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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…

81 26 March 2003

Galactic Civilizations is a simulator developed by Stardock, released 26 March 2003 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Galactic Civilizations is

Galactic Civilizations is a simulator game developed by Stardock and released in 2003. It was published by Strategy First. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Galactic Civilizations holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Galactic Civilizations launched on 26 March 2003, within three weeks of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2 and Midnight Club II. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2, Midnight Club II.

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When did Galactic Civilizations come out?
Galactic Civilizations was released on 26 March 2003 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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