Galactic Civilizations III

Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.

Galactic Civilizations III is a aliens, sci-fi and 4x game developed and published by Stardock Entertainment.
Released on May 14th 2015 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, French, German and Russian.

It has received 10,251 reviews of which 7,851 were positive and 2,400 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 38.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Galactic Civilizations III into these genres:

Aliens Sci-fi 4X Turn-Based Strategy Sandbox 3D Moddable Grand Strategy Hex Grid PvE Strategy PvP Procedural Generation Turn-Based Space Third Person Lore-Rich War Futuristic Multiplayer

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: 64-bit Windows 10 / 8.x / 7
Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD K10 Dual-Core
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 10.1 Video Card (AMD Radeon HD5x00 Series / Nvidia GeForce 500 Series / Intel HD 4000 or later)
DirectX: Version 10
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 12 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

Been a fan of this trilogy a long time....and this one is as good as the rest. If you are a fan of these types of games, it's definately worth the buy.

Dec. 2024

It's awesome! It's like Stellaris, but not as complicated. The game gets stuck sometimes on turns but a quick reload is fine. Save often. The AI is fun to play against and there are plenty of options and paths to victory,

Oct. 2024

a little tedious gameplay , graphics are behnd the times, but game is relaxing . I can be played off an on over time and becomes a nice outlet during school breaks.

April 2024

A mix of Master Of Orion and Space Empires. Presentation (UI, etc) is pretty basic, but gameplay is good. However, another 4x space game that does not have any meaningful combat. It's just rock paper scissors with beams, missiles and kinetics. Not much to it. Personally, I think it would have been one of the best 4x space games if the combat aspect would have been more fleshed out. That's the only thing missing from the gameplay feature side. Everything else is there.

March 2024

OK, it is difficult for me to judge this game. There are many things to talk about. First, there are many races with different tech trees, abilities, and traits. This allows a lot of replayability. You can play your custom race with your chosen tech tree, abilities, and traits as well. The tech tree for each race is very vast so you have to understand the game to choose a proper tech to advance. There are four subtrees, namely colonization, engineering, warfare, and government. Warfare is also very interesting. It is based on rock, paper, and scissors. You basically have the beam, missile, and kinetic weapons and corresponding defense for each, namely shield, point defense, and armor. You have to adapt your ship design based on the ship design of other races. There are many ship classes that you have to research. There are many winning conditions. The game is simply very very complex so you need some patience to beat the game. So if you are willing to spend time mastering all the complexity that this game offers then this game is for you you will be rewarded greatly. If you think you are the right guy or gal then don't wait, buy the game and get lost in this huge puzzle 4x strategy game!

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38.99€

7.5

7,851

2,400

Online players

183

Developer

Stardock Entertainment

Publisher

Stardock Entertainment

Release 14 May 2015

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