The Best Civilization 6 Mods

Civilization 6’s unquestionable staying power shows no signs of waning more than seven years after launch, and the best mods can both polish and enhance your experience with the 4X strategy game by improving the UI and adding brand-new content.

Some of the best Civ 6 mods have been around since shortly after the base game’s launch, but modders have kept actively releasing new creations while tweaking and updating existing ones to this day. As exciting as the modding scene is, it can also be a bit overwhelming to navigate, which is why this article gathers our favorite picks, making it easy to start exploring and get more out of your games.

The Best Civilization 6 Mods

Civilization 6 benefits from both Steam Workshop integration and an in-game mod manager, which make subscribing to new mods and dropping ones that prove not to be your cup of tea quite easy to do.

Although official patches have slowed down significantly, as Firaxis focuses on developing the next entry in the series, it is worth keeping in mind that they can result in specific mods breaking, especially if their creators haven’t updated them in a while.

This, of course, means that you may have to do without some of our favorite picks for certain periods of time.

Due to the sheer number of Civ 6 mods available, those that affect or interact with the same system or part of the game can also end up resulting in compatibility issues with others you may install.

This won’t be the case with the ones listed below, but it’s something you’ll want to keep track of, should you choose to go down this particular rabbit hole.

Enhanced Mod Manager
Detailed Map Tacks
Quick Deals
Better Report Screen (UI)/Extended Policy Cards
Steel and Thunder: Unique Units
Better Trade Screen
More Lenses

Enhanced Mod Manager

What better way to start a list of the best Civilization VI mods than with one that improves the in-game mod manager, making it even easier to organize your collection. It not only splits the default window into two, separating enabled and disabled mods, but also adds filtering and sorting options, total mod counters, and other useful features. Grab it from Steam Workshop.

Detailed Map Tacks

With the introduction of districts, adjacency bonuses play a big part in building efficient cities. Calculating them can, however, be a bit of a hassle without the Detailed Map Tacks mod, which adds all the info in a handy tooltip while easily letting you figure out if the chosen district can be placed on your chosen tile. Subscribe to it on Steam Workshop.

Quick Deals

Dealing with the AI becomes an important part of the game as you progress through the ages, but asking each individual player what they want for that luxury item you’re missing is a rather tedious approach to determining the best offer available. With Civ 6’s Quick Deals mod, you can access an interface that provides easy access to this bit of information, making the whole process considerably easier. Find it on Steam Workshop.

Better Report Screen (UI)/Extended Policy Cards

As its name suggests, this entry on our list of the best Civilization VI mods improves the reports screen by adding new tabs, like those for Policies, Cities, and City States, alongside a set of quality of life changes that offer more information and make reading it easier. Grab it from Steam Workshop, where you’ll also find Extended Policy Cards, a mod that requires it, extending the information provided by policy cards without having to visit the improved report screen.

Steel and Thunder: Unique Units

It turns out that war does sometimes change. This mod proves it by introducing a host of new units for a rather long list of playable civilizations. England gets Longbowmen, Mapuche can field Namuntulinco, while Greece gets the Peltast. If warfare is your go-to solution for your problems, you’ll want to head over to Steam Workshop and pick up this mod.

Better Trade Screen

Trading is one surefire way to ensure you have enough gold, and this Civ 6 mod improves the in-game screen dedicated to the whole system. From color-coding routes based on their origin city to showing City State trade quest icons, as well as adding filtering and sorting options, it makes keeping track of who you’re trading with much easier. Subscribe to it on Steam Workshop.

More Lenses

Map lenses make managing your civilization easier by allowing you to see relevant information at a glance. This Civ 6 mod adds several new options, which let you examine city overlap and locations where you can build national parks, or find resources and artifacts. There are also options for highlighting both player-made and natural wonders, barbarian encampments, and more. Grab it from Steam Workshop.