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Galactic Civilizations IV cover art

Galactic Civilizations IV

Stardock Entertainment · 2023-10-19

SteamEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 27, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.

Galactic Civilizations IV is a Simulation Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (72% of 2606 reviews) sentiment.

172
playing now
72%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)

172 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Galactic Civilizations IV is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Stardock for Microsoft Windows. It features standard 4X space gameplay such as colonizing a galaxy, engaging in space combat, and discovering new technology and alien species. As the fourth entry in the Galactic Civilizations series, the game adds an artificial intelligence assistant, a scoring system, and a larger galaxy organized into multiple sectors of tile-based maps. The game entered early access in 2021, promising to learn from other 4X games including Stellaris, Endless Space, and Distant Worlds.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 172 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 283 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 16,803 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 53k–118k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,629 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.20 at GreenManGaming (2026-08-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 40 of 69 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14614620232026Week of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4271502026-09-15 14:00 — 296 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 326 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 194 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 334 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 414 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 196 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 200 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 315 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 287 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 289 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 333 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 254 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 176 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 282 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 295 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 158 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 250 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 248 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 160 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 333 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 329 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 187 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 199 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 172 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
457100May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 145 · peak 325Jun 2023 — avg 104 · peak 198Jul 2023 — avg 100 · peak 210Aug 2023 — avg 139 · peak 262Sep 2023 — avg 172 · peak 317Oct 2023 — avg 457 · peak 1,422Nov 2023 — avg 435 · peak 980Dec 2023 — avg 356 · peak 732Jan 2024 — avg 420 · peak 968Feb 2024 — avg 346 · peak 726Mar 2024 — avg 301 · peak 581Apr 2024 — avg 271 · peak 556May 2024 — avg 297 · peak 568Jun 2024 — avg 257 · peak 529Jul 2024 — avg 266 · peak 550Aug 2024 — avg 193 · peak 333Sep 2024 — avg 174 · peak 310Oct 2024 — avg 272 · peak 640Nov 2024 — avg 223 · peak 437Dec 2024 — avg 372 · peak 668Jan 2025 — avg 351 · peak 730Feb 2025 — avg 257 · peak 495Mar 2025 — avg 316 · peak 600Apr 2025 — avg 248 · peak 453May 2025 — avg 332 · peak 793Jun 2025 — avg 336 · peak 592Jul 2025 — avg 305 · peak 572Aug 2025 — avg 332 · peak 623Sep 2025 — avg 265 · peak 493Oct 2025 — avg 264 · peak 503Nov 2025 — avg 269 · peak 480Dec 2025 — avg 278 · peak 490Jan 2026 — avg 286 · peak 527Feb 2026 — avg 256 · peak 517Mar 2026 — avg 294 · peak 565Apr 2026 — avg 292 · peak 557May 2026 — avg 244 · peak 431Jun 2026 — avg 210 · peak 375Jul 2026 — avg 233 · peak 508Aug 2026 — avg 335 · peak 668
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
332026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 2 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 1 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$9.452021-06-102026-08-132021-06-10 — best price $39.992023-08-03 — best price $39.992024-01-04 — best price $49.992024-02-26 — best price $29.992024-03-28 — best price $49.992024-06-10 — best price $39.992024-07-15 — best price $34.992024-08-01 — best price $36.742024-08-13 — best price $34.992024-10-10 — best price $24.992024-11-16 — best price $44.892024-12-02 — best price $49.992024-12-19 — best price $24.992025-01-09 — best price $49.992025-01-24 — best price $19.992025-03-07 — best price $20.002025-03-21 — best price $29.392025-04-04 — best price $9.452025-05-01 — best price $35.892025-05-22 — best price $39.992025-07-07 — best price $20.002025-07-24 — best price $39.992025-08-09 — best price $39.992025-09-15 — best price $39.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-11-21 — best price $15.992025-12-11 — best price $15.992026-01-08 — best price $39.992026-01-23 — best price $19.992026-02-16 — best price $12.802026-03-05 — best price $15.992026-03-30 — best price $15.992026-04-13 — best price $39.992026-04-28 — best price $35.892026-05-18 — best price $15.992026-06-29 — best price $11.482026-07-16 — best price $13.992026-08-01 — best price $29.952026-08-13 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

63122026-05-15 — 19 pageviews2026-05-19 — 32 pageviews2026-05-23 — 24 pageviews2026-05-27 — 19 pageviews2026-05-31 — 21 pageviews2026-06-04 — 27 pageviews2026-06-08 — 18 pageviews2026-06-12 — 23 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 17 pageviews2026-06-24 — 25 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-02 — 25 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-10 — 15 pageviews2026-07-14 — 29 pageviews2026-07-18 — 20 pageviews2026-07-22 — 24 pageviews2026-07-26 — 14 pageviews2026-07-30 — 37 pageviews2026-08-03 — 30 pageviews2026-08-07 — 21 pageviews2026-08-11 — 36 pageviews2026-08-15 — 21 pageviews2026-08-19 — 26 pageviews2026-08-23 — 25 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews2026-08-31 — 18 pageviews2026-09-04 — 15 pageviews2026-09-08 — 60 pageviews2026-09-12 — 31 pageviews2026-09-16 — 20 pageviews2026-09-20 — 25 pageviews2026-09-24 — 20 pageviews2026-09-28 — 34 pageviews2026-10-02 — 22 pageviews2026-10-06 — 18 pageviews2026-10-10 — 16 pageviews2026-10-12 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
81.5%
earned "One Small Step..."
8.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text Size13 DLC

11 supported languages: English, German, French, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Italian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 13 DLC released, first 2023-11-16, latest 2028-03-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1630%86

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XSpaceSci-fiSandboxModdableStrategyDiplomacyManagementSimulationExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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