Developer Firaxis has recently announced a Virtual Reality version of Civilization 7, the long awaited installment from the legendary Strategy game series. The “virtual and mixed reality” version of the game will be available in spring 2025 for the Quest 3 and 3S platform, but no price or specific release date has been announced as of yet.
The VR port of Civilization 7 is developed by PlaySide Studios, who have worked on several past VR titles such as The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners and Meta Horizon Worlds. You can watch the announcement trailer right here.
The VR version of Civilization 7 will add whole new interactive layers of immersion into the strategy title, making the gameplay a lot more richer and dynamic. And here are some of the ways it’ll affect your in-game experience, straight from the developers’ Blog Post on Meta:
“Civilization VII – VR leverages the classic, top-down view of Civ, putting you at the Command Table, a board game-like construction where the world is laid out before you and has come to life. You’ll be able to peer down from high above the Command Table to strategize your moves or lean all the way in to appreciate the finer details of your scouts, cities, armies, and Wonders. Watch your empire grow from your own museum looking out onto a vista personalized to your leader, or toggle to mixed reality at any time and the Command Table will adapt to its placement in your physical space.”
The VR version will add a unique twist to the game’s existing single-player mode as well:
“Civilization VII – VR supports a single-player mode, as well as both co-op and competitive multiplayer modes for you and up to three other Quest 3 or 3S players. You can fill games with AI-controlled opponents to take on with your friends, or face off against human opponents to see whose civilization can withstand the test of time—and whose will crumble into dust and memory. You’ll see your friends and opponents in VR and MR as their chosen world leader around the Command Table, allowing you to go even further in creating your own version of history.”
Civilization 7 is headed to the Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One and Series X and S, Nintendo Switch, and the PC platform (which includes both macOS and Linux) on February 11, 2025.
