If you’re looking for a new game to try this weekend, Steam is set to run a free trial of one of the best 4X strategy games from the last decade, and it won’t cost you a penny to give it a go.
As of August 15, PC gamers will be able to download and play Civilization 6 for completely free. The trial is set to run until Wednesday, August 19, giving gamers four days of game time to decide if it’s something they want to keep playing.
It’s highly likely that Steam will also run a big discount on the game at the same time, although it hasn’t gone live just yet.
Civilization 6 regularly gets free weekends on Steam, so this August trial should be of no real surprise to PC gamers. In fact, the game was available to claim for free last summer on the Epic Games Store.
If you’re yet to give the game a try, it’s certainly worth loading up this weekend. The strategy game allows players to take control of one of several different historic leaders with the goal of guiding a civilization from the dawn of man through to one of several victories.
You’ll be responsible for deciding where to settle, what to build, which units to buy, and what scientific discoveries to research. Each new discovery and building created grants rewards and new ways to level up your civilization.
It won’t just be you on the map, either. Other civilizations and city states will be dotted around for you to interact with.
It’s up to you whether you want to trade for mutual benefit or amass an army at their borders and take over the cities, land and people.
Civilization 6 launched way back in 2016, but it’s still widely considered to be one of the best games in the series. Civilization 7 technically supersedes it in terms of the most modern release, but gamers haven’t gelled quite so well with it with the older game maintaining a player count four times as high as the newest edition.
Sadly, console gamers are out of luck on this occasion. The free trial of Civilization 6 will only be available to download on PC via Steam.
The free trial will run from August 15 to August 19.
Will you be giving Civilization 6 a go for free this weekend?
