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Civilization 7: All leaders and civs

Every leader and civilization confirmed so far

Marco Wutz

Firaxis / 2K Games / Take-Two Interactive

There is already much speculation around Civilization 7 after its exciting gameplay reveal – who are the leaders that made it in? Which civilizations will be represented in the three ages? Which civilizations will be connected to each other, allowing switches?

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Speculation, of course, still requires some basis in fact – and that’s why we’ve compiled a list of all confirmed leaders and civs in Civilization 7. We’ll keep this overview up to date as more and more information on the game is revealed, as it’s far from complete at the moment. In the meantime, though, it will serve you well as a source of information while you hotly debate the merits of certain civilizations and historical connections between them with your friends and strangers online.

Civilization 7: All leaders

In Civilization 7 you can freely pair up your leader with any civilization from the Antiquity Age. All leaders come with their very own bonuses and can unlock their “natural” civilizations throughout a campaign. For example, picking Napoleon will always result in you getting France as a pick for the Modern Age.

Some Civ 7 leaders will be featured as multiple versions of themselves with different abilities and traits to reflect their personalities at different stages in their lives.

Here are all Civilization 7 leaders confirmed so far:

  • Amina
  • Ashoka (World Renouncer) / Ashoka (World Conqueror)
  • Augustus Caesar
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Charlemagne
  • Confucius
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Hatshepsut
  • Himiko
  • Ibn Battuta
  • Isabella
  • Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor) / Napoleon Bonaparte (Revolutionary)
  • Niccoló Machiavelli
  • Pachacuti
  • Tecumseh
  • Trưng Trắc
  • Xerxes (King of Kings) / Xerxes (The Achaemenid)
Civilization 7 image showing Napoleon in two different outfits.
Napoleon is one of the leaders with several personas. / Firaxis / 2K Games / Take-Two Interactive

Civilization 7: All civilizations

In Civilization 7 you will choose a total of three civilizations over the course of a campaign: You’ll begin with a civilization from the Antiquity Age and then get to switch to different civilizations for the Exploration Age and Modern Age.

Three factors decide which civilizations you can choose on these two occasions: Your leader may unlock their “natural” civilization for you and you may get a choice based on the historical connections between two civilizations. Finally, some choices are unlocked by triggering certain in-game conditions, allowing you to escape the chains of history and making a selection that only stems from the decisions you’ve made in the game so far. For example, building several horse pastures in the Antiquity Age may make the game recognize horses as a key staple in your culture, allowing you to choose Mongolia for the Exploration Age.

According to Firaxis, there will be 31 civilizations in Civ 7 at launch.

Here are all Civilization 7 civilizations confirmed so far:

Antiquity Age

  • Aksum
  • Egypt
  • Greece
  • Han China
  • Khmer
  • Maya
  • Maurya India
  • Mississippians
  • Persia
  • Rome

Exploration Age

  • Abbasids
  • Chola India
  • Hawai'i
  • Inca
  • Majapahit
  • Ming China
  • Mongolia
  • Normans
  • Shawnee
  • Songhai
  • Spain

Modern Age

  • Buganda
  • France
  • Meiji Japan
  • Mexico
  • Mughal India
  • United States of America

We’ll keep this list updated as Firaxis reveals more information on the upcoming game for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, so be sure to check back from time to time. In the meantime, read our interview with Civilization 7 executive producer Dennis Shirk from Gamescom 2024 about all the changes coming to the series.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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