Sid Meier's Civilization VII Standard Edition

Sid Meier's Civilization VII is the biggest structural change the series has made in years. Instead of one civilisation from 4000 BC to the space age, a game is split into three Ages — Antiquity, Exploration and Modern — and you pick a new civilisation at each transition while your leader carries through. The rest is recognisable: found cities, work tiles, research technologies and civics, fight or trade with neighbours, and win by science, culture, economy or military. Towns now grow into cities rather than starting as them, and districts build across adjacent tiles automatically. Crises at the end of each Age force you to adapt rather than coast on a lead. Single-player against AI or online multiplayer, with cross-platform play across PC and consoles. The Standard Edition is the complete base game: all three Ages with their civilisation and leader rosters, the full technology and civics trees, every victory path, the crisis system at each Age transition, and cross-platform multiplayer. Later leader and civilisation packs are sold separately at this tier.