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Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“It may not be as modern as galciv 3 or 4, but it definitely has the one more turn factor. Its not overcomplicated like some other 4x games. Your choices can lead to events based on your good or evil choices. For its, time the AI was smart.”
— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs played“This is a fine game but is very outdated from 2008. It is well superceded by GalCiv 3 much updated when it came out in 2015.”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“Let me get one thing clear; I never played this back when it first came out, so I will not be going in with any rose tinted glasses. Heck, this sat in my Steam library for years, and I only just got the urge to try it out (think I got it during Covid when it was 100% off. Does…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:51 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · 3D · Strategy · Base-Building · Top-Down · Sandbox · Sci-fi · Diplomacy · Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.galciv2.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Operating system: Windows® XP SP3 / Vista™ SP2 / Windows® 7 / 8.1 / 10 Processor: Intel® Pentium® III 1 GHz (or AMD equivalent) Memory: 512 MB (1 GB for Windows 7 / Vista) Hard disk space: 2 GB Video: 64 MB DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card Sound: DirectX® 9.0c Compatible Sound Card DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection, also to activate this game you must create a Stardock account while launching the game on Steam.