Once again, Epic has revealed next week’s free game. This time it’s the space strategy simulation Galactic Civilizations 3. Anyone who has ever wanted to build, conquer and manage their own space empire in real time should grab it next week!
From 13 January 2022, the global strategy giant Galactic Civilizations 3 will be available free of charge to all Epic users with their own account. As always, once you’ve added the game to your library, you can re-download at any time.
What to expect in Galactic Civilizations 3
But why is Galactic Civilizations 3 worth playing at all? In a time when the gaming industry is mostly focused on epic blockbusters, monetisation and over-styled multiplayer games, good real-time strategy titles are rare. While the space setting is not for everyone, and the 4X approach of a massive global strategy universe is off-putting at first, next week’s free title offers oodles of fun and unlimited gameplay freedom. To build an empire like the galaxy has never seen before, you have a variety of options at your disposal.
Would you rather take an enemy star system militarily? No problem, but then you might also have to deal with their allies. Or maybe you’d rather infiltrate the economy until you can simply buy the planets off your rival one by one? Finally, you can also dominate galactic research and persuade the other parties to enter into an alliance with you. You always have the choice of what you want to do!
You can choose from several races with their characteristic abilities, units, strengths and weaknesses. This also increases the replay value enormously, as every game with a different race can be played differently. You can compete for the galaxy with up to 128 other races on one map. The only drawback of the strategy hit from Stardock Games is that the hardware requirements increase enormously. But there is also a lot you can do with the graphics and performance options. As well as those of your game. From victory conditions to starting difficulty to anomalies, you can build your own game on your own terms.
You have until 20 January 2022 to get your free copy of Galactic Civilizations 3 from the Epic Games Store. Until then, you can still secure the current free game, the full version of the indie roguelike Gods Will Fall There are also numerous sales going on in the PS Store, on Steam and GoG
