Civilization 7: All leaders and civs

Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 is the biggest strategy game release of 2025 and its fans are enjoying their time with the newest entry into the hallowed franchise, even though some of its innovations and technical executions received a good deal of criticism.

The rules have changed a great deal compared to previous iterations. Your leader can now be picked independently from your civilization and the latter is switched out twice, so you’re effectively playing as three cultures per match. You know what that means: Finding strong or especially thematic combinations is going to be paramount.

Find all current and upcoming Civilization 7 leaders and civs below to plan your strategies.

Civilization 7: All current and upcoming leaders

Every leader in Civilization 7 comes with some special abilities as well as civilization unlocks. If you play as Benjamin Franklin, for example, you will always have the choice of picking America during the Modern Age, even if you wouldn’t unlock it otherwise. Some leaders also come with a second persona, representing a different facet of their personality or time in their career.

Here are all current Civilization 7 leaders:

• Ada Lovelace [Crossroads of the World]
• Amina
• Ashoka (World Conqueror) / (World Renouncer)
• Augustus
• Benjamin Franklin
• Catherine the Great
• Charlemagne
• Confucius
• Friedrich (Oblique) / Friedrich (Baroque)
• Harriet Tubman
• Hatshepsut
• Himiko (High Shaman) / Himiko (Queen of Wa)
• Ibn Battuta
• Isabella
• José Rizal
• Lafayette
• Machiavelli
• Napoleon (Emperor) / Napoleon (Revolutionary)
• Pachacuti
• Simón Bolívar [Crossroads of the World]
• Tecumseh
• Trung Trac
• Xerxes (King of Kings) / Xerxes (The Achaemenid)

Here are all upcoming Civilization 7 leaders:

• Genghis Khan [Right to Rule]
• Lakshmibai [Right to Rule]

Civilization 7: All current and upcoming civs

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

There are various unlock conditions that decide which civilizations you get to choose from. Your leader can come with an unlock to open up their “historical” path, such as Napoleon unlocking the French Empire or Friedrich unlocking Prussia. Your initial culture will add options as well: Rome, to give an example, opens the pathway to the Normans and Spain as “natural” successors. Finally, you can unlock all civilizations by completing certain goals as you play. Settling on islands during the Antiquity Age might give you access to Hawai’i, while a high production of wine during the Exploration Age unlocks the French Empire.

Here are all current Civilization 7 civs:

Antiquity Age

• Aksum
• Carthage [Crossroads of the World]
• Egypt
• Greece
• Han China
• Khmer
• Maurya India
• Maya
• Mississippians
• Persia
• Rome

Exploration Age

• Abbasids
• Bulgaria [Crossroads of the World]
• Chola India
• Hawai’i
• Inca
• Majahapit
• Ming China
• Mongolia
• Normans
• Shawnee
• Songhai
• Spain

Modern Age

• America
• Buganda
• French Empire
• Great Britain [Crossroads of the World]
• Meiji Japan
• Mexico
• Mughal India
• Nepal [Crossroads of the World]
• Prussia
• Qing China
• Russia
• Siam

Here are all upcoming Civilization 7 civs:

• Assyria – Antiquity Age [Right to Rule]
• Silla – Antiquity Age [Right to Rule]
• Dai Viet – Exploration Age [Right to Rule]
• Qajar – Modern Age [Right to Rule]

We’ll keep this list updated as Firaxis reveals more information on the upcoming expansions for Civilization 7, which is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. The game is also confirmed to come to Switch 2.