Where to play
Steam
🖥️ Galactic Civilizations IV system requirements
Minimum and recommended PC specs (official, from Steam). Meeting "Minimum" means you can play; for smoother visuals and higher settings, refer to "Recommended".
🖥️ Can your PC run Galactic Civilizations IV?
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| Requirement equivalent | GPU tier | CPU tier | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Graphics card with 1 GB VRAM (estimated) | Intel Core i5 | 8 GB |
| Recommended | Graphics card with 1 GB VRAM (estimated) | Intel Core i5 | 16 GB |
💻 Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Quad-Core Processor (Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 2x00)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- 1GB VRAM Video Card
- DirectX
- Version ：11
- Network
- Broadband Internet connection
- Storage
- 22 GB available space
- Sound card
- Any
- Notes
- 720p Minimum Screen Resolution Required
🚀 Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS
- Windows 10 / Windows 11 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Quad-Core Processor (Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 2x00)
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Graphics
- 1GB VRAM Video Card
- DirectX
- Version ：11
- Network
- Broadband Internet connection
- Storage
- 22 GB available space
- Sound card
- Any
- Notes
- 720p Minimum Screen Resolution Required
Source: Steam store page (updated 2026/10/10). Requirements may change after updates; check the store page before buying.
🎮 Can popular graphics cards run Galactic Civilizations IV?
Intel UHD / HD 630 (integrated)
⚠️ Barely
Intel Iris Xe (integrated)
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1050 Ti
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1650
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1060 6GB
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1660 Super
🚀 Smooth
RTX 2060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 3050
🚀 Smooth
RTX 3060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4060 Laptop
🚀 Smooth
RX 580
🚀 Smooth
RX 6600
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4070 Super
🚀 Smooth
RTX 5070
🚀 Smooth
Compares graphics cards only; your CPU and RAM must also meet the requirements. See Can I run it? for how it's calculated.