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After more than a year, Civ 6 is growing with its first major expansion. The results aren't scientific, but the responses give us some insight into 's enduringly beloved Civilization. Why is this? Why are 4X fans at least on Steam still sticking to the old warhorse rather than moving on to the new hotness? Is it discontent with changes made in the newer iteration? Is it the price difference? Was Civ 5 just that good? To unravel the mystery, we surveyed Civ players on Twitter, the Civilization subreddit, the CivFanatics forums, the Civilization 5 and 6 communities on Steam, and a handful of Civ-centric or Civ-friendly Discord servers. Similarly, community members reported that Twitch viewership between the two games tended to favor Civ 5 prior to press and streamers receiving pre-release code for the expansion though we were not able to independently verify this.

But after the excitement of its first month, Civilization 6 has failed to surpass Civilization 5 in terms of regular players, according to Steamcharts.

When Civilization 6 released on Steam in Octoberit peaked at more thanconcurrent players, quite a feat for any new game. It's hard to make a new strategy game that can compete with Civilization-even when that new strategy game is also Civilization.

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