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Galactic Ruler

Galactic Ruler

Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!

Released Aug 3, 2022 Developer BattleGoat Studios Platforms Windows Real Time TacticsCo-opProcedural GenerationSpaceAliens
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

48.8%positive121 reviews
Recommended · 54 found this helpful

“It's Supreme Ruler... IN SPAAAACE! So if you don't like Supreme Ruler, you won't like this. The devs have a very specific outlook on interface design and how players should interact with their units. Some people like the way they do it, some people don't. But if you've ever…”

— a player, Steam review · 93 hrs played
Not recommended · 72 found this helpful

“Extremely counterintuitive and inconvinient UI with some major bugs. I spent more time fighting and figuring UI than I spent playing. Examples of why I think it's counterintuitive: - Right clicking planet allows you to build facilities but not ships despite both being built on…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 99 found this helpful

“Just a reskin of the original SR series. Even the tech tree has the available date for starting techs as 1913. This is way to unfinished even for early access.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

66achievements
1.0%median completion
0.5%rarest: Death by 10,000 Cuts
71.8% of players 55.2% of players 38.9% of players 38.2% of players 29.5% of players 27.0% of players 25.2% of players 22.3% of players 16.7% of players 15.0% of players 12.0% of players 7.1% of players 6.9% of players 6.1% of players 5.8% of players 5.7% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 71.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
71.8%A Widely Regarded Bad Move — Generate your first galaxy
55.2%Your Focus Determines Your Reality — Choose your first faction
38.9%What Do We Have Here? — Survey a planet
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Death by 10,000 Cuts — Defeat 10,000 pirate units
0.5%I Just Got That — Capture a spaceship of a minor faction
0.5%There is No "Try" — Fully explore 100,000 systems

Latest official news

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

Jul 16, 2024
Galactic Ruler, Update 7, version 1308

We have not heard any complaints with our latest fasttrack build, so we're going to make it public for all users. If anyone does spot an issue, please let us know. Here's the full changelog for v.1308

Apr 18, 2024
Galactic Ruler Enlightenment Release!

The BattleGoat team is excited to announce the release of Galactic Ruler Enlightenment , a new chapter in the Galactic Ruler universe! Check out the new features and two brand new Campaigns, ready for

Mar 14, 2024
Update Notes for Build 1272

As we continue to work on the new campaign system and content for Galactic Ruler Enlightenment, this gives us the opportunity to focus on extra testing for the overall systems used by both games. Nume

Feb 01, 2024
New Pricing, and announcing Galactic Ruler Enlightenment!

It's been a big month for Galactic Ruler ! Announcing the next game in the Galactic Ruler series, Galactic Ruler Enlightenment ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2338470/Galactic_Ruler_Enlightenment

Jan 26, 2024
Galactic Ruler Update 6, version 1249

Update 6 for Galactic Ruler tackles a long time concern of the community - the balance of the energy commodity. Planets now start with more power output and more exploitable resources. The Merchant AI

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsReal Time Tactics · Co-op · Procedural Generation · Space · Aliens · 4X · Space Sim · Grand Strategy · Real-Time with Pause · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · RTS (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain *
Achievements66
Official sitehttp://www.battlegoat.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8.1 64 Bit Processor: Intel Pentium IV or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD/Nvidia/Intel DirectX 11 Compatible DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: Direct X Compatible Additional Notes: Resolution: 1280x800 or higher