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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.

Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition is a 2012 Indie Strategy game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 306 reviews).

4
playing now
50%
positive of 306 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 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

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 50,336 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 12k–24k copies

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

Current store prices

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 67 of 129 observed days · $3.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

812026-09-15 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
262Aug 2012Jun 2026Aug 2012 — avg 18 · peak 59Jan 2013 — avg 26 · peak 131Jun 2013 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2013 — avg 6 · peak 18Apr 2014 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2014 — avg 5 · peak 18Feb 2015 — avg 5 · peak 59Jul 2015 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2015 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2017 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2018 — avg 9 · peak 17Jun 2018 — avg 7 · peak 14Nov 2018 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2021 — avg 5 · peak 11Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — 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 $2.492026-09-17 — best price $4.992026-10-12 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4692026-05-29 — 17 pageviews2026-06-02 — 21 pageviews2026-06-06 — 21 pageviews2026-06-10 — 22 pageviews2026-06-14 — 25 pageviews2026-06-18 — 25 pageviews2026-06-22 — 20 pageviews2026-06-26 — 21 pageviews2026-06-30 — 17 pageviews2026-07-04 — 22 pageviews2026-07-08 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 24 pageviews2026-07-16 — 27 pageviews2026-07-20 — 18 pageviews2026-07-24 — 25 pageviews2026-07-28 — 27 pageviews2026-08-01 — 30 pageviews2026-08-05 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 27 pageviews2026-08-13 — 33 pageviews2026-08-17 — 29 pageviews2026-08-21 — 9 pageviews2026-08-25 — 24 pageviews2026-08-29 — 28 pageviews2026-09-02 — 14 pageviews2026-09-06 — 26 pageviews2026-09-10 — 29 pageviews2026-09-14 — 30 pageviews2026-09-18 — 15 pageviews2026-09-22 — 27 pageviews2026-09-26 — 34 pageviews2026-09-30 — 18 pageviews2026-10-04 — 22 pageviews2026-10-08 — 24 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.

Recent updates

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