The Game Census
Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition cover art

Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition

Stardock Entertainment · 2012-08-14

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 14, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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

2
playing now
50%
positive of 306 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Galactic Civilizations is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Stardock and released in March 2003. The game is a remake of an OS/2 series of the same name. An expansion pack entitled Altarian Prophecy was released in 2004. A sequel, Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, was released February 21, 2006. On May 14, 2015, Stardock released Galactic Civilizations III. On April 26, 2022, Stardock released Galactic Civilizations IV.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 44% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 306 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.00-60%
GOG$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2025-05-15) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 61 of 95 observed days · $3.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-06 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.382015-07-20 — best price $1.492016-01-21 — best price $3.382016-11-23 — best price $2.492017-12-13 — best price $2.502018-11-28 — best price $9.992019-08-12 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-05-12 — best price $7.342020-08-03 — best price $4.692020-09-19 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-02-05 — best price $9.992021-03-24 — best price $9.992021-05-05 — best price $8.382021-07-15 — best price $3.742021-10-20 — best price $8.382022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-06 — best price $8.382022-09-06 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-05-08 — best price $3.992023-09-22 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-22 — best price $7.342024-07-31 — best price $9.992024-11-16 — best price $7.892025-03-03 — best price $2.492025-06-20 — best price $2.492025-10-19 — best price $3.892026-01-19 — best price $2.492026-04-06 — best price $4.992026-08-03 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4182026-05-29 — 17 pageviews2026-06-01 — 23 pageviews2026-06-04 — 20 pageviews2026-06-07 — 32 pageviews2026-06-10 — 22 pageviews2026-06-13 — 25 pageviews2026-06-16 — 17 pageviews2026-06-19 — 20 pageviews2026-06-22 — 20 pageviews2026-06-25 — 34 pageviews2026-06-28 — 27 pageviews2026-07-01 — 24 pageviews2026-07-04 — 22 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-10 — 18 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 27 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 27 pageviews2026-07-31 — 40 pageviews2026-08-03 — 27 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 27 pageviews2026-08-12 — 23 pageviews2026-08-15 — 19 pageviews2026-08-18 — 17 pageviews2026-08-21 — 9 pageviews2026-08-24 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

2D4XPvESpaceSci-fiSandboxBuildingStrategyTop-DownDifficult

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

Project AURASupreme Ruler UltimateTavern Tycoon - Dragon's HangoverAnother Brick in The MallRise of IndustryBronze Age - HD Edition

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗