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Stardock Entertainment · 2015 · 76 % positive of 10,282

24 games that play like Galactic Civilizations III and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Galactic Civilizations IV, Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition and Interstellar Space: Genesis.

Player tags

  • Aliens
  • Sci-fi
  • 4X
  • Turn-Based Strategy
  • Sandbox
  • 3D
  • Grand Strategy
  • Moddable

At a glance

What games like Galactic Civilizations III have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Galactic Civilizations III: Sci-fi (24 of 24), 4X (24) and Turn-Based Strategy (13).
  • They came out between 2006 and 2024, 12 of them after Galactic Civilizations III (2015).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Master of Orion 2 (96 % positive of 1,569).
  • 6 games both play and look like Galactic Civilizations III, among them Galactic Civilizations IV, Interstellar Space: Genesis and Stellaris.

By gameplay

Plays like Galactic Civilizations III

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Space Empires IV Deluxe85 % positive of 270Shared: Sci-fi · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  2. Space Empires V72 % positive of 453Shared: Sci-fi · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  3. Horizon59 % positive of 475Shared: Sci-fi · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  4. Distant Worlds 271 % positive of 3,237Shared: Sci-fi · 4X · Grand Strategy
  5. ENDLESS Space™ 283 % positive of 22,190Shared: Sci-fi · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  6. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack91 % positive of 461Shared: Sci-fi · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  7. Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®77 % positive of 793Shared: Aliens · Sci-fi · 4X
  8. Master of Orion 296 % positive of 1,569Shared: Sci-fi · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  9. Distant Worlds: Universe75 % positive of 1,819Shared: Sci-fi · 4X · Sandbox
  10. Stars in Shadow78 % positive of 787Shared: Sci-fi · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  11. Age of Wonders: Planetfall79 % positive of 6,431Shared: Aliens · Sci-fi · 4X
  12. StarDrive44 % positive of 1,473Shared: Sci-fi · 4X · Strategy

By look

Looks like Galactic Civilizations III

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Slipways92 % positive of 2,154
  2. Particle Fleet: Emergence92 % positive of 1,223
  3. Star Traders: Frontiers84 % positive of 3,623
  4. The Infinite Black 285 % positive of 221
  5. Nexus 5X91 % positive of 867
  6. Interstellar Transport Company67 % positive of 397
  7. Beyond Sol78 % positive of 186
  8. Between the Stars74 % positive of 2,301
  9. Nexus - The Jupiter Incident86 % positive of 993
  10. Kinetic Void17 % positive of 1,553
  11. Starpoint Gemini 269 % positive of 4,093
  12. Battlevoid: Sector Siege58 % positive of 191

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.

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