Leaders: Ministers tab with filled and empty ministry slots

About this game

Developer: Stardock Entertainment · Publisher: Stardock Entertainment · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: Government / Policy / Laws

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What to study

The cabinet is a card grid: the Ministers tab shows nine ministry slots, two filled (Angie Pollyn, Minister of Exploration; Sam Twi, Minister of Technology) and seven empty, each empty slot marked with a large icon for its domain. Filled cards carry a portrait, a one-line personality hook ("Is responsible for their father's death"), four stat values and the bonuses the minister grants, so the choice is about character as much as numbers. The left rail holds unassigned leaders, and the header explains the interaction in one line: assign by drag-and-drop, or select a card then an open slot. No trailer caption on this frame; the left unassigned-leaders rail is cropped at the frame edge by the trailer's framing (the first card is cut off). Frame at 1:02 in September 2023 Gameplay Trailer (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

tabbed-panel card-grid side-panel detail-card stat-panel

Components

Parts on screen.

Tabs Card Slots

Screen inventory

• Leaders tabs (Recruitment, Ministers, Governors, Diplomats, Commanders, Factions)
• drag-and-drop instruction line
• minister cards with portraits, flavor text, stats and bonuses
• empty ministry slots (Colonization, Tourism, Culture, Health, Justice, Production, Finance)
• unassigned leaders rail
• bottom action bar

Top 3 colors

#06090c 30%#1c1b21 20%#36373d 18%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Stardock Entertainment, Galactic Civilizations IV screenshot: Steam store movie (September 2023 Gameplay Trailer), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Stardock Entertainment.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-06. verified 2026-11-06: dense-scan frame (1 frame per 2 seconds) inspected visually at full resolution; settled, legible, genuine gameplay UI confirmed

no published Stardock fan-content policy found (checked 2026-11-06 via web search; the StardockGames.com Terms of Use is a platform EULA for personal non-commercial use, not a fan-content or video-reuse policy); free study/commentary use, unofficial, not endorsed, takedown honored within 48h

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