Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition overview

Overview

Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition comes from Stardock Entertainment and is published by Stardock Entertainment. It arrived on Steam on Dec 2, 2011, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Adjustable Difficulty, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Stereo Sound, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 11 players at 22 September 2026 - 05:52:59 UTC, with a tracked peak near 3,986. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 77% positive across 1,710 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition is available in 1 languages including:

7 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, usk, oflc, and dejus

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition has sold up to 104,000 units and has 954 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $1,300,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition overview details

Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Get the complete Galactic Civilizations II saga including the acclaimed PC strategy game of the year Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the award winning expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor! Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords: Galactic Civilizations II is the sequel to 2003's hit turn-based strategy game of the same name. The player takes on the role of the leader of a space-faring civilization and must guide its expansion in a hostile galaxy. Gamers must balance their economic, technological, diplomatic, cultural, and military power to forge alliances, fight wars, and ultimately dominate the galaxy. The game is single-player and allows the player to play randomly generated galactic maps or play through a multi-mission campaign that tells the story of an ancient enemy called the Dread Lords. Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar: The expansion pack for Stardock's award-winning hit strategy game, Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. This expansion pack not only adds the usual content that expansion packs tend to do such as new opponents, new units and a new campaign. It also greatly expands the game play of Galactic Civilizations II. New features include asteroid belts on the map that can be mined for resources, unique planets that require special technologies to colonize, spies to conduct sabotage and destabilization (or used to protect your worlds from the same), new types of diplomatic treaties, an enhanced artificial intelligence engine, and much more! Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor: The year…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Adjustable Difficulty, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Stereo Sound, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 11 players at 22 September 2026 - 05:52:59 UTC, a tracked peak of 3,986, and 77% positive reviews.

Overview tags

4XGrand StrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based Strategy3DStrategyBase-BuildingTop-DownSandboxSci-fiDiplomacyManagementBuildingModdableSpace

Support and legal notes

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