{{#evt: | service= youtube | id= _Huuacl6oqI | description= VIR, Stellaris' synthetic assistant provides the players with a short "tour of the galaxy". | alignment= right | container=frame }} Stellaris is a sci-fi grand strategy game set 200 years into the future. It is being developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.
Stellaris is a grand strategy game, such as Europa Universalis 4 and Crusader Kings 2, with a focus on exploration and the notable exception of being based in space.
It is Paradox Development Studios's first new major IP in 10 years.
General information
Release date
Stellaris has been released on May 9, 2016 at 18:00 CEST.[1]
Main features
Stellaris' game features[2]:
- Discovery Events – Emergent Storytelling.
- Deep & Varied Exploration.
- Enormous procedural galaxies, containing thousands of planets.
- Vast number of unique random species.
- Advanced Diplomacy system.
- Ship Designer
- Stunning space visuals.
- Multiplayer support for upwards of 32 players (no real limit apart from map size).
Editions
Beside the Standard Edition, Stellaris is available with premium content:
- The Nova Edition includes all the content of the standard edition, plus the Digital Original Soundtrack, an Arachnoid exclusive alien race and a Nova forum icon.
- The Galaxy Edition includes all the content of the Nova Edition, plus the Digital Collector’s Book, the Stellaris: Infinite Frontiers novel by Steven Savile (e-book), an exclusive forum avatar and Galaxy icon, as well as a signed wallpaper.
Pre-orders
Pre-orders include the Creatures of the Void DLC portrait pack, ringtones and message alert sounds, and a Blorg forum avatar.
Sign-up campaign
The sign-up campaign, Project Augustus, ran from March 16 through April 2, 2016. It consisted of a click game that unlocked cosmetic content DLCs: a Platypus alien portrait, a flag and empire symbols packs, as well as a forum icon and forum avatars. These DLCs bonuses were freely released in Patch 1.1.
Dev diaries
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Useful links
Official Stellaris websites
Stellaris in the news
- PC Gamer
- IGN
- PC World
- Rock, Paper, Shotgun
- Digital Trends
- PC GamesN
- Gamasutra - Postmortem: Paradox Development Studio's Stellaris