Galactic Civilizations III

77% positive of 8,339 Steam reviews

Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2015
Steam Deck: Playable
Known on: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass

Made by Stardock Entertainment.

About the game

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.

What sets it apart

4X
Hex Grid
Aliens
Grand Strategy
Lore-Rich
Turn-Based Strategy
PvE
Sandbox
Turn-Based
Procedural Generation
PvP
Space

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Galactic Civilizations III

77% positive of 8,339 Steam reviews

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Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2015
Steam Deck: Playable
Known on: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass

Made by Stardock Entertainment.

About the game

What sets it apart

4X
Hex Grid
Aliens
Grand Strategy
Lore-Rich
Turn-Based Strategy
PvE
Sandbox
Turn-Based
Procedural Generation
PvP
Space

What players say

Recommended
Overall I'm a bit mixed about this game. The adjacency bonus system is nice, placing buildings of the same type next to each other gives a boost to them. However since the planets are randomly generated it's possible to get a planet where the tiles are placed in a manner that taking advantage of this bonus is only possible after several levels of terraforming. Taking turns becomes painfully slow in the late game…
73 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
love the game. a lot like sid civilization, but seems like you have a little more control.
531 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
The game snowballs. One civ gets ahead and conquers everything. I make that civ me by finding the best path to plantary invasion. I make my citizens generals and send out invasion fleets with a few escorts. The ai doesn't build a navy at all so I clear out the defense of the ai's capital and surrounding planets and conquer with no opposition to my invasion fleets. Now I am ahead and conquering everything. The…
43 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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