Stellaris

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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 984 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 133 out of 984
  3. Negative: 109 out of 984

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  1. Medus
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Pretty good game duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
  2. Yannig
    Aug 26, 2023
    7
    This game is pretty hard to get started with, but it keeps you interested ...
  3. Keron_Heruman
    Aug 25, 2023
    8
    Solid and complex space 4x strategy game. Very fun to play, plenty of options and with a lot of alternatives and modes to play... tends to become boring late game, and the DLC politic is unacceptable
  4. stellarissucks
    Aug 17, 2023
    0
    Great game, awful developers.

    This game is great mechanic wise, it is so much fun, but the sheer incompetence and greed of the developers is definitely what is driving this score. If you dare to uninstall this game and then try to reinstall it on the same system, there will be a myriad of hurdles you will have to go through to play it again. Nevermind that you have to literally buy    Great game, awful developers.

    This game is great mechanic wise, it is so much fun, but the sheer incompetence and greed of the developers is definitely what is driving this score.

    If you dare to uninstall this game and then try to reinstall it on the same system, there will be a myriad of hurdles you will have to go through to play it again. Nevermind that you have to literally buy DLC to make this game enjoyable, there's quite a bit of DLC features that should've been in the base game.

    Unfortunately, this devolved into a Paradox review, rather than a Stellaris review. But trying to play this game can be so frustrating at times, that I feel it is warranted.

    Thank you for coming to my TED talk.    … Expand
  5. apokalipto
    Aug 11, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  6. thethethe4
    Jul 26, 2023
    8
    Stellaris offers the player a unique experience to manage a galactic wide civilisation. You have resource too mange as well as a government to mange. You also have to be weary of a range of threats. You must also compete with other empires for new star systems and wage war if you must. The game has a lot of mechanics that are all very refined and fun to use, however there is a lot ofStellaris offers the player a unique experience to manage a galactic wide civilisation. You have resource too mange as well as a government to mange. You also have to be weary of a range of threats. You must also compete with other empires for new star systems and wage war if you must. The game has a lot of mechanics that are all very refined and fun to use, however there is a lot of seemly basic things looked behind DLCs. For example you can't build megastructures or use super weapons unless you get two separate DLCs. When playing the game you get reminded that you don't have DLCs by the game allowing you to see the options the DLCs offer but not allowing you to use them, a bit like dangling a carrot in front of a rabbit but never allowing the rabbit to get the carrots unless the rabbits pays a further few hundred. All these features getting locked behind a paywall is really annoying though you can still have a enjoyable experience without them if you use mods.… Expand
  7. HydrophobikFish
    Jun 9, 2023
    9
    Unbeatable space strategy game. So much going on, so many ways to play, so many things to do, so many stories to discover and create. Soundtrack is S tier ambience. Only downside is certain technical limitations, balance choices, and expensive DLC catalogue for full experience.
  8. 113
    May 16, 2023
    1
    Look, All I wanted to do was take over the galaxy like a normal teenager. However for some damn reason, those damn turtle people wont leave me the hell alone. I never did anything to you. We even made an alliance and then you betrayed me. We were supposed to enslave the jellyfish people together and now we will never know. Mark my words, I will end your Civilization.
  9. sara9420
    May 14, 2023
    10
    just one of the best RTS games out there, the sheer amount of time I've spent in this game on the pc and the xbox edtions is crazy, it keeps me drawn in.
  10. aap4ixx
    Apr 27, 2023
    10
    10 и не меньше. Я в неё наиграл часов 100 и каждый раз при выходе нового DCL я к ней возвращаюсь :D
    + Мод сообщество крайне мощное (сейчас без модов я в игру больше не играю, но это не говорит что игра не доделанная, просто всегда можно внести что то новое для души).
    От меня игра заслуживает твёрдую 10 :D    10 и не меньше. Я в неё наиграл часов 100 и каждый раз при выходе нового DCL я к ней возвращаюсь :D
    + Мод сообщество крайне мощное (сейчас без модов я в игру больше не играю, но это не говорит что игра не доделанная, просто всегда можно внести что то новое для души).

    От меня игра заслуживает твёрдую 10 :D
  11. Roger1868
    Feb 28, 2023
    10
    I have to give Stellaris a 10 out of 10 for this masterpiece. This is the greatest 4X strategy game I have played so far. BTW- Paradox makes other great games. With all the DLC, this game without question, is infinitely replayable. The many options of alien character creations are mind boggling. If a game is too long for you, just make a smaller galaxy. Great stuff here. Get this game.
  12. rezo_21
    Feb 15, 2023
    9
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  13. MrTusks
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    For the life of me, I can't figure out what this game wants me to do. The tutorial gives you tasks but doesn't tell you why it matters. If you transfer some knowledge from games like Civ you can figure out things like the resource management, but beyond that I am not given a reason to care.
  14. Smiler78
    Nov 6, 2022
    2
    First impressions of a game I had very high hopes for. Love strategy games with a passion so I was excited to play this. I loaded it up, chose my empire and was met with a massive array of icons and options. I have NO IDEA what to do! Just flicking through lots of upgrade trees and options. I don't get it thus far. I have given up for now. I feel like I would have to study it for weeks toFirst impressions of a game I had very high hopes for. Love strategy games with a passion so I was excited to play this. I loaded it up, chose my empire and was met with a massive array of icons and options. I have NO IDEA what to do! Just flicking through lots of upgrade trees and options. I don't get it thus far. I have given up for now. I feel like I would have to study it for weeks to even grasp the basic principles. I'm tired and can't be bothered trying to figure it out. To be continued...… Expand
  15. jacybfb
    Sep 3, 2022
    10
    Great game! Fun! You can play a lot of different games! Really recommend it!
  16. Andrew_P
    Aug 28, 2022
    10
    Великолепная космическая стратегия. Это отличная песочница для создания разных рас и отыгрыша интересных сценариев. Великолепно!
  17. flecso
    Jul 17, 2022
    0
    Достойна гра, не все ідеально але дуже класно
  18. BrotherBrent
    Jul 15, 2022
    6
    Thought this was a 4x but it's not. It's OK but don't expect something like MoO.
  19. ChumaGG
    Jun 9, 2022
    9
    Debe ser uno de los mejores juegos de estrategia que he jugado. Altamente complejo, divertido y con un alto nivel de rejugabilidad.
    Los únicos puntos negativos que tiene, están relacionados con la forma en la que esta comercializado y con el late game del juego. Si quieres la experiencia Stellaris completa, tienes que gastar bastante dinero en DLC. Mientras que el late game del juego, se    Debe ser uno de los mejores juegos de estrategia que he jugado. Altamente complejo, divertido y con un alto nivel de rejugabilidad.
    Los únicos puntos negativos que tiene, están relacionados con la forma en la que esta comercializado y con el late game del juego. Si quieres la experiencia Stellaris completa, tienes que gastar bastante dinero en DLC. Mientras que el late game del juego, se puede convertir para algunos, en un infierno de micro gestión.    … Expand
  20. marsmelon24
    May 7, 2022
    10
    Stellaris is the best strategy game I ever played it is so Sc-fi and science fiction it should be in the history book
  21. ShadyAlligator
    Apr 27, 2022
    10
    Has been made into the best space strategy game ever crafted, especially with the expansions. Even without the expansions, the free patches have made the game really deep and replayable, either as a sandbox (on easy) or as a hardcore strategy experience (on hard).
  22. Serevok
    Apr 22, 2022
    10
    Have been playing this game since the very start and I still love this game! There is just something so special and unique about this game that I just have not found anywhere else.
  23. EngineerGamin
    Mar 29, 2022
    9
    Very fun strategy game. War and destruction on a galactic scale are fun! :D
  24. Ivan9173
    Dec 9, 2021
    10
    Сначала я долго не мог разобраться в механиках игры, а позже стал абсолютно от неё зависим.
  25. Rnoviok
    Dec 4, 2021
    10
    Good game from Paradox with lots of good dlc's
    great gameplay in my case is fun for hundreds of hours
  26. Harpmen
    Oct 29, 2021
    9
    Plants that survive in the nuclear world and feed on radiation, enslaving mushrooms, necro-democrats. It's all there for you.
  27. kamil0101
    Oct 26, 2021
    4
    An interesting game to play on the Xbox Game Pass for a few afternoons, but not much longer than that. It was fun figuring the game out, peeling off more and more layers of the game mechanics, then managing planets, assigning planets' "pops" to jobs in order optimise various outputs. But after working this out and winning a few systems in my first ever war, I did not see a reason why IAn interesting game to play on the Xbox Game Pass for a few afternoons, but not much longer than that. It was fun figuring the game out, peeling off more and more layers of the game mechanics, then managing planets, assigning planets' "pops" to jobs in order optimise various outputs. But after working this out and winning a few systems in my first ever war, I did not see a reason why I should keep on playing. I already knew what the game would be like: a "rinse and repeat" cycle of optimising resource output, upgrading fleets, waiting for the truce to expire before winning a couple more meaningless systems in another meaningless war.

    A major problem with this game is its theme: there is none. The sci-fi veneer is quite poor.

    We know nothing about the species that are available to play, there is no story, they are completely random (in fact, I believe they *can* be randomised). Which makes interaction with AI opponents a dull affair, in which you only care about their strength relative to yours.

    The systems are all pretty much identical except for their resource output and the colour of the star, so I explore them only because I have to, not because I'm genuinely interested to find out what's round the corner (first encounter events were fun though). It is different from other comparable games: in Civilization, for instance, discovering edges of the continent, strategic resources, natural wonders, city-states all matters and makes exploration interesting. In Europa Universalis or its spin-offs like Crusader Kings you don't really discover anything but you play on the real world map, which adds meaning to your conquests: it's more fun to say "I conquered France" than "I won 6 star systems, all identical and randomly generated". It doesn't help that planets suitable for colonisation are fairly rare and a great majority of systems are empty points on the map which you can't do anything interesting with, other than mine them for resources.

    The game is horrifically time consuming. I did not finish my game, I abandoned it in what I believe was early mid-game, to which point I got after spending maybe 15 hours. You could finish a infamously lengthy RPG game like The Witcher 3 or watch all 11 seasons of Modern Family in the time at this rate it takes to finish a single game of Stellaris. And you'd have way more fun doing so.    … Expand
  28. whatname
    Jun 7, 2021
    10
    I might change it later, but for now I give a ten.
    I played for 50 hours.
    This game is amazing. And it works on Linux without doing anything. The only bad thing is that it is difficult to start playing it. I left it there for two months before finding the time and motivation to dig into it. Now, after fifty hours playing it, I really am amazed. It is deep, strategic, with the    I might change it later, but for now I give a ten.
    I played for 50 hours.

    This game is amazing.
    And it works on Linux without doing anything.
    The only bad thing is that it is difficult to start playing it.
    I left it there for two months before finding the time and motivation to dig into it.

    Now, after fifty hours playing it, I really am amazed.
    It is deep, strategic, with the emotion of exploring the stars and building a civilization that I did not have since Galactic Civilizations (one and two).
    Stellaris is much better of course, given how old that game is now.
    Although less important to me, it also has great graphics, music and sound effects.

    You cannot control almost anything during the battle.
    At first I thought that was a limitation, coming from Sins of a solar empire, but now I like it because the fun is being able to build the fleets and defenses, and to decide where to employ them.

    Besides, this game is much more strategic than Sins of a solar empire, and I am not sure anymore that manually controlling the ships would be a plus.    … Expand
  29. Scalzo98
    Apr 16, 2021
    9
    Its a fantastic game that has depths that require quite the learning curve. But once you master it you can become what ever kind of empire you could ever dream of. It does have its flaws and particularly when in online matches glitches will tend to crop up, but they are rarely ever game vreakimg .
  30. Inari_Acolyte
    Apr 1, 2021
    8
    A good sci-fi 4X game with a wide breadth of mechanics, playstyles, and replayability. This game is enjoyable despite the regular changes to its base mechanics, prevalent tech issues, and mediocre AI.
    Unfortunately, the game is woefully incomplete without some of its DLCs: namely Utopia and Megacorps. I only recommend buying this game if you can get it on sale with DLCs.
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Awards & Rankings

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#99 Best PC Game of 2016
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#23 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#31 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 57
  3. Negative: 1 out of 57
  1. Games Master UK
    Jul 25, 2016
    90
    A stunning first step into space for strategy's superstars - and a great gateway to their other games. [July 2016, p.76]
  2. CD-Action
    Jul 21, 2016
    85
    It was really hard for me to break away from Stellaris’ grip to write this review. It’s one of those gems you launch in the evening for a moment but quit at dawn. [07/2016, p.50]
  3. Riot Pixels
    Jul 11, 2016
    65
    Stellaris feels like two games of completely different quality. One game offers boring linear stand-offs against a tame AI, the other is an excellent multiplayer platform.
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