Steam’s best-selling strategy game of 2025 may have stumbled hard, but soon you’ll be able to play it from bed. Firaxis Games’ Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is launching on Apple Arcade in February – and for now, Android is being left out.

If any genre has a reputation for driving players slightly mad with complexity and depth, it’s strategy – and while Paradox has built an empire on that, Firaxis Games has its own legendary track record. The Sid Meier’s Civilization series has long been the definition of “just one more turn,” and the newest major entry still has the bones of something impressive. The launch, however, was anything but smooth, forcing the studio to keep pushing update after update in an attempt to stabilize and improve the experience. Now, Firaxis is preparing its next move: Civilization VII is about to land on mobile devices, though not without a major catch.

The mobile version follows the game’s release on PC and consoles back in February, where it performed strongly in terms of sales and even topped Steam as 2025’s best-selling strategy title, rubbing shoulders with high-profile names like Silksong and Battlefield 6. The core concept remains unchanged: you guide a civilization through history, balancing growth, resources, diplomacy, warfare, and technological progress across multiple eras.

Civilization VII’s Mobile Version Is Only Coming to Apple Devices

The game’s foundational formula stays intact in this edition too, though several gameplay tweaks are expected. Civilization VII is officially heading to mobile on February 5, 2026. It will launch on iOS under the subtitle Arcade Edition, and it’s said to offer content on par with the console versions. What’s particularly notable, though, is that unlike Civilization VI – which did eventually arrive on Android – Firaxis’ newest installment will, at least for now, be available exclusively on iOS via Apple Arcade.

The biggest transformation is in the interface, which has been rebuilt specifically for touchscreens and adjusted in ways that distinguish it from the previous mobile implementation. The port is being handled by Behaviour Interactive, best known for Dead by Daylight and Fallout Shelter, and the studio claims these changes will allow for cleaner, more precise control of cities, units, and menus directly with a finger on iPhone or iPad. That matters, because earlier attempts at bringing Civ’s dense systems to mobile often struggled under the weight of complicated UI navigation.

And Civilization VII Arcade Edition won’t be the only fresh arrival on Apple Arcade in the coming days. The service is also set to add several new titles, including the retro collection Retrocade, the rhythm game Felicity’s Door, and a microtransaction-free version of I Love Hue Too.

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