Civilization V Hotkeys & Keyboard Shortcuts Guide

This Civilization V Hotkey Guide has been carefully crafted to help you find every key used in the game on the PC platform. Hotkeys/Keyboard Shortcuts can make a big difference in strategy games, especially in multiplayer, when you are short on time.

The same goes for the case of this game. You obviously can save time using the shortcuts rather than dragging your mouse for each move, which ultimately slows you down. Do note that you may be able to change your keybinds by going into the Settings menu. Following is a list of Hotkeys/Shortcuts that can be used in Civilization V on PC.

General Hotkeys

General Unit Hotkeys

Used to control General units in the game.

Action Hotkeys

Used to perform actions on, or from any units in the game.

You cannot change the Shortcut keys through the in-game menu, however, you can edit the CivVControls.XML control file found in the game’s install directory to manually set custom controls.

Air Unit Hotkeys

Control units that fly/levitate in the air.

Civilian Unit Hotkeys

Control units that are the fundamental of Civilization: Civilians.