Galactic Civilizations IV latest updates, patch notes, changelogs and announcements
Dev Journal #109: Day & Night NEW
Date: 2025-11-03 14:33:27
The Phalenoids Advance are a Civilization of light loving moth-like creatures adapted to a world split into many month-long day and night cycles, and today we’re going to take a close look at their game mechanics to see how they play.As always in Gal...
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Date: 2025-10-23 19:12:56
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Dev Journal #108 - The Great Flowering
Date: 2025-09-30 21:00:16
Every Core Civilization in Galactic Civilizations IV plays quite differently and has Civilization Abilities, Traits and many more mechanics that are tuned towards a specific playstyle.What’s great about this system is that you’re not generally hard-l...
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Date: 2025-09-29 19:30:14
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Dev Journal #107: Culture & Influence
Date: 2025-08-26 16:00:21
In Galactic Civilizations IV, Influence is a measure of your Empire’s overall cultural and logistical reach, and affects many other gameplay elements. Today I’m going to explain how to generate Culture, how that then spreads your Influence across the...
Dev Journal #106: Organic Difficulty in GalCiv IV
Date: 2025-07-17 18:50:44
Galactic Civilizations IV’s depth is its greatest strength, but it can often be the biggest barrier to entry for new players too. I don’t think any long-time fan of the series will disagree that to get the best out of GalCiv, you kind of need to have...
v3.01 Update Now Available
Date: 2025-07-16 17:12:51
The v3.01 update for Galactic Civilizations IV brings adjustments for enhancing gameplay.
The map generation settings for "Sector Layout" and "Hyperlane Frequency" have been tweaked to increase the likelihood of clustered hyperlanes, improving navig...
Dev Journal #105: v3.0 Update - Drengin Human Wars XXVII Pt. 3
Date: 2025-06-19 18:45:19
The Battle of Ivan’s Star
Task Force Kenga included an Ann Arbor class Destroyer as well as the original TAS Gibraltar.
It was evenly matched with the Drengin fleet.
But the Drengin had something that the humans did not: Long-ranged missiles
T...
Dev Journal #104: v3.0 Update - Drengin Human Wars XXVII Pt. 2
Date: 2025-06-16 18:45:23
Two years later
The Atherish Sector continued to develop. The Terran Alliance in this sector was pondering whether it was worthwhile to trade with the Drengin in this sector.
After all, the two civilizations were not actually at war. There was actu...
Massive Hyperlane Update Now Out for Galactic Civilizations IV
Date: 2025-06-12 15:53:23
A year’s worth of feedback, suggestions and general improvements make their way into Stardock’s massive updateJoin us today from 1pm - 3pm EST for a livestream event here on SteamFull Changelog Here
Stardock Entertainment has released the v3.0 Hype...
Dev Journal #103: v3.0 Update - Drengin Human Wars XXVII
Date: 2025-06-12 15:00:26
Background
The Terran Alliance was formed shortly after the confirmation of intelligent life in the galaxy following a probe from a mysterious alien civilization known as the Arcean Empire. This contact soon resulted in the development of FTL travel ...
Release Day Livestream: v3.0 Hyperlane Update
Date: 2025-06-10 22:10:22
Attention, Galactic Civilizations fans! We are thrilled to announce an exciting livestream event showcasing the highly anticipated v3.0 Hyperlane Update! Join us as we delve into the universe of Galactic Civilizations IV and explore the groundbreakin...
GalCiv IV Dev Journal #102: UI Improvements in v3.0
Date: 2025-06-05 19:21:39
Improvements to a game’s user interface go a long way towards improving the experience you’ll get when you’re playing it. The v3.0 Hyperlane update made some significant changes to gameplay, which we’ve covered in the past few developer journals, but...
Dev Journal #101: Star Hyperlanes & Fleet Supply
Date: 2025-05-29 19:00:34
Today we’re going to take a closer look at two of the bigger features we’ve added to GalCiv in v3.0 “Hyperlane”, both of which complement the new map generation algorithm and really work to enhance the core gameplay of GalCiv IV.
As discussed in pr...
Dev Journal #100: v3.0 Update - New Map Generation
Date: 2025-05-22 18:45:19
v3.0 Update - New Map Generation
One of the most obvious changes to GalCiv IV v3.0 will be how maps are generated. The initial philosophy in GalCiv IV was that a given sector would have a uniform star layout with the strategic points being handled b...
Dev Journal #99: Preview of the v3.0 "Hyperlane" Update
Date: 2025-05-15 19:06:06
Preview of the v3.0 "Hyperlane" Update
Coming June 12, 2025
Players Can Get into the Insider Build Now
Galactic Civilizations IV is closing in on a large and important milestone in its development history with the imminent release of version 3.0, th...
v2.96 Now Available: Featuring AlienGPT 2.0
Date: 2025-04-22 19:30:06
Experience Enhanced Custom Civilization Creation and Key Fixes in the Latest Update
Galactic Civilizations v2.96 features the introduction of AlienGPT 2.0, which enhances the AI's capability to generate Custom Civilizations with improved quality. Thi...
Dev Journal #98 - The Hidden Hand
Date: 2025-04-15 17:53:34
Dev Journal #98 - The Hidden Hand
The Krynn Syndicate is a shadowy criminal organisation hidden deep inside a great religious organisation that spans many worlds, and their flock is drawn from innumerable species and races from far across the known...
Dev Journal #97 - The Lost Generation
Date: 2025-03-25 17:50:21
The Manti Cluster have a unique backstory in the Galactic Civilizations universe, with a generation of their spawn stolen from them by alien raiders. This horrifying event spurred the Manti into action, developing their own FTL travel and making the ...
Dev Journal #96 - A Preview of GalCiv IV v3.0
Date: 2025-03-04 18:45:10
At long last, Galactic Civilizations IV v2.95 is here and it's a big one. I'd like to think it addresses most of the high priority feedback we've gotten on the game since launch, especially in terms of map generation.
But well beyond that, v2.95 is ...
Now Out: Tales of the Arnor DLC and Free v2.95
Date: 2025-02-27 15:41:14
Galactic Civilizations IV "Tales of the Arnor" DLC Launches Today
Play as a new machine race civilization, discover the history of the Yor and Iconians in a new campaign, and experience new in-game event content
Prepare to delve into the Galaxy’s ...
Dev Journal #95 - Tales of the Arnor: Tricks of the Nyx
Date: 2025-02-20 19:23:41
Last week we took a look at Tales of the Arnor and what it adds in general. Today, we’ll focus a bit more on the Nyx themselves, and their unusual playstyle.
Galactic Civilizations features many weird and wonderful different intergalactic species f...
Launch Livestream: "Tales of the Arnor" DLC
Date: 2025-02-20 19:00:17
Join us as we dig deep into the gameplay and lore of the newest DLC for Galactic Civilizations IV, Tales of the Arnor!
📅 Thursday, February 27th at 1:00pm EST
📍 Location: Galactic Civilizations IV Steam Page
What to Expect
New Civilization: The...
Dev Journal #94 - Sneak Peek: Tales of the Arnor
Date: 2025-02-13 18:50:12
Tales of the Arnor is Stardock’s latest exciting DLC for Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova, focusing on events that occurred way back in the history of the Galactic Civilizations universe. Over the past few weeks, Frogboy has posted several develo...
