Player stats, sales, and reception speculation thread

[Kwami]

You stated that Civ 6 had lower player counts than Civ 5 for 2 years after release. I have proved by looking at the historical graphs that this was NOT the case.

It absolutely was the case. There are plenty of graphs in this thread that prove it.

 

[Smegger213]

It absolutely was the case. There are plenty of graphs in this thread that prove it.

Go look at SteamDB.
Anybody can look at a yearly graph for each game, then move the year bar to the year of release.
In fact those are screenshots of those graphs that I shared above.
It shows that Civ 6 had more players on average than Civ 5 over the first couple of years after release.
Comparing the 1st 2 years of both games.
Or are you disputing SteamDB's own graphs? Surely not?

 

[Kwami]

Go look at SteamDB.
Anybody can look at a yearly graph for each game, then move the year bar to the year of release.
In fact those are screenshots of those graphs that I shared above.
It shows that Civ 6 had more players on average than Civ 5 over the first couple of years after release.
Comparing the 1st 2 years of both games.
Or are you disputing SteamDB's own graphs? Surely not?

Here you go:

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Post in thread 'Player stats, sales, and reception speculation thread'

Nov 25, 2025

I do not share the optimism of some of you display, but I'm not dismissing it either. Maybe you're right and I'm too negative.

All the work done in the last 3 months has resulted in a minor boost in reviews (good news) and short lived small boosts in player count when a new patch/content was released. But civ fans simply refuse to ditch earlier versions for Civ7, as the 3mo player count graph shows. Neither Civ5 or Civ6 have decreasing player counts in recent months. Worse, w/o promotions, Civ7 barely sells 2.7k copies a week. Far too low to keep Firaxis afloat. I know Firaxis is...

• IntelligentDisk

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And here's the graph again, just to be safe.

 

[Krikkit1]

Here you go:

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Post in thread 'Player stats, sales, and reception speculation thread'

Nov 25, 2025

I do not share the optimism of some of you display, but I'm not dismissing it either. Maybe you're right and I'm too negative.

All the work done in the last 3 months has resulted in a minor boost in reviews (good news) and short lived small boosts in player count when a new patch/content was released. But civ fans simply refuse to ditch earlier versions for Civ7, as the 3mo player count graph shows. Neither Civ5 or Civ6 have decreasing player counts in recent months. Worse, w/o promotions, Civ7 barely sells 2.7k copies a week. Far too low to keep Firaxis afloat. I know Firaxis is...

• IntelligentDisk

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And here's the graph again, just to be safe.
View attachment 749353

Go look at SteamDB.
Anybody can look at a yearly graph for each game, then move the year bar to the year of release.
In fact those are screenshots of those graphs that I shared above.
It shows that Civ 6 had more players on average than Civ 5 over the first couple of years after release.
Comparing the 1st 2 years of both games.
Or are you disputing SteamDB's own graphs? Surely not?

I think you are talking about different things

Civ 6 players during Civ 6's 1st 2wo years compared to

Civ 5 player's.....
During civ 5's first 2 years (5<6)
During Civ 6's first few years (5>6)

 

[itix]

Here you go:

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Post in thread 'Player stats, sales, and reception speculation thread'

Nov 25, 2025

I do not share the optimism of some of you display, but I'm not dismissing it either. Maybe you're right and I'm too negative.

All the work done in the last 3 months has resulted in a minor boost in reviews (good news) and short lived small boosts in player count when a new patch/content was released. But civ fans simply refuse to ditch earlier versions for Civ7, as the 3mo player count graph shows. Neither Civ5 or Civ6 have decreasing player counts in recent months. Worse, w/o promotions, Civ7 barely sells 2.7k copies a week. Far too low to keep Firaxis afloat. I know Firaxis is...

• IntelligentDisk

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And here's the graph again, just to be safe.
View attachment 749353

Is there a graph with Civ VII included?

 

[Gorbles]

Is there a graph with Civ VII included?

What would this prove, except to rehash "Civ is doing worse in numbers"?

To rephrase: what question are you looking to answer?