Barbarian camps, across any number of playthroughs.
Have another Civ beat you to completing a Wonder 10 times.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting with only one city.
Win a Space Victory.
Win a Cultural Victory.
Win a Diplomatic Victory.
Win a Domination Victory.
Beat the game with all victory conditions.
Drop a Nuke on another Civ.
Play a game with a Mod.
Download a Mod.
Fully Explore the Liberty Policy Track.
Fully Explore the Piety Policy Track.
Fully Explore the Autocracy Policy Track.
Fully Explore the Order Policy Track.
Fully Explore the Tradition Policy Track.
Fully Explore the Honor Policy Track.
Fully Explore the Patronage Policy Track.
Fully Explore the Commerce Policy Track.
Fully Explore the Rationalism Policy Track.
Fully Explore the Freedom Policy Track.
Discover 100 Natural Wonders.
Build 1000 roads, across any number of playthroughs.
Build 1000 mines, across any number of playthroughs.
Trade 100 resources, across any number of playthroughs.
Be the first to explore and uncover 1000 tiles, across any number of playthroughs.
Prove that the world is round by uncovering a connected loop of tiles around the circumference of the world.
Chop down 1000 forest tiles, across any number of playthroughs.
Construct 1000 Temples, across any number of playthroughs.
Bomb an enemy city with a B-17.
Trade a luxury resource to another Civ that you earned through a city with a Bazaar.
Build a Floating Garden in a city with a lake tile in its radius.
Rush a Wonder as Egypt with a Great Engineer.
Kill a unit with a French Musketeer when two other Musketeers are providing flanking bonuses.
Build a longhouse in a city with at least 4 unchopped forests in its radius.
As Gandhi, win a cultural victory with 3 or fewer cities in your empire.
Kill an enemy unit attacking with a Japanese unit with just 1 HP remaining.
As Darius, start 5 Golden Ages in a single game.
Build a road with a Roman Legion.
As Wu Zetian, earn a Great General through battle.
As Bismarck, convert the Barbarians from 10 camps to your side.
As Suleiman, accumulate a navy with 10 Barbarian naval units.
Pillage gold from an Egyptian city with a burial tomb in it.
As Askia, conquer a city on another continent.
As Catherine, research Horseback Riding before any other Civ.
As Elizabeth, sink and destroy 357 enemy naval units, across any number of playthroughs.
As Alexander, defeat every known player by 350 BC.
Have any city ransomed by Barbarians.
Spawn over 100 Great Generals, build an army of over 100 standing units, and beat the game 100 times.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Nebuchadnezzar II.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Genghis Khan.
Beat the Mongol scenario on any difficulty.
Beat the Mongol scenario on the King or harder difficulty level.
Beat the Mongol scenario on the Emperor or harder difficulty level.
Beat the Mongol scenario on the Immortal or harder difficulty level.
Beat the Mongol scenario on the Deity difficulty level.
Run out of time to beat the Mongol scenario.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Isabella.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Pachacuti.
Win the New World Scenario as Spain.
Win the New World Scenario as France.
Win the New World Scenario as England.
Win the New World Scenario as the Incas.
Win the New World Scenario as the Aztecs.
Win the New World Scenario as the Iroquois.
Discover a route to the Orient.
Find the Fountain of Youth
Discover El Dorado
Return a Treasure to Europe.
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Kamehameha.
Win as Hiva
Win as Tahiti
Win as Samoa
Win as Tonga
Find Hawaii in a random map game
Find Easter Island in a random map game
Encounter Captain Cook
Find Australia in a South Pacific map game
Find New Zealand in a random map game
Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Harald Bluetooth
Enter a snow tile with the Norwegian ski infantry
Pillage 9 Farms on the same turn
Win as Normandy (any difficulty)
Win as Denmark (any difficulty)
Win as Norway (any difficulty)
Win as Anglo-Saxon England (any difficulty)
Build a motte and bailey improvement
Win scenario on Emperor (any civ)
Win scenario on Immortal (any civ)
Win scenario on Deity (any civ)
Win as Korea
Sink an Ironclad with a Turtle Boat
Win as Japan
Win the Korean Scenario as Korea
Win as China
Win as Manchu
Lose as Korea
Win on Emperor
Win on Immortal
Win on Deity
Win before 100 turns as any power
As Rome, conquer a city with the Statue of Zeus
Build Statue of Zeus and Temple of Artemis in the same city
Gain 1000 gold from expended Great People with the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus across any number of playthroughs
Win as Muwatallis in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Win as Alexander in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Win as Gilgamesh in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Win as Ramesses II in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Win as Darius I in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Win on Prince in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Win on King in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Win on Emperor in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Win on Immortal in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Win on Deity in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Build 3 Wonders in the same city in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Gain possession of 3 Wonders by conquering cities in a single game in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Consult the Oracle 2 times in a single game in the Wonders of the Ancient World scenario.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Maria Theresa.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Empress Theodora.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Dido.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Boudicca.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Haile Selassie.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Attila.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Pacal.
Beat the game on any difficulty as William of Orange.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Gustavus Adolphus.
Found a Pantheon.
Found a Religion.
Use a Spy to steal Technology from a competitor.
Use a Spy to successfully stage a City-State coup.
Use a Spy to gain influence with a City-State.
Find and kill an enemy Spy.
Construct the Great Firewall Wonder.
Spread your Religion to an opponent with a Missionary.
Become the dominant Religion in an opponent’s Holy City.
Become the dominant Religion in every Capital city on a standard-size or larger map.
Lose dominant status in your Holy City to an opponent’s Religion.
Win the Into the Renaissance scenario.
Win the Fall of Rome scenario.
Win the Empires of the Smoky Skies scenario.
As Russia, kill an English Spy.
Capture the city that built Petra using a Landship.
Select the Papal Primacy Belief and Ally with 12 City-States.
Capture a Spanish Coastal City with a Dutch Sea Beggar.
As Carthage, attack a Roman Unit with an African Forest Elephant from a mountain tile.
Research Satellites while playing as Attila on a huge map.
As Sweden, start a turn with your Great General stacked with a Hakkapelitta.
As Ethiopia, earn 5 Great Prophets.
As Byzantines, sink 10 Greek ships with a Dromon.
Have the city of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in your empire.
As Austria, acquire a City-State with 15 or more units through Diplomatic Marriage.
As the Maya, nuke a city in the year 2012.
Share intrigue with a player who previously shared intrigue with you.
Bully 3000 gold from City-States across any number of playthroughs.
As England, conquer Jerusalem on Emperor or above in the Into the Renaissance scenario.
As the Turks, conquer Istanbul on Deity in the Into the Renaissance scenario.
Win as the Celts on Emperor or above in the Into the Renaissance scenario.
Win as Russia on Emperor or above in the Into the Renaissance scenario.
Win as the Almohads on Emperor or above in the Into the Renaissance scenario.
Retain control of the same honourable title for the entire length of the game it is available in the Empires of the Smoky Skies scenario.
Share intrigue with another player in the Empires of the Smoky Skies scenario.
Destroy an enemy unit with a Flyer based at a Sky Fortress in the Empires of the Smoky Skies scenario.
Capture Constantinople as any enemy power in the Fall of Rome scenario.
Capture both Rome and Constantinople in the same game in the Fall of Rome scenario.
Win the game as Eastern or Western Rome on Deity and have all your original cities under your control in the Fall of Rome scenario.
Capture any Sassanid city as the Celts in the Fall of Rome scenario.
Capture Rome as the Vandals using a boat in the Fall of Rome scenario.
As Spain, use an Inquisitor to remove another Religion.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Ashurbanipal.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Pedro II.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Gajah Mada.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Ahmad Al ’Mansur.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Casimir.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Maria I.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Pocatello.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Enrico Dandolo.
Beat the game on any difficulty as Shaka.
Win a Space Victory using the Freedom Ideology.
Win a Space Victory using the Order Ideology.
Win a Cultural Victory using the Freedom Ideology.
Win a Cultural Victory using the Order Ideology.
Win a Cultural Victory using the Autocracy Ideology.
Win a Diplomatic Victory using the Freedom Ideology.
Win a Diplomatic Victory using the Autocracy Ideology.
Win a Conquest Victory using the Order Ideology.
Win a Conquest Victory using the Autocracy Ideology.
As Assyria, use a Royal Library filled with a Great Work to train a unit that begins with a promotion.
As Brazil, win a Diplomatic Victory.
As Indonesia, capture an enemy capital with a Kris Swordsman with the Enemy Blade promotion.
As Morocco, airlift a civilian unit from Casablanca to Portugal's original capital.
As Poland, win a Space Victory.
As Portugal, construct a Feitoria in a City-State that is allied to another civilization.
As the Shoshone, discover 5 ancient ruins with the same Shoshone Pathfinder.
As Venice, capture the Holy City of the religion that the city of Venice follows.
As Zulu, have an Impi earn all of the special promotions.
Plunder a Caravan Trade Route.
Connect to the Arabs, China, India, the Mongols, and Persia at the same time using Caravans.
Have a city with the Colossus, Petra, a Caravansary, and a Harbor.
Complete a Wonder in a city with three Trade Routes supplying production to it.
Generate 200 gold per turn via Trade Routes.
Have your American Archaeologist extract an Artifact from Egypt with a German Archaeologist within 2 tiles.
Extract 5 Artifacts from the territory of another major civilization.
Have Artifacts from 10 different City-States in the Museums and Wonders in your civilization.
Perform a Concert Tour with an English Great Musician in American territory.
Perform a Concert Tour with a Great Musician on a Moroccan Kasbah improvement.
Adopt the Freedom Ideology and fill 10 Broadcast Towers with Great Works.
Force an AI player with the Order Ideology to switch to Freedom.
Playing as France, get the Louvre to the maximum theming bonus of 16.
Found the World Congress and remain its host for the entire game.
Propose to repeal an active Resolution which you had originally proposed to enact.
Win a Diplomatic Victory without ever being the host of the World Congress.
Complete all International Projects in a single game as the highest contributor.
Reach a Happiness level of over 100 for your civ.
Have your XCOM Squad go from 100 health to 0 in a single AI turn.
Fully explore the Exploration Policy track.
Fully explore the Aesthetics Policy track.
Win the Scramble for Africa scenario as any civ on any difficulty.
Win the Scramble for Africa playing as the Boers on Deity.
Win the Scramble for Africa playing as the Ottomans on Deity.
Playing as Belgium, move your Stanley Explorer to within a tile of England’s Livingstone Explorer.
Playing as England in Scramble for Africa, complete a railroad from Cairo to Capetown.
In Scramble for Africa, marry Sokoto or Bornu.
Playing as Italy in Scramble for Africa, earn the VP for finding two Natural Wonders.
Win the Civil War scenario playing as the Union.
Win the Civil War scenario playing as the Confederates.
Win the Civil War scenario on Deity.
Capture Gettysburg with a Confederate Infantry unit possessing the George Pickett promotion.
As Union, control Winchester, Front Royal, Harrisonburg, Staunton, and Lynchburg.