You will see two dropdown menus: one for (text) and one for Audio Language (speech). Change both to English (US) or English (UK) .
Use the arrows to cycle through languages until appears. You will see two dropdown menus: one for
Method 1: Changing the Language In-Game (Visual Translation) Method 1: Changing the Language In-Game (Visual Translation)
Change both instances of ru_RU to en_US . They should now read: Language (Audio) en_US Save the file ( Ctrl + S ) and close Notepad. Relaunch Civilization VI. Troubleshooting Missing English Text Troubleshooting Missing English Text or click the three
or click the three lines in the top-right corner from the main menu. Navigate to Options : Select the option that corresponds to
If the in-game menu is confusing or the Steam option fails to take effect, a more technical solution involves editing the game's configuration files. This method is useful for bypassing launcher restrictions. The user must navigate to the game’s installation folder, typically found in the Steam directory (e.g., SteamApps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Binaries\Win64\Skyrim or similar paths depending on the OS). The file to look for is usually named localization.txt or similar configuration files ending in .ini . Opening this file with a simple text editor like Notepad allows the user to manually alter the language variable. Changing the line Language=russian to Language=english and saving the file will force the game to boot in English. Alternatively, on Windows, editing the Windows Registry (using regedit ) to modify the strings under the Firaxis Games key is a failsafe method used by advanced users.