# Civilization V \- Cradle of Civilization Map Pack: Mesopotamia

Summer DB entity ID: 97ae5864\-63ce\-4762\-997d\-b750c389af25

Steam App ID: 16863

This is the traditional Western and Middle Eastern “Cradle of Civilization\." It includes the Fertile Crescent, with the Nile River valley to the west and extending east down the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys to the Persian Gulf\.    The Cradle of Civilization map packs are Firaxis\-designed maps of real\-world locations\. You can play random leaders in these settings, or choose leaders appropriate to the history of these areas\. The maps can also be opened up in World Builder, where you can even create specific scenarios\.

## Game information

- Type: dlc

- Developer: Firaxis Games, Aspyr \(Mac\), Aspyr \(Linux\)

- Publisher: 2K, Aspyr \(Mac\), Aspyr \(Linux\)

- Release date: Nov 30, 2010

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: 8930

- Genres: Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Downloadable Content, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/16863/ss\_47db49fee550c6e9769a1d2cc0cce0b1bbf03b40\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1545236903

- Price: 299 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: Not collected

- Steam review count: 85

- Steam positive reviews: 55

- Steam negative reviews: 30

- Steam positive percentage: 64.70588235294117%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/97ae5864-63ce-4762-997d-b750c389af25/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/97ae5864-63ce-4762-997d-b750c389af25/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-28T18:06:08\.10777\+00:00

- Player count observed: Not collected

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-28T18:06:09\.167581\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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