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Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition

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App ID 202200
App Type Game
Store Name Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Developer
Publisher Stardock Entertainment
Franchise Galactic Civilizations, Stardock
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 31420115
Last Record Update 1 October 2025 – 14:29:31 UTC ()
Release Date 2 December 2011 – 16:43:00 UTC ()
😏 74.07%
1k reviews
23
In-Game
🗺️ 4X 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🧊 3D

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!

Additional Information

Developer Stardock Entertainment
gamedir Galactic Civilizations II - Ultimate Edition
metacritic_name Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor
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metacritic_score 92
NoServers Yes
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community_visible_stats Yes
InstallScript installscript.vdf
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ShowCDKeyOnLaunch Yes [view your cd keys in client]
SupportsCDKeyCopyToClipboard Yes [view your cd keys in client]
CWDOverride Twilight
Publisher Stardock Entertainment
LegacyKeyLinkedExternally Yes
Store Release Date 30 April 2008 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
3rd-Party Account Stardock Account
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 2 December 2011 – 16:43:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 30 April 2008 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1209538800)
Store Asset Modification Time 1 October 2025 – 14:28:49 UTC () (1759328929)
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Detected Technologies (?) Bink_Video SDK, Miles_Sound_System SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 19 April 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 894848
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controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 20 March 2013 – 07:43:15 UTC (), in changelist #196282

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

🗺️ 4X 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🧊 3D 💡 Strategy 🗺️ Top-Down 🏠 Base Building 🧱 Sandbox 🚀 Sci-fi 🤝 Diplomacy 🏠 Building 💼 Management 🛠️ Moddable 🌠 Space 🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚔️ War 👽 Aliens 🌆 Futuristic ⚔️ Combat

Categories

Single-player Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Accessibility Categories

Stereo Sound Playable without Timed Input Adjustable Difficulty Save Anytime

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timestamp1 October 2025 – 14:29:27 UTC

Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
202201 GalCiv2UL 2.09 GiB 1.89 GiB

Total size on disk is 2.09 GiB and total download size is 1.89 GiB.

 

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 18298240 7 May 2025 – 13:33:41 UTC
opt-in v2.20 Community Update 18298240 7 May 2025 – 13:33:23 UTC

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