A second edition, titled Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy was released in 2020 featuring revisions to the rules, graphic design, miniatures, and storage.

"[3] M Harold Page for Black Gate said "It's worth saying a word about the playability.

The designers have cunningly made the player's board the hub for all those otherwise annoying end-of-round resource calculations.

The players take control of one of the races with the main goal of building an empire during a span of nine rounds.

[5] According to Metacritic, the game was received with "generally favorable" reviews and an average score of 87/100.