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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. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“Ok listen if you're a strategy game fan you need to own this game no questions asked. This is about as good as you're going to get when it comes to the 4x genre and is pretty much Civilization 5 in space but better and with its own ship designer. There is an extremely large…”
— a player, Steam review · 119 hrs played“If you like Civ IV/Civ V, epic, long games, and space, then GCII is definitely for you. It strikes an incredible balance between providing large-scale epicness and surprisingly robust micromanager's playgrounds. **While micromanager's playgrounds are not uncommon in modern…”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played“A great game, of which I am angry I cannot play anymore because of the stupid "Stardock Account" that is now required to run this game . I have registered for this dumb account proccess and the game errors after launch every time. why this is now part of this game I do not care…”
— a player, Steam review · 76 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| 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 * * |
| 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.