Sid Meier's Civilization 7 has recently launched a series of updates meant to bring back its player-base and even potentially attract new players into the game. These include updates that address some of players' biggest complaints since the game's launch, such as Age Continuity and, most recently, a potential Single-Civ Gameplay option.
However, players such as William_Dowling on Reddit have noted that these recent updates have done nothing to move the needle on Civilization 7's daily player count. Many have pointed out lately that Civ 7's player count (via SteamDB) is a fraction of Civ 6's and less than half of Civ 5's.
Fans like yahtzee301 have said in response to Civ 7's struggles, "I may even consider not buying Civ 8 if they never recognize why Civ 7 is so hated among fans," while others such as drakun22 argue that this is simply part of a new Civ game's growing pains, and "progress is being made."
While a recent Civ 7 update introduced a load of new content and updates, one of the key highlights was that developers at Firaxis are experimenting with a single-Civ gameplay option. The news...
