Game
Windows
Civilization: Beyond Earth
2014 Firaxis Games 2K
Strategy
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
System requirements (vendor, as published)
Minimum
Minimum:
OS *: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB ATI HD3650 or better, 256 MB nVidia 8800 GT or better, or Intel HD 3000 or better integrated graphics
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c‐compatible sound card
Additional Notes: Other Requirements: Initial installation requires one-time Internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Microsoft Visual C++2012 Runtime Libraries and Microsoft DirectX.
Recommended
Recommended:
OS *: Windows® Vista SP2 / Windows® 7
Processor: 1.8 GHz Quad Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD HD5000 series or better (or ATI R9 series for Mantle support), nVidia GT400 series or better, or Intel IvyBridge or better integrated graphics
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c‐compatible sound card
Additional Notes: DirectX: DirectX version 11, or Mantle (with supported video card)
Verbatim requirements from the vendor. We do not convert them into laptop scores — vendor listings name desktop-class hardware that laptop models do not map to directly.
Can you run Civilization: Beyond Earth? Popular laptop GPU verdicts
| GPU | Avg FPS | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| GeForce GTX 960M | 45 | ⚠ Playable |
| GeForce GTX 950M | 38 | ⚠ Playable |
| GeForce GTX 850M | 35 | ⚠ Playable |
| GeForce GTX 860M | 35 | ⚠ Playable |
| GeForce 940MX | 21 | ✗ Low |
| Radeon R7 M360 | 21 | ✗ Low |
| GeForce 940M | 19 | ✗ Low |
| GeForce GT 750M | 17 | ✗ Low |
Average FPS on the high graphics preset across our measured sources; verdicts follow the same dictionary as the FPS tables (✓ ≥60 · ⚠ 30-59 · ✗ <30).
We have no measured results for a phone version of this game yet.