Games like Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
If Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition, Galactic Civilizations IV and Galactic Civilizations III — 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.
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Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Top pick for Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Galactic Civilizations is a space based strategy game in which you are in control of humanity's destiny.
Galactic Civilizations IV
WHY THIS
Shares ship designer and an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Second-strongest match for Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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.
Galactic Civilizations III
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Third-strongest match for Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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®: Rebellion
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Ranked #4 for Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Ranked #5 for Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.
ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
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Ranked #6 for Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
ENDLESS™ Space is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS™ Universe, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
Stellar Monarch
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Ranked #7 for Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Asymmetric space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. No micromanagement, grand scale, fast paced, audiences, assassins, imperial court, disloyal admirals.
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.
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Stellaris
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Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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.
Galactic Civilizations III
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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.
Galactic Civilizations IV
WHY THIS
Shares ship designer and an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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.
Tiny Civilization
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
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Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
ENDLESS™ Space is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS™ Universe, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.
Oblivion
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Reviewers of Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Oblivion is a short, story-driven first-person horror game. Uncover the truth hidden within an abandoned school — but beware, some memories were never meant to return.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Crusader Kings II
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
PlanetSide 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
Supermarket Together
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!
Fallout Shelter
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Bloons TD Battles 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
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Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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® II: Ultimate Edition.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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 a challenging mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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® II: Ultimate Edition.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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.
Galactic Civilizations IV
WHY THIS
Shares ship designer and an epic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition. Shares Strategy with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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.
Star Control®: Origins
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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® II: Ultimate Edition.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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.
The Political Machine 2020
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
Another title from Stardock Entertainment, the studio behind Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition.
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® II: Ultimate Edition
- Does Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition work on Steam Deck?
- Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition 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® II: Ultimate Edition cost?
- Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition are Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition, Galactic Civilizations IV, Galactic Civilizations III.
- Who developed Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition?
- Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition was developed by Stardock Entertainment.
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