Galactic Civilizations III — patch notes and updates
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| Announcing Expansion Pass 2 for Galactic Civilizations IV | 2025-11-13 | Stardock Entertainment announced today Expansion Pass 2 for the acclaimed space 4X strategy game Galactic Civilizations IV. The first content drop, "Tales of the Terran Alliance," will launch December 4, 2025. This new expansion focuses on humanity's tumultuous 23rd century and the formative conflicts that shaped the Terran Alliance into a galactic power.Humanity's Defining Moment“Tales of the Terran Alliance” takes players deep into Earth's pivotal era of interstellar expansion, exploring the political intrigue, technological breakthroughs, and military conflicts that forged humanity's place among the stars. Players will experience firsthand |
| GalCiv IV Releases New DLC and Free Update | 2025-02-27 | Tales of the Arnor DLC Play as a new machine race civilization, discover the history of the Yor and Iconians in a new campaign, and experience new in-game event content Prepare to delve into the Galaxy’s greatest mysteries and the rise of a new machine civilization as Galactic Civilizations IV “Tales of the Arnor” launches today! This brand new DLC pack includes a brand new civilization, The Nyx, a new campaign where players will uncover the origins of the Yor, and other new content such as new Anomaly Events, Artifacts, Crisis Scenario, and much more. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ As The Nyx, players w |
| Galactic Civilizations IV: Megastructures Expansion Now Out | 2024-12-10 | Acclaimed 4X strategy title adds colossal structures that create new conflict and diplomatic opportunities for late-game empires https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2671160/Galactic_Civilizations_IV__Megastructures/ The next technological leap for galactic empires is here. Today, Stardock officially releases Galactic Civilizations IV: Megastructures, bringing new opportunities for players to harness the power of stars and create powerful late-game structures. “Megastructures brings powerful new late-game options that we think players will really enjoy,” said Brad Wardell, CE |
| NOW OUT: Sins of a Solar Empire II | 2024-08-15 | Empires will rise and fall as Sins of a Solar Empire II is now available to purchase on Steam. A new era begins as the sequel to one of the most beloved strategy titles of all time releases today on Steam with new dynamic maps, deeper combat, and more. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1575940/Sins_of_a_Solar_Empire_II/ The base game edition is available at a special discount price of $39.99 for a limited time. Sins of a Solar Empire II - Premium Edition is available for a limited-time price of $79.99 and includes the base game, first Content Pass (see image below for details!) and the Sins of a Solar Empire II soundtrack. The sequel to the |
| Update Notes for February 20, 2024 | 2024-02-20 | Launcher update: Added support for The Political Machine 2024. |
| Game Guides for Galactic Civilizations III | 2023-12-20 | Chart your course to stellar dominance in Galactic Civilizations III with our comprehensive game guides. Whether you're a seasoned space commander or a rookie explorer, our expert strategies will navigate you through the cosmos. Unveil the secrets of interstellar conquest and economic mastery in the guides below. Embark on your journey to forge a lasting legacy among the stars! Popular Guides No-Nonsense Newbie Tips & Tricks Guide (Updated for Crusade) New Player Guide GalCiv3 (Russian language) Weapons and You: Blowing Stuff Up 2.0 Additional Guides View All Here Gameplay Basics Walkthroughs Modding Or Configuration Characters Secrets Worksh |
| Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition Released! | 2023-10-19 | Stardock’s award-winning turn-based strategy game series gets its biggest release ever Stardock announced the release of Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition (Supernova) today. Stardock is celebrating its 30-year anniversary this month with the sequel to the game that started the company back in 1993. “This is, by far, the biggest game release we’ve ever done,” said Brad Wardell, founder and CEO of Stardock who returned to design Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova after handing the reigns to others for Galactic Civilizations III and Galactic Civilizations IV: base game. “We’ve been so fortunate to be able work with our fans to creat |
| Update Note for October 9, 2023 | 2023-10-09 | Launcher update for Galactic Civilizations IV. |
| Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition Launches October 19 | 2023-09-28 | The latest entry in our award-winning space turn-based strategy game, Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition, will launch on October 19, 2023 The release will coincide with Stardock’s 30-year anniversary. Beginning shortly after humanity has discovered faster-than-light travel, Galactic Civilizations puts the player in the role of leader of a united world looking to expand their civilization into the galaxy. As leader, you must decide what technologies your scientists focus on, what policies your government enacts and what your foreign policy with alien species will be. “Supernova is, by far, the biggest expansion Stardock has ever made |
| Update Notes for 7/27/23 | 2023-07-27 | Just a launcher update to replace some graphics files. |
| GalCiv IV: Supernova, Name A Star Contest | 2023-07-12 | As many of you know, the GalCiv III Elite Founders had the ability to name their own star in game. We wanted to extend a similar offer to our beloved fans of GalCiv IV: Supernova Edition through this contest, where up to 100 lucky winners will have their star name added in-game. Immortalizing them forever in Supernova! Anyone with a Stardock account (new or existing) is eligible to enter a submission. All submissions will be approved by myself and the team at Stardock, and approved contenders will be publicly displayed on the website. Finally, Stardock staff will vote internally on their favorites as winners to be placed into the game forever |
| Now in Early Access - Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova | 2023-04-27 | Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition now available in early access Early Access adds ChatGPT integration: AlienGPT https://youtu.be/rA_b-H7xuow Stardock has released the latest sequel of its award-winning space strategy game series today into early access. Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova sees the player as the ruler of a united home world that has just discovered faster-than-light travel. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1357210/Galactic_Civilizations_IV_Supernova Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova continues a 30-year trend of innovation in the series. This latest sequel introduces AI-generated content OpenAI’s ChatGPT techno |
| Version 4.52 Change Log | 2023-03-08 | Version 4.52 Change Log Fixes Typo fixes Fixed a hang going into the diplomacy screen Crusade: Fixed the Promethion cost on the Industrial Replicator improvement Crusade: Fixed the Spice cost on the Dream Conclave improvement Balance Retribution: Add a +1% per level research bonus to the Information Processor improvement Crusade: Reduced the Information Processor base research bonus from 5% to 2% Switched Silicon Cities to a % level up pop bonus Switched Synthetic cities to a % level up pop bonus |
| Galactic Civilizations III v4.52 Fixes Issues and Updates Balance | 2023-03-07 | Greetings, Galactic Civilizations III fans! Our latest update is out of opt-in and is now available for you. See Lord Kona smiling up there? Yeah, he's excited, too. In v4.52 we focused on fixing a few issues that our users have reported. It was brought to our attention that the Promethion cost in the Industrial Replicator improvement and the spice cost on the Dream Conclave improvement in the Crusade expansion were wrong, so we made sure to correct that. We also fixed a hang that would occur going into the diplomacy screen and an issue during the Altarian Prophecy campaign where dialogue options weren't providing the right amount of ideology |
| NOW AVAILABLE: v4.51 Update for Galactic Civilizations III | 2023-01-24 | Greetings, galactic conquerers! Our v4.51 update for Galactic Civilizations III is out of opt-in and fully released today. For full release details, make sure to check the changelog at the bottom of the post. Thanks so much to everyone who tried out the opt-in and shared their feedback with us! Your opinions, bug hunts, and crash reports help us so much to continue making this game the best it can be. Without further delay, let's talk about what's in v4.51. This update was largely focused on addressing some balance issues brought up to us by our community. We took a look at the morale bonus granted from colony capitals and recued it from 2 to |
| NOW AVAILABLE: v4.5 Update for Galactic Civilizations III | 2022-12-21 | Galactic Civilizations III v4.5 Update Improves AI, Early Game, Diplomatic Trades, and More Full changelog here v4.5 makes some updates that help get your early game moving just a little bit faster. You now start with 2 scouts and all starting worlds have 4 more tiles and additional currency on them. Diplomatic trades have also been tweaked so that you can get a little more bang for your buck – or your Elerium, if credits simply aren’t enticing enough. We’ve also updated several of the art assets for events so that you can enjoy a fresh new look. Updates to the AI improve game pacing and support further immersion with things like better tax h |
| v4.21 Brings AI and Map Density Updates | 2021-12-15 | AI and Map Density Get Update 4.21 also brings a number of long requested balance updates. What players will probably notice the most, however is how much better the AI is at putting together fair trade offers. This may only merit a single line in the change log but represented the bulk of the engineering time for this update. Changelog All versions: AI is now significantly better at putting together trade offers with the player (ones likely to be acceptable to the player). Asteroid likelihood in a system increased from 20% to 25% Ion storm spawn likelyhood an a sector increased from 50% to 65% Retribution: Minimum star distanced reduced from |
| Language Hotfix Released | 2021-08-19 | This small update resolves some issues with using non-English versions of the game not displaying characters properly. It also updates the in-game version string. |
| Galactic Civilizations III v4.2 Change Log | 2021-08-05 | Stardock released a v4.2 update today for Galactic Civilizations III, its massive space sandbox 4X strategy game. The update has taken a large amount of community feedback into account as it works to address the game’s balance. The version 4.2 update focuses on balancing several existing elements within the game, including planet classes, resource requirements for certain Starbase modules, habitable planet counts in each map size, and more. “This update wouldn't have been possible without our community,” said Stardock CEO Brad Wardell. “Without their feedback and their sharing of saved games, it would have been much more difficult for us to t |
| Galactic Civilizations III v.Next - Beta Now Available | 2021-05-26 | Galactic Civilizations III's next update is now in opt-in and ready to test out! Players can expect tons of improvements and user requested changes, check them out below: GalCiv III v.Next Tiny hull receives +2 speed buff Small hull receives +1 speed buff Cargo hull cost increased Slight bump to improvement costs. Colony ships cost more Prototype hyperdrive requires anti-matter instead of Promethion Fixed bug that could cause an AI player to rush a ship when it didn't want to. Easier difficulty levels made easier with "dumber" AI. Default player count per map size increased: - Small: 3 to 5 - Medium: 6 to 9 - Large: 8 to 11 - Huge: 12 to 17 - |