Galactic Civilizations III
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| Developers | |
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| Stardock Corporation | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 14, 2015 |
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| Galactic Civilizations | |
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| Galactic Civilizations | 2003 |
| Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords | 2006 |
| Galactic Civilizations III | 2015 |
| Galactic Civilizations IV | 2022 |
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Discord | |
Included with Incorrect store feature name. See here for available options.. | |
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| GamersGate | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Gold Edition also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
Gold Edition also available. | |
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| Steam | |
Gold Edition also available. | |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Use the in-game options[1] |
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Game data
Gameplay settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GalCiv3\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/226860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GalCiv3\Saves\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/226860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Discord | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Video settings.
Interface settings.
Input settings
Main key bindings.
Planets and starbases key bindings.
Ships key bindings.
Audio settings
Audio settings.
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Russian | For the GOG.com version on Windows 10 run <path-to-game>\Fonts\gc3_font_setup.exe to install the Cyrillic font.[2] |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
| Asynchronous multiplayer | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 8.1 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz AMD K10 Dual-Core |
Intel Core i5 2.3 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12 GB | 15 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 500 Series AMD Radeon HD 5x00 Series Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10.1 compatible | 1 GB of VRAM |
- 32-bit systems are not supported.
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>/226860/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (226860) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.