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Games like Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Stardock Entertainment · 2011 · Windows
Steam: 76 % positive of 1,650 reviews, as of Oct 18
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!
24 games that play like Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Galactic Civilizations III, Stellaris and ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition.
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Plays and looks like Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
Galactic Civilizations III
76 % positive of 10,282
Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
Master of Orion 2
96 % positive of 1,569
Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
Imperium Galactica II
87 % positive of 591
Shared: 4X · Strategy · Space
Space Empires IV Deluxe
85 % positive of 270
Shared: 4X · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
By gameplay
Plays like Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Galactic Civilizations III
76 % positive of 10,282
Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
Stellaris
86 % positive of 185,433
Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Strategy
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
80 % positive of 9,364
Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
ENDLESS Space™ 2
83 % positive of 22,190
Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
Master of Orion 2
96 % positive of 1,569
Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
Galactic Civilizations IV
73 % positive of 1,887
Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy
Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition
48 % positive of 287
Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
Master of Orion
76 % positive of 7,918
Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
StarDrive 2
55 % positive of 2,084
Shared: 4X · Turn-Based · Strategy
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
79 % positive of 6,431
Shared: 4X · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
86 % positive of 349,920
Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
Master of Orion 1
90 % positive of 398
Shared: 4X · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
More matches
- Distant Worlds 271 % positive of 3,237Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Strategy
- Imperium Galactica II87 % positive of 591Shared: 4X · Strategy · Space
- Interstellar Space: Genesis83 % positive of 772Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
- Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™60 % positive of 22,578Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
- Sid Meier's Civilization® V95 % positive of 204,265Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based
- Space Empires IV Deluxe85 % positive of 270Shared: 4X · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
- Sins of a Solar Empire II85 % positive of 6,946Shared: 4X · Strategy · Base-Building
- Stars in Shadow78 % positive of 787Shared: 4X · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack91 % positive of 461Shared: 4X · Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy
- Distant Worlds: Universe75 % positive of 1,819Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Strategy
- Star Ruler 281 % positive of 715Shared: 4X · Strategy · Sci-fi
- STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack97 % positive of 39,435Shared: 4X · Grand Strategy · Strategy
By look
Looks like Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart
94 % positive of 6,666
Avorion
90 % positive of 13,614
Master of Orion 2
96 % positive of 1,569
Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator
90 % positive of 463
Gratuitous Space Battles
71 % positive of 848
Parkan 2
72 % positive of 369
Space Empires V
72 % positive of 453
Imperium Galactica II
87 % positive of 591
Freespace 2
78 % positive of 305
ΔV: Rings of Saturn
93 % positive of 2,954
Total Annihilation
96 % positive of 3,477
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
77 % positive of 235
More matches
- Space Empires IV Deluxe85 % positive of 270
- Microsoft Allegiance79 % positive of 180
- UFO: Afterlight65 % positive of 517
- Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®77 % positive of 793
- Star Traders: Frontiers84 % positive of 3,623
- AI War: Fleet Command82 % positive of 1,582
- STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga91 % positive of 4,342
- Galactic Civilizations III76 % positive of 10,282
- Endless Sky92 % positive of 6,651
- Stars in Shadow78 % positive of 787
- Approaching Infinity95 % positive of 486
- Empires Mod86 % positive of 1,042
At a glance
What games like Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition have in common
- The tags they share most often with Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition: 4X (24 of 24), Grand Strategy (15) and Turn-Based (15).
- They came out between 2006 and 2024, 21 of them after Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition (2011).
- Best rated by Steam players: STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack (97 % positive of 39,435).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.