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Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition

Stardock Entertainment · 2011-12-02

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 26, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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!

Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition is a 2011 Indie and Strategy title priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 1713 reviews).

17
playing now
77%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords is a 4X turn-based strategy by Stardock for Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to the 2003 game, Galactic Civilizations, and was released at retail and on Stardock's online subscription service, TotalGaming.net, on February 21, 2006. An expansion, Dark Avatar, was released in February 2007. A second expansion, Twilight of the Arnor, was released in April 2008.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 69k–137k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,713 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at GreenManGaming (2015-07-20) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 71 of 72 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3292026-09-14 21:00 — 27 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 14 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 28 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 30 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 24 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 24 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
49117Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 491 · peak 1,900Dec 2012 — avg 216 · peak 1,513May 2013 — avg 153 · peak 304Oct 2013 — avg 208 · peak 908Mar 2014 — avg 199 · peak 720Aug 2014 — avg 276 · peak 737Jan 2015 — avg 106 · peak 215Jun 2015 — avg 111 · peak 217Nov 2015 — avg 62 · peak 119Apr 2016 — avg 65 · peak 136Sep 2016 — avg 53 · peak 111Feb 2017 — avg 47 · peak 92Jul 2017 — avg 39 · peak 71Dec 2017 — avg 39 · peak 73May 2018 — avg 225 · peak 3,986Oct 2018 — avg 47 · peak 105Mar 2019 — avg 39 · peak 82Aug 2019 — avg 37 · peak 69Jan 2020 — avg 36 · peak 70Jun 2020 — avg 36 · peak 71Nov 2020 — avg 33 · peak 62Apr 2021 — avg 28 · peak 50Sep 2021 — avg 30 · peak 63Feb 2022 — avg 33 · peak 65Jul 2022 — avg 25 · peak 52Dec 2022 — avg 25 · peak 52May 2023 — avg 28 · peak 55Oct 2023 — avg 28 · peak 49Mar 2024 — avg 27 · peak 53Aug 2024 — avg 24 · peak 49Jan 2025 — avg 26 · peak 56Jun 2025 — avg 28 · peak 54Nov 2025 — avg 23 · peak 46Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 40Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.002015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $6.782015-07-30 — best price $7.982015-12-11 — best price $4.992016-08-25 — best price $9.992016-12-26 — best price $19.992017-11-06 — best price $19.992018-06-22 — best price $9.992018-12-10 — best price $9.992019-06-17 — best price $5.002019-11-08 — best price $10.002020-01-23 — best price $8.502020-05-03 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-09-13 — best price $17.882020-10-30 — best price $19.992021-01-04 — best price $9.992021-02-12 — best price $14.692021-04-05 — best price $9.992021-06-02 — best price $14.692021-09-06 — best price $8.002021-12-03 — best price $16.882022-02-18 — best price $9.992022-06-08 — best price $14.692022-10-13 — best price $15.892023-01-18 — best price $18.082023-05-26 — best price $15.892023-10-02 — best price $9.992024-02-05 — best price $19.992024-05-24 — best price $14.692024-09-10 — best price $19.992025-01-05 — best price $14.692025-05-19 — best price $4.992025-10-20 — best price $9.992026-02-16 — best price $4.002026-05-16 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $4.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4332026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 12 pageviews2026-06-08 — 19 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 12 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 11 pageviews2026-06-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-02 — 15 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 16 pageviews2026-07-14 — 16 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-22 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 15 pageviews2026-08-03 — 14 pageviews2026-08-07 — 15 pageviews2026-08-11 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 18 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 43 pageviews2026-08-31 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 13 pageviews2026-09-08 — 23 pageviews2026-09-12 — 14 pageviews2026-09-16 — 13 pageviews2026-09-20 — 8 pageviews2026-09-24 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 15 pageviews2026-10-02 — 25 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-09 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundFamily Sharing

Player tags

3D4XSpaceSci-fiSandboxBuildingModdableStrategyTop-DownDiplomacy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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