We’ll keep looking at this list over time, perhaps add more as we find them or as they are floated to us by the community. Like our Civ 6 mod guide, we’ve browsed the internet to cherry pick some of the more interesting and popular user mods available. 4X games like Civ are largely sandbox in nature, so replayability isn’t always a concern, but it also helps to have a thriving and active mod scene.Ĭiv 5’s mod scene is more settled now, with fewer new ideas coming through, but there’s still plenty of decent mods to check out if you want to keep your games fresh. What are the best Civ 5 mods? Even though it’s no longer the most popular Civilization game, there’s still a lot of love and respect for Civilization 5, and it carries a respectable playerbase even today.