Gathering Storm is the Most Profitable Civilization Expansion Ever
Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm was a great success. The publisher informed that the production was the most financially successful of all expansions to this series.
- Developer: Firaxis Games
- Publisher: 2K Games
- Genre: turn-based strategy
- Platform: PC
- Release Date: February 14, 2019
When discussing its financial report, Take-Two Interactive boasted that Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm is the best earning expansion the history of the Civilization franchise. Unfortunately, the publisher did not share any specific numbers.
Let us remind that the expansion debuted in February this year, only on PC. It's not a stand-alone expansion, so it requires the full version of Sid Meier's Civilization VI to be played. Both productions were developed by Firaxis.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm was warmly welcomed. The add-on has an average rating of 81% on Metacritic.
The success of the expansion is not a surprise. Sid Meier's Civilization VI is still very popular, so it's no wonder that the players threw dug into a big expansion offering a lot of new content. According to Steam Charts, yesterday, at the hottest moment of the day, over 27,000 people played the expanions the same time on Steam.