- Publisher Sale: Up to 75% off Galactic Civilizations titles - 7 September 2026
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- Announcing Expansion Pass 2 for Galactic Civilizations IV - 13 November 2025
Stardock Entertainment announced today Expansion Pass 2 for the acclaimed space 4X strategy game Galactic Civilizations IV. The first content drop, "Tales of the Terran Alliance," will launch December 4, 2025. This new expansion focuses on humanity's tumultuous 23rd century and the formative conflicts that shaped the Terran Alliance into a galactic power.Humanity's Defining Moment“Tales of the Terran Alliance” takes players deep into Earth's pivotal era of interstellar expansion, exploring the political intrigue, technological breakthroughs, and military conflicts that forged humanity's place among the stars. Players will experience firsthand the events that transformed Earth from a single-world civilization into a formidable galactic presence, starting with the infamous Xendar War, which is included in the DLC as a fully playable civilization."This expansion is a love letter to Galacti…
- GalCiv IV Releases New DLC and Free Update - 27 February 2025
Tales of the Arnor DLC Play as a new machine race civilization, discover the history of the Yor and Iconians in a new campaign, and experience new in-game event content Prepare to delve into the Galaxy’s greatest mysteries and the rise of a new machine civilization as Galactic Civilizations IV “Tales of the Arnor” launches today! This brand new DLC pack includes a brand new civilization, The Nyx, a new campaign where players will uncover the origins of the Yor, and other new content such as new Anomaly Events, Artifacts, Crisis Scenario, and much more. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ As The Nyx, players will have the chance to try out a completely new machine race civilization with a fully unique tech tree. There are over 100 new technologies like advanced drone warfare and influence manipulation as well as over 40 new Ship Components and more than…
- Galactic Civilizations IV: Megastructures Expansion Now Out - 10 December 2024
Acclaimed 4X strategy title adds colossal structures that create new conflict and diplomatic opportunities for late-game empires https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2671160/Galactic_Civilizations_IV__Megastructures/ The next technological leap for galactic empires is here. Today, Stardock officially releases Galactic Civilizations IV: Megastructures, bringing new opportunities for players to harness the power of stars and create powerful late-game structures. “Megastructures brings powerful new late-game options that we think players will really enjoy,” said Brad Wardell, CEO, Stardock Entertainment. “Too often in 4X strategy games, trailing players have their fate set near the end of the game; but with Megastructures we give players the opportunity to turn the tables on those sitting comfortably in first.” While Megas…
- NOW OUT: Sins of a Solar Empire II - 15 August 2024
Empires will rise and fall as Sins of a Solar Empire II is now available to purchase on Steam. A new era begins as the sequel to one of the most beloved strategy titles of all time releases today on Steam with new dynamic maps, deeper combat, and more. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1575940/Sins_of_a_Solar_Empire_II/ The base game edition is available at a special discount price of $39.99 for a limited time. Sins of a Solar Empire II - Premium Edition is available for a limited-time price of $79.99 and includes the base game, first Content Pass (see image below for details!) and the Sins of a Solar Empire II soundtrack. The sequel to the iconic Sins of a Solar Empire, a classic strategy title known for masterfully blending real-time and 4X strategy gameplay, Sins of a Solar Empire II boasts a new engine that allows for even more epic space battles, larger sprawling empires, and sign…
- Update Notes for February 20, 2024 - 20 February 2024
Launcher update: Added support for The Political Machine 2024.
- Game Guides for Galactic Civilizations III - 20 December 2023
Chart your course to stellar dominance in Galactic Civilizations III with our comprehensive game guides. Whether you're a seasoned space commander or a rookie explorer, our expert strategies will navigate you through the cosmos. Unveil the secrets of interstellar conquest and economic mastery in the guides below. Embark on your journey to forge a lasting legacy among the stars! Popular Guides No-Nonsense Newbie Tips & Tricks Guide (Updated for Crusade) New Player Guide GalCiv3 (Russian language) Weapons and You: Blowing Stuff Up 2.0 Additional Guides View All Here Gameplay Basics Walkthroughs Modding Or Configuration Characters Secrets Workshop
- Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition Released! - 19 October 2023
Stardock’s award-winning turn-based strategy game series gets its biggest release ever Stardock announced the release of Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition (Supernova) today. Stardock is celebrating its 30-year anniversary this month with the sequel to the game that started the company back in 1993. “This is, by far, the biggest game release we’ve ever done,” said Brad Wardell, founder and CEO of Stardock who returned to design Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova after handing the reigns to others for Galactic Civilizations III and Galactic Civilizations IV: base game. “We’ve been so fortunate to be able work with our fans to create something that we think strategy game players are going to really appreciate. You can really tell the love and care that we’ve put into this release.” The game takes place shortly after humanity has discovered faster-than-light travel. Earth has u…
- Update Note for October 9, 2023 - 9 October 2023
Launcher update for Galactic Civilizations IV.
- Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition Launches October 19 - 28 September 2023
The latest entry in our award-winning space turn-based strategy game, Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition, will launch on October 19, 2023 The release will coincide with Stardock’s 30-year anniversary. Beginning shortly after humanity has discovered faster-than-light travel, Galactic Civilizations puts the player in the role of leader of a united world looking to expand their civilization into the galaxy. As leader, you must decide what technologies your scientists focus on, what policies your government enacts and what your foreign policy with alien species will be. “Supernova is, by far, the biggest expansion Stardock has ever made,” said Brad Wardell, founder of Stardock who returned to the design chair for Supernova. “It doesn’t just add a lot of new content but transforms the gameplay in ways not seen in a 4X game before.” Amongst the new innovations in Supernova is AlienG…
- Update Notes for 7/27/23 - 27 July 2023
Just a launcher update to replace some graphics files.
- GalCiv IV: Supernova, Name A Star Contest - 12 July 2023
As many of you know, the GalCiv III Elite Founders had the ability to name their own star in game. We wanted to extend a similar offer to our beloved fans of GalCiv IV: Supernova Edition through this contest, where up to 100 lucky winners will have their star name added in-game. Immortalizing them forever in Supernova! Anyone with a Stardock account (new or existing) is eligible to enter a submission. All submissions will be approved by myself and the team at Stardock, and approved contenders will be publicly displayed on the website. Finally, Stardock staff will vote internally on their favorites as winners to be placed into the game forever. We look forward to seeing your submissions, what will your immortalize in the stars above? A fun joke, a loved one, a wish, or maybe even yourself? Good luck commanders. Submit your name now Submissions end date: 1PM EST, July 19th Winners will be…
- Now in Early Access - Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova - 27 April 2023
Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition now available in early access Early Access adds ChatGPT integration: AlienGPT https://youtu.be/rA_b-H7xuow Stardock has released the latest sequel of its award-winning space strategy game series today into early access. Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova sees the player as the ruler of a united home world that has just discovered faster-than-light travel. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV_Supernova Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova continues a 30-year trend of innovation in the series. This latest sequel introduces AI-generated content OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology allowing players to create their own civilizations that uses AI to create the lore, conversation dialogs, quests and more. The game also uses AI, trained on decades of Stardock’s alien art to deliver custom graphics for their custom civilizatio…
- Version 4.52 Change Log - 8 March 2023
Version 4.52 Change Log Fixes Typo fixes Fixed a hang going into the diplomacy screen Crusade: Fixed the Promethion cost on the Industrial Replicator improvement Crusade: Fixed the Spice cost on the Dream Conclave improvement Balance Retribution: Add a +1% per level research bonus to the Information Processor improvement Crusade: Reduced the Information Processor base research bonus from 5% to 2% Switched Silicon Cities to a % level up pop bonus Switched Synthetic cities to a % level up pop bonus
- Galactic Civilizations III v4.52 Fixes Issues and Updates Balance - 7 March 2023
Greetings, Galactic Civilizations III fans! Our latest update is out of opt-in and is now available for you. See Lord Kona smiling up there? Yeah, he's excited, too. In v4.52 we focused on fixing a few issues that our users have reported. It was brought to our attention that the Promethion cost in the Industrial Replicator improvement and the spice cost on the Dream Conclave improvement in the Crusade expansion were wrong, so we made sure to correct that. We also fixed a hang that would occur going into the diplomacy screen and an issue during the Altarian Prophecy campaign where dialogue options weren't providing the right amount of ideology points. We also wanted to address some balance issues with v4.52. To that end, we have introduced a new research bonus to the Information Processor improvement in Retribution. This improvement now provides a +1% per level research bonus, which will…
- NOW AVAILABLE: v4.51 Update for Galactic Civilizations III - 24 January 2023
Greetings, galactic conquerers! Our v4.51 update for Galactic Civilizations III is out of opt-in and fully released today. For full release details, make sure to check the changelog at the bottom of the post. Thanks so much to everyone who tried out the opt-in and shared their feedback with us! Your opinions, bug hunts, and crash reports help us so much to continue making this game the best it can be. Without further delay, let's talk about what's in v4.51. This update was largely focused on addressing some balance issues brought up to us by our community. We took a look at the morale bonus granted from colony capitals and recued it from 2 to 1. This change only effects the Crusade expansion; we had already changed it to 1 for Retribution. Synthetic species - like the Yor - now have access to the City Improvement. Additionally, the AI is less likely to surrender as quickly as it used to…
- NOW AVAILABLE: v4.5 Update for Galactic Civilizations III - 21 December 2022
Galactic Civilizations III v4.5 Update Improves AI, Early Game, Diplomatic Trades, and More Full changelog here v4.5 makes some updates that help get your early game moving just a little bit faster. You now start with 2 scouts and all starting worlds have 4 more tiles and additional currency on them. Diplomatic trades have also been tweaked so that you can get a little more bang for your buck – or your Elerium, if credits simply aren’t enticing enough. We’ve also updated several of the art assets for events so that you can enjoy a fresh new look. Updates to the AI improve game pacing and support further immersion with things like better tax handling, choosing what technology to research, and aborting trades with the player if it determines the trade is truly unreasonable. Thank you for all your loyal years of dominating the galaxy. https://store.steampowered.com/app/226860/Galactic_Civi…
- The next free game from Epic is a 4X repeat - 6 January 2022
It's Thursday, and you know what that means - another round of free PC games from the Epic Games Store. This week, you can grab the roguelike , Souls-inspired Gods Will Fall and as ever, Epic has revealed next week's freebie, too. You might've picked it up before when it was given away a year ago , but the next freebie is 4X game Galactic Civilizations III . You'll be able to grab Galactic Civilizations III from the usual Epic Games Store promotion page on Thursday, January 13 at 8am PST / 11am EST / 4pm GMT. It'll be there for one full week, at which point it'll be replaced by another freebie. As always, you'll 'purchase' the game at a price of zero dollars, and it'll remain in your library just like any game you might pay money for. As the store page explains, Galactic Civilizations III allows you to "choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy th…
- v4.21 Brings AI and Map Density Updates - 15 December 2021
AI and Map Density Get Update 4.21 also brings a number of long requested balance updates. What players will probably notice the most, however is how much better the AI is at putting together fair trade offers. This may only merit a single line in the change log but represented the bulk of the engineering time for this update. Changelog All versions: AI is now significantly better at putting together trade offers with the player (ones likely to be acceptable to the player). Asteroid likelihood in a system increased from 20% to 25% Ion storm spawn likelyhood an a sector increased from 50% to 65% Retribution: Minimum star distanced reduced from 7 parsecs to 5 parsecs Approval requirement for content reduced from 45% to 40% Civilization capital raw resource production increased from +2 to +3 As hardware continues to become more powerful we have bumped up the number of objects a map can spa…
- Language Hotfix Released - 19 August 2021
This small update resolves some issues with using non-English versions of the game not displaying characters properly. It also updates the in-game version string.
