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Civilization 7 offers multiple playable civilizations at launch. Get to know each one of them to pick only your most favorite one.
With all the playable civilizations in Civilization 7, the game outdid itself in terms of providing variations. Players get to pick their Leaders and the Civilization in each age. There are three ages to play through: the Antiquity Age, the Exploration Age, and the Modern Age.
What’s best about this feature is that everybody can mix and match their leaders and civilizations. While using historically accurate leaders in particular civilizations will give you a natural synergy, you shouldn’t restrict yourself from finding better combinations that could work.
Each civilization, no matter the age, will have certain attributes whether it is diplomatic, scientific, etc. These are not unique but are rather repeated in a different combination in each civilization. So, depending on your playstyle and goal of fulfilling a victory condition, you can choose what to pick.
All Civilizations in Civilization 7
The Antiquity Age
The game offers 10 civilizations to choose from in this age. These are marked with their different attributes and backstories that we will briefly share with you. The civilizations in this age are as follows:
- Aksum: A Unique Ability this civilization has is increased Gold on resources thanks to the Kingdom of Natural Wealth. Its Attributes are Cultural and Economic.
- Egypt: Increased Production on Navigable Rivers is a Unique Ability for this Civilization called the Gifts of Osiris while the Attributes are Cultural and Economic.
- Greece: Unique Ability “Demokratia” increases Influence per turn on the Palace. The attributes here are Cultural and Diplomatic.
- Han China: The Unique Ability in this civilization is called Nine Provinces and it grants additional Population to the Capital and new Towns with their first growth event. The Attributes here are Diplomatic and Scientific.
- Khmer: Unique Ability called Ksekam Chamnon prevents the removal of natural yield for Urban Districts on Rivers. The Attributes here are Expansionist and Scientific.
- Maurya India: Unlocking Mysticism grants the allowance to choose an additional Pantheon thanks to the Dhamma Lipi Unique Ability. Comes with Militaristic and Scientific Attributes.
- Maya: The Unique Ability “Skies of Itzamna” lets the Palace gain Science for adjacent Vegetated tiles. Players will find Diplomatic and Scientific Attributes here.
- Mississippian: All buildings receive a Food Adjacency for Resources, thanks to the Goose Societies Unique Ability. Economic and Expansionist Attributes can be found.
- Persia: The Hamaran Council Unique Ability will increase Combat Strength of Infantry Units when attacking. Also comes with Economic and Militaristic Attributes.
- Rome: A Unique Ability called “Twelve Tables” adds Culture on Districts in the Capital and City Centers in Towns. This civilization also has Cultural and Millitaristic Attributes.
The Exploration Age
There are a total of 11 civilizations in this age. As usual, each one has a Unique Ability and two common Attributes to offer. Following is a list of all civilizations you will find in Civ 7:
- Chola India: The Unique Ability Samayam will give an additional Trade Route from Trade Agreements. Players will also get access to Attributes like Economic and Diplomatic.
- Abbasid: “Medina” Unique Ability gives Gold for each Rural Population of the City when you create a Specialist. Expect to find Scientific and Cultural Attributes.
- Hawai’i: The Unique Ability called Moananuiakea increases happiness on Fishing Boats and gains Culture each time a Settlement expands to a Marine tile. Attributes are Cultural and Expansionist.
- Inca: Thanks to the Unique Ability called Apus, players will get additional Food and Production on Mountains and Mountain Tiles can be worked. Attributes are Expansionist and Economic.
- Majapahit: The Unique Ability Negara will increase Specialist Limit in all cities except the Capital. Attributes include Economic and Cultural.
- Ming China: “Great Canon of Yongle” Unique Ability increases Science in the Capital. Receive reduced Science per turn for each Social Policy slotted. The Attributes are Economic and Scientific.
- Mongolia: When you capture an opposing Settlement, you will gain the strongest Cavalry Unit you can currently train but also receive reduced Production towards Settlers because of the Bokh Unique Ability. Attributes include Expansionist and Militaristic.
- Norman: The Normannitas Unique Ability will increase Movement for Land Units when Embarked and if those units are adjacent to Coast, they will receive increased Combat Strength. The Attributes are Diplomatic and Militaristic.
- Shawnee: Settlements built adjacent to Navigable Rivers gain increased Food on River tiles, but Cities not built adjacent to Navigable Rivers receive less food according to the Nepekifaki Unique Ability. The Attributes include Economic and Diplomatic.
- Songhai: The Unique Ability “Tarikh al-Sudan” will increase Resource Capacity in Cities on Navigable Rivers and your Trade Ships can’t be Plundered on Navigable Rivers. Comes with Economic and Militaristic Attributes.
- Spain: Enjoy an increased Gold efficiency towards converting a Town to a City thanks to Siglo de Oro Unique Ability. This will increase further in Distant Lands. Players will get access to Militaristic and Expansionist Attributes.
The Modern Age
This age returns to the total count of 10 civilizations to choose from. This is the last age. As usual, there is one Unique Ability for each civilization, and they also come intact with two Attributes. Following are the civilizations to choose from:
- America: Gain Gold every time you Improve a Resource, thanks to the Frontier Expansion Unique Ability. Attributes like Economic and Expansionist come intact.
- Buganda: Pillaging Buildings or Improvements will give additional Culture equal to the Yield or Healing gained. Land Units get no combat penalties when they attack from Embarkation, but it costs movement to Embark or Disembark. All of this is a part of the River Raids Unique Ability. Players will also get access to the Cultural and Expansionist Attributes.
- French Empire: You can select the Celebration effects of any Government in the Modern Age because of the “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite” Unique Ability. It also comes with the Militaristic and Diplomatic Attributes.
- Meiji Japan: Overbuilding a Building will grant you Science equal to a set percentage of the new Building’s Production cost, thanks to the Goisshin Unique Ability. The Attributes here will be Militaristic and Scientific.
- Mexico: The Revolucion Unique Ability is a unique Government type that has one Celebration effect that grants a large Culture boost for a set number of turns. However, you can’t change to any other Government type. This comes with the Cultural and Diplomatic Attributes.
- Mughal India: The Paradise of Nations increases Gold from all sources while decreasing all other Yields. Economic and Expansionist Attributes come with the civilization.
- Prussia: Units will receive increased Combat Strength for every Unfriendly or worse Relationship with other civilizations as part of the Blood and Iron Unique Ability. Militaristic and Diplomatic Attributes will come intact.
- Qing China: The Kang Qian Shengshi Unique Ability will increase Gold, Culture, and Influence from Imported Resources, but decrease Science from Imported Resources. Players will also get Economic and Expansionist Attributes.
- Russia: This civilization will get increased Culture on Urban Districts in Cities and increased Science on Urban Districts in Cities on Tundra tiles as part of the Prosveshchenie Unique Ability. Cultural and Scientific Attributes will also come intact.
- Siam: Grants a Diplomatic Action to immediately become Suzerain of a City-State at a higher Diplomacy Cost than Befriending Independents because of the Itsaraphab Unique Ability. Players will also get Cultural and Diplomatic Attributes.
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