Video game · 2003
Galactic Civilizations
Released 26 March 2003 on PC and OS/2
- Developer
- Stardock
- Publisher
- Strategy First
- Made in
- Plymouth, United States
- Genre
- Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Themes
- Science fiction, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
- Series
- Galactic Civilizations
IGDB CRITICS812 reviews
IGDB PLAYERS708 ratings
About Galactic Civilizations
Galactic Civilizations is a space based strategy game in which you are in control of humanity's destiny. The year is 2178, the Terran Alliance has invented a new technology -- Hyperdrive. But the secret has leaked to the other civilizations starting a race for all the inhabitable worlds in the galaxy! As leader of United Earth, you must research new technologies, build an economy, create a powerful military force, all the while carefully balancing your political, diplomatic and trade skills.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| OS/2 | 26 March 2003 |
|---|---|
| PC | 26 March 2003 |
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Galactic Civilizations series
Galactic Civilizations is game 1 of 3. All 3 in order ›
- Galactic Civilizations 2003
- Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords 2006
- Galactic Civilizations III 2014
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- Sins of a Solar Empire 2008
- Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords 2006
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