Galactic Civilizations III
Skip · Multiplayer · 2015
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Cost per hour
- $1.10/hr
- Reviews▼
- 77% of 10,406
- Critics
- 81 players 4 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 22% Multiplayer
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 27.2h
- To 100%
- 54.9h 2.0x the story
- Achievements
- 102
Price and sales
- Sales
- 96 on record
- Typical cut
- 66% off
- Steam low
- $4.50 May 2019
- Sale every
- 40d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 84 now
- Cheaper than
- 3% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 70% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
78% start to <1% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
96 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 66 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 22 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 70 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition ($9.99, scores 49) beats it on value, while it beats Galactic Civilizations IV ($39.99, scores 21).
More about Galactic Civilizations III
None of the 661 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 35 percent of the 437 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 27.2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 55, 2.0 times as much.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
It's not much of a strategy game since the only strategy available is "prepare for war". Want to build a peaceful empire? prepare for war. Want to build a warring empire? prepare for war.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I like the consistency, the art, and the fact that is is turn-based. I am an old man (51), been playing mostly RTS games for most of my life. I am not big on fast-paced FPS stuff because I can never manage the controls (neither keyboard NOR controllers), most games do NOT have auto-targeting so I get frustrated and give up after 10 minutes tops. So, a game like Gal Civ (and others like Total Annihilation and Supreme...
The game snowballs. One civ gets ahead and conquers everything. I make that civ me by finding the best path to plantary invasion. I make my citizens generals and send out invasion fleets with a few escorts. The ai doesn't build a navy at all so I clear out the defense of the ai's capital and surrounding planets and conquer with no opposition to my invasion fleets. Now I am ahead and conquering everything. The...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 12 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Galactic Civilizations III scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/226860/galactic-civilizations-iiiReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.