Civilization: Beyond Earth

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
DeveloperFiraxis Games
Publisher2K Games
ProducerLena Brenk
Designers
  • Will Miller
  • David McDonough
ProgrammerDon Wuenschell
ArtistMichael R. Bates
Writers
  • Rex Martin
  • Peter Murray
  • Walt Williams
  • Scott Wittbecker
Composers
SeriesCivilization
Enginecf. LORE
Platforms
Release
  • Microsoft Windows
  • October 24, 2014
  • OS X
  • November 26, 2014
  • Linux
  • December 18, 2014
Genres
Modes

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a turn-based strategy, 4X video game in the Civilization series developed by Firaxis Games, published by 2K Games and released for Microsoft Windows on October 24, 2014, the Mac App Store on November 27, 2014 and for Linux on December 18, 2014. The game's premise is that Earth became uninhabitable due to an undescribed disaster known as "the Great Mistake", forcing humanity to colonize space. in the 23rd century As a spiritual successor to the 1999 game Alpha Centauri, Beyond Earth shares much of its development team and some concepts, most notably its setting on an exoplanet in the future.

An expansion pack, titled Rising Tide, was released on October 9, 2015.