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Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth, by Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux) (Strategy), came out on Steam on October 23, 2014. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.
Estimate per graphics card
The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.
Official specs
Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.
Where to buy
The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the official stores listed before key resellers.
On your PC
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Questions
The publisher recommends: AMD HD5000 series or better (or ATI R9 series for Mantle support), nVidia GT400 series or better, or Intel IvyBridge or better integrated graphics. Minimum: 256 MB ATI HD3650 or better, 256 MB nVidia 8800 GT or better, or Intel HD 3000 or better integrated graphics. The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.
The publisher recommends 4 GB of RAM (minimum: 2 GB).
The official page asks for 8 GB of storage.
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