Surprise! 'Civilization 6' is now available on iPhone

'Civ 6' is taking over.
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Sid Meier's Civilization VI is now available on iPhone, which came as a complete surprise on Thursday.

Civ VI is the latest addictive turn-based strategy game from Firaxis Games, which is casually working its way onto every platform under the sun that has a touch screen or uses a mouse/touchpad.

Civ VI is available to download for free on iPad and iPhone, and players can try it for 60 turns, which is quite a long time. If you feel like playing it beyond 60 turns, the game is currently 60% off (or $24) for a limited time.

If you already own the game for iPad, you can download it for your iPhone for free.

Because this is a pretty demanding game, it's only available on iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, iPhone X, and iPhone XS and XS Max.

The game first launched on PC and Mac in 2016 to critical acclaim. It then came out on Linux and had a surprise release on iPad in late 2017. Civ VI is also coming to Nintendo Switch on Nov. 16.

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