It was. With a DVD sized case and everything. I can take a picture of my physical PC copy if I really have to. And the expansion. I have them here at my desk.
It has it's own CD key on the back of the manual, and is not attached to steam, nor does it need a steam account. This was before they did that launcher thing a few years back.
Civ 5 was not available on physical media. I know because I bought was I thought was going to be a copy on DVD but it was just a wrapper for steam.
It was. With a DVD sized case and everything. I can take a picture of my physical PC copy if I really have to. And the expansion. I have them here at my desk.
A physical copy is useless if you can't install and run it without being online and without signing into steam.
It has it's own CD key on the back of the manual, and is not attached to steam, nor does it need a steam account. This was before they did that launcher thing a few years back.