Galactic Civilizations IV is the latest entry in Stardock Entertainment's long-running space 4X grand strategy series — one of the longest-surviving franchises in the genre and a beloved alternative to Stellaris for fans of deep civilisation-building without real-time combat. Your civilisation has just achieved faster-than-light travel and the galaxy stretches before you. Explore star systems, colonise worlds, develop unique technologies, build fleets and compete — through diplomacy, espionage or outright war — against dozens of independently minded AI civilisations that remember your history with them.

Key Features: • Multi-sector galaxy maps — explore and colonise across a vast procedurally generated cosmos • Advanced AI civilisations — each with unique personalities, long-term memory and distinct strategies • Citizen system — individual colonists develop skills and specialties over time • Deep diplomacy, espionage and warfare — multiple paths to galactic dominance • 6 DLC packs — Tales of Centauron, Warlords, Species Pack, Megastructures, Tales of the Arnor, Tales of the Terran Alliance