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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
31
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 ()
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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
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 19 April 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 894848
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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

Steam charts

  • 31 players right now
  • 36 24-hour peak
  • 3,946 all-time peak 26 May 2018
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  • 5 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😏 Mostly Positive
  • 74.07% SteamDB Rating
  • 1,286 77.0% positive reviews
  • 385 23.0% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
2 December 2011 Steam Release -
18 August 2014 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Jumbo Bundle 2 -
11 April 2017 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Intergalactic Bundle -
17 May 2018 🆓 Free key giveaway -
15 October 2018 🆓 Free key giveaway -
2 November 2018 ⇄ Fanatical: Stardock Legends Pack -
3 December 2018 ⇄ Fanatical: Stardock Classics Bundle -
1 January 2019 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Stardock Bundle 2019 -

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How many players are playing Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 31 players live playing Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition on Steam.

Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition had an all-time peak of 3946 concurrent players on 26 May 2018.

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