Galactic Civilizations IV
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Developers | |
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Stardock | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 26, 2022 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | 4X, TBS |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Galactic Civilizations |
Galactic Civilizations | |
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Galactic Civilizations | 2003 |
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords | 2006 |
Galactic Civilizations III | 2015 |
Galactic Civilizations IV | 2022 |
Galactic Civilizations IV is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view 4X and TBS game in the Galactic Civilizations series.
General information
- Official forums
- Official wiki
- Official Discord server for game series
- Steam Community Discussions for Supernova
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Epic Games Store | Supernova also available. | |||
Steam | Supernova only. |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Supernova | Standalone expansion. | |
Tales of Centauron | Coming December 2023. Part of the Expansion Pass. | |
Warlords | Coming Q1 2024. Part of the Expansion Pass. | |
Species Pack | Coming Q2 2024. Part of the Expansion Pass. | |
Megastructures | Coming Q3 2024. Part of the Expansion Pass. | |
Tales of the Arnor | Coming Q4 2024. Part of the Expansion Pass. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1357210/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GalCiv4\Saves %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GalCiv4\MPSaves |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1357210/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Epic Games Launcher | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | Supernova only. | |||
Traditional Chinese | Supernova only. | |||
French | Supernova only. | |||
German | Supernova only. | |||
Italian | Supernova only. | |||
Polish | Supernova only. | |||
Portuguese | Supernova only. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Supernova only. | |||
Russian | Supernova only. | |||
Spanish | Supernova only. | |||
Latin American Spanish | Supernova only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | 10, 11 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen 2x00 | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 14 GB (vanilla) 22 GB (Supernova) | |
Video card (GPU) | 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | |
Other | 1920x1080 resolution |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1357210/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1357210) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.