Race for the Galaxy (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Race for the Galaxy

Explore, Settle, Develop, Trade, Consume, or Produce? Which do you need most? Which of Earth's former colonies will be most successful at settling the galaxy, now that JumpDrive exists? Who will discover the…

90 3 May 2017

What Race for the Galaxy is

Race for the Galaxy is a card & board game game developed by Temple Gates Games and released in 2017. It is available on Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Explore, Settle, Develop, Trade, Consume, or Produce? Which do you need most? Which of Earth's former colonies will be most successful at settling the galaxy, now that JumpDrive exists? Who will discover the secrets of the mysteriously vanished Alien Overlords? Your goal: to build the most prosperous and powerful space empire!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Race for the Galaxy holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 19 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent and 256 MB RAM. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Race for the Galaxy launched on 3 May 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and What Remains of Edith Finch. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch.

Race for the Galaxy — frequently asked questions

When did Race for the Galaxy come out?

Race for the Galaxy was released on 3 May 2017 for Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Race for the Galaxy?

At minimum, Race for the Galaxy needs Intel Core i3 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent, 256 MB RAM, 100 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Race for the Galaxy?

The PC version needs about 0.1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("100 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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