Games like Galactic Civilizations IV
If Galactic Civilizations IV is your kind of game, the closest matches are ENDLESS™ Legend 2, Old World and Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and epic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Galactic Civilizations IV is a turn-based 4X space strategy game released in 2023 by Stardock Entertainment, priced at $39.99 USD and unavailable on Steam Deck. Players create custom civilizations and design their own ships while navigating a sector-based galaxy that lets them develop personal narratives, and the forced-peace mechanics prevent perpetual warfare. Reviewers highlight the immediate reward from player actions and the rich variety of races and lore. Players describe it as both contemplative and epic, with the streamlined late-game turn flow keeping massive campaigns engaging. The game supports online cooperative multiplayer and extensive modding. It holds a 74% positive rating from over 1,500 Steam reviews.
About Galactic Civilizations IV: Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
Players who liked Galactic Civilizations IV also play
Steam players who put hours into Galactic Civilizations IV also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
ENDLESS™ Legend 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Top pick for Galactic Civilizations IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.
Old World
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Second-strongest match for Galactic Civilizations IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Shares ship designer and an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Third-strongest match for Galactic Civilizations IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Ranked #4 for Galactic Civilizations IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
Galactic Civilizations III
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Ranked #5 for Galactic Civilizations IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
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.
ZEPHON
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Galactic Civilizations IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Ranked #7 for Galactic Civilizations IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
Terra Invicta
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Ranked #8 for Galactic Civilizations IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
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Galactic Civilizations III
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
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.
Stellaris
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
Master of Orion
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Idle Civilization
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Take command of a pair of villagers and help them build a mighty civilization that will spread across the world and conquer it. Idle Civilization is a civilization builder management game where you will oversee the growth of your people into a mighty kingdom through building, research, warfare, religion, diplomacy, culture, heroic...
Stars
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
《Stars》is a VR game about stars. you can completely relax, look up at the sky and listen to the story of each constellation.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
Sins of a Solar Empire II
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Tiny Civilization
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations IV cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Galactic Civilizations IV at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Galactic Civilizations IV on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Galactic Civilizations IV on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Galactic Civilizations IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Galactic Civilizations IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Galactic Civilizations IV on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Galactic Civilizations IV on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Galactic Civilizations IV on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Galactic Civilizations IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
one night, hot springs
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
South Scrimshaw, Part One
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
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More from Stardock Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Stardock Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations IV. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
Galactic Civilizations III
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations IV. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
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.
Sins of a Solar Empire II
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations IV. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations IV. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Star Control®: Origins
WHY THIS
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations IV. Shares Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations IV. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Fallen Enchantress is 4X strategy game from the makers of Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations. Build a civilization in the magical world of Elemental. Recruit heroes, train armies, build cities, forge alliances and save the world in this rich world where it's never the same game twice.
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Shares ship designer and an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations IV. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
The Political Machine 2020
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations IV. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Galactic Civilizations IV.
Win the hearts and minds of America’s voters and take the 2020 presidential election by storm in Stardock’s popular political strategy game. Choose a candidate and run against a computer opponent or a candidate controlled by another person over the Internet.
Frequently asked about Galactic Civilizations IV
- Does Galactic Civilizations IV work on Steam Deck?
- Galactic Civilizations IV is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Galactic Civilizations IV cost?
- Galactic Civilizations IV is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Galactic Civilizations IV have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Galactic Civilizations IV supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Galactic Civilizations IV?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Galactic Civilizations IV are ENDLESS™ Legend 2, Old World, Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
- Who developed Galactic Civilizations IV?
- Galactic Civilizations IV was developed by Stardock Entertainment.
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