Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords (2006) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords

Galactic Civilizations II (GalCiv II) is a 4X Grand strategy game set in the 23rd century, when multiple alien civilizations scramble to conquer the galaxy, planet by planet, by force, diplomacy, influence…

86 21 February 2006

What Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords is

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords is a turn-based strategy (tbs) game developed by Stardock and released in 2006. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the 23rd century the known galaxy is at war. The Terran Alliance and their coalition are fighting a desperate interstellar war with the evil Drengin Empire and their ruthless allies. Behind the scenes, the precursor civilization called the Dread Lords pulls the strings on both sides. As leader of a galactic civilization, it is up to you to ensure the triumph of your civilization.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 80% of the 743 rated turn-based strategy (tbs) games in our database, which average 76. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 21 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords launched on 21 February 2006, within three weeks of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and Muv-Luv Alternative. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Muv-Luv Alternative.

Cheats and codes

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