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Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition

Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition

Galactic Civilizations is a space based strategy game in which you are in control of humanity's destiny.

Released Aug 14, 2012 Developer Stardock Entertainment Platforms Windows 4XGrand StrategyTurn-BasedStrategyPvE
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

49.8%positive307 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate Edition, developed and published by Stardock Entertainment, is a product of an earlier era of strategy design, one that prioritizes thoughtful systems and deliberate pacing over accessibility and visual flair. As a complete package that…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“crashes too much, has way too many issues with having to manually figure out the display and run components windows considers sketchy. I loved this game but sadly unless it's actually made windows compatible again it's just a waste of time.”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US4.99 USD
EU5.19 EUR
UK4.59 GBP
Australia6.95 AUD
Canada5.99 CAD
Japan655 JPY
Brazil19.49 BRL
China22.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$3.3 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US EU UK≈$6.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 07, 2026
Publisher Sale: Up to 75% off Galactic Civilizations titles

Up to 75% off Galactic Civilizations titles during the 2026 Publisher Sale View Entire Sale Newly Released: Galactic Civilizations IV deals: Galactic Civilizations III deals: Other Galactic Civilizati

May 06, 2025
Update Now Available: Performance Fixes

Update Now Available: Performance Fixes Get GalCiv I Now We’re excited to share a quick update regarding a recent fix that enhances your gaming experience in Galactic Civilizations I. With this update

Oct 19, 2023
Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition Released!

Stardock’s award-winning turn-based strategy game series gets its biggest release ever Stardock announced the release of Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition (Supernova) today. Stardock is cel

Apr 27, 2023
Now in Early Access - Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova

Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition now available in early access Early Access adds ChatGPT integration: AlienGPT https://youtu.be/rA_b-H7xuow Stardock has released the latest sequel of its a

May 13, 2021
Minor Update for Compatibility

Added 'w' to default launch options from within Steam. This forces the game to launch in a window as full-screen can fail to instantiate. Updated prefs.ini to turn off viewable ship battles; this was

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tags4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based · Strategy · PvE · Difficult · Turn-Based Strategy · 2D · Sandbox · Top-Down · Space · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Official sitehttps://www.galciv1.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 10 / 8 / 7 SP1 / Vista SP2 / XP SP3 Processor: 600 MHz Processor Memory: 128 MB RAM Graphics: 8 MB DirectX 8.1 Compatible Video Card DirectX®: 8.1 Hard Drive: 700 MB HD space Sound: DirectX 8.1 Compatible Sound Card