Stellaris

Stellaris: Starter Edition - PC (Steam)

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Embark on Your Galactic Adventure with the Stellaris: Starter Edition Set course for the stars and begin your journey into the vast unknown! The Stellaris: Starter Edition is crafted to guide you through your first steps in the Stellaris universe, giving you the tools to explore, expand, and conquer as you build your interstellar empire. Whether aiming for peaceful exploration or galactic domination, this pack equips you with the best DLCs to ensure success across the stars. What’s Inclu...
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Developer:
Paradox Development Studio,
Publisher:
Paradox Interactive,
Release date:
Genre: Simulation, Strategy,
Recent Steam reviews: Mostly positive (608)
All Steam reviews: Very positive (72901)
User tags*: space strategy grand strategy sci-fi 4x exploration sandbox simulation real-time with pause moddable management diplomacy military futuristic replay value procedural generation atmospheric ...

Visuals

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Game features

Steam Deck Verified
Single-player
Cross-Platform Multiplayer
Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Cloud
Family Sharing

Description

Starter Edition includes

- Stellaris
- Stellaris: Utopia
- Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn Story Pack
- Stellaris: Galaxy Edition Upgrade Pack

Embark on Your Galactic Adventure with the Stellaris: Starter Edition

Set course for the stars and begin your journey into the vast unknown! The Stellaris: Starter Edition is crafted to guide you through your first steps in the Stellaris universe, giving you the tools to explore, expand, and conquer as you build your interstellar empire. Whether aiming for peaceful exploration or galactic domination, this pack equips you with the best DLCs to ensure success across the stars.

What’s Included:

Stellaris: Utopia

Unlock the full potential of your empire with this expansion focused on the evolution of society. Whether you're building mega-structures or ascending to a higher plane of existence, Utopia helps you create a future that’s as bright as the stars themselves.
  • Control a Hive Mind, a society that acts as one unit
  • Build towering megastructures that reshape the galaxy
  • Embrace the ascension paths: Biological Mastery, Cybernetic Augmentation, Synthetic Evolution, or Psionic Awakening
  • Foster harmony or exert control over your empire’s development

Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn Story Pack

Take command of a Machine Empire and reshape the galaxy in your own image. Will you lead your mechanical creations to peaceful coexistence, or will the rise of synthetic life spell the end for organics?
  • Play as a Machine Empire with unique gameplay mechanics
  • Experience the captivating story of the synthetic uprising
  • Explore new events and challenges tailored to the rise of AI

Stellaris: Galaxy Edition Upgrade Pack

Enhance your base game experience with exclusive extras, from stunning digital artwork to behind-the-scenes content. This upgrade adds a treasure trove of content, both in and out of the game.
  • Exclusive in-game cosmetic features and content
  • Digital soundtrack and artbook to immerse yourself further into the universe
  • A collection of behind-the-scenes insights to deepen your Stellaris knowledge
  • Start Your Journey Today

The Stellaris: Starter Edition is your gateway to a universe filled with endless possibilities. Whether you're a first-time player or a seasoned strategist, these expansions will help you navigate the cosmos, evolve your empire, and perhaps even conquer the galaxy.

Configurations

  • Windows
  • SteamOS + Linux
  • MacOS

minimum*

  • OS: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
  • Processor: Intel iCore i3-530 or AMD FX-6350
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870 (1GB VRAM), or AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 or Intel HD Graphics 4600
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Direct X 9.0c- compatible sound card
  • Additional Notes: Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection

recommended*

  • OS: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
  • Processor: Intel iCore i5-3570K or AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon R7 370 (2 GB VRAM)
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
  • Additional Notes: Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection

minimum*

  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04 x64
  • Processor: Intel iCore i3-530 or AMD FX-6350
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870 (1GB VRAM), or AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 or Intel HD Graphics 4600
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 12 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Direct X 9.0c- compatible sound card
  • Additional Notes: Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection

recommended*

  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04 x64
  • Processor: Intel iCore i5-3570K or AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon R7 370 (2 GB VRAM)
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 12 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Direct X 9.0c- compatible sound card
  • Additional Notes: Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection

minimum*

  • OS: 10.15 (Catalina)
  • Processor: Intel iCore i5-4570S
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 750M or equivalent AMD card with 1GB Vram
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection

recommended*

  • OS: 13 (Ventura)
  • Processor: Intel iCore i5-4670
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M with 4GB Vram or AMD Radeon R7 370 (2 GB VRAM)
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection

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This is a fun past time game that turned into a very intricate and time consuming play! Its command and conquer style is very fun, the governing and settlement building is very fun. The race to explore and take over worlds before other races is always fun and challenging! Its crusader kings in space!
  • Lots to do and manage
  • very intricate
  • Governing and polotics
  • time consuming
  • not a whole lot of mods
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Always loved the strategic type of games, let alone the ones that can be played in space.

Harder to learn without guide, but nothing is impossible, and google is our friend :D.

Fairly good amount of content (but DLC's are welcome), the gameplay quickly got you in, so prepare for a longer session.

For me it is also really fun with friends, and with steam workshop the possibilites are endless.

Good game for a good price :).
  • Lot of content
  • Good gameplay
  • Fair price
  • Lack of guide
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i love strategy games like this in space where you can play anyone while doing an inter galactic warfare XD
  • i've played a bit and graphics are fantastic, tho beware of the lag in late game, idk if its only for me
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  • Too
  • Much
  • Everything
  • Some parts could be more explained
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If you are on the verge of buying this because a friend of yours recommended it, do it. It is well worth the 10 bucks on here, especially if you know someone who owns DLCs for this game (The Lobby owners' DLCs can be used by everyone). However, be prepared to lose at least 200 hours of your life playing this game
  • Strategy on an insanely large scale
  • lots of room for roleplaying with insanely customizable races
  • addicting
  • addicting
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Great game, it can be difficult to get the hang of but the process of doing so is very satisfying
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GREAT GAME!!!!
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Really awesome grand strategy game, as expected from a producer such as Paradox Interactive. It's a little tricky to get the hang of at first, but after the first game you begin to understand the mechanics and micromanagement involved.
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it's great, really cheap in comparison to the original price and received it immediately after and the fact that it's a really great game makes it better...............................................
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After 3 install, it does'nt work, the launcher freeze while 30min. I got a recent PC and enough strong to run the game. There are so many ways to fix it, i tried and abandonned.

Too much disappointment
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After suggestion from my friend I bought this game, played a few hours and shortly on it I bought DLCs, game is very good optimized, have a support when needed. Bought a game also for another friends.
  • Community support
  • Optimized for mac
  • Without mods fast endgame
  • Language modifications
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Very interesting and complex game, certainly not suited for a newbie in strategy games. Hours will pass and you will not notice it.

Probably the most awesome game of this style i have tried in years: there is always something new to learn, the tech tree is nearly infinite, customizing your race to start taking over the galaxy is really fun, kinda like building your character in an RPG game, even though this is a strategy game, and the space battles are just incredible.
  • Graphics
  • Battles
  • Complex
  • Not for newbies
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Now stellaris is the definition of good soup. If the soup is setting the galaxy on fire to see what happens and good is the utter carnage you can wreck on any empire. Stellaris is a strategy game similar to hearts of iron but in space so the possibility is infinite
  • Endless amount of galaxy domination
  • Great mod support
  • Being a cult that purifies and worships planets and much more
  • a lot of pain dlc
  • a lot of time investment to see endgame
  • a lot of micromanagment
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Very interesting and complex, certainly not suited for a newbie in strategy games. Stellaris is probably the most awesome game i've tried in years: there is always something new to learn, the tech tree is nearly infinite, customizing your race to start taking over the galaxy is really fun, kinda like building your character in an RPG game, even though this is a strategy game, and the space battles are just incredible. Plus, if you ever got to build a titan and use it...oh, man! I just can put down in words the feeling of destroying a planet like Tarkin did in SW...you will have to try it yourself.
Only one flow: it's reeeeally difficult to understand. It lacks a guide, so you will need a few days to finally keep up the pace with AI, but once you do you are probably ready to get to the end game. I recommend to buy some DLC too, they are really worth it.
  • Complex
  • Captivating
  • Good graphics
  • Enduring, there is always some other combination that you didn't tried
  • Lack of a Guide, for a game this complex it would have really helped.
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Best 4X Strategy in space in my opinion.
Great value for money but you need the DLC to have a complete experience.
Early and mid-game you can role-play and craft a story but in late-game is a bit of a micromanagement nightmare and lacks concrete goals to achieve.
The game got a lot fo updates that changed the way it's being played.
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Among the top-5 5€ i ever spent on anything. Very fun game with great replay value. You get the most enjoyment out of the game if you play with friends. You have almost endless oportunities and it never got boring.
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I honestly haven't been able to stop playing this, I have over a thousand hours and and well on my way to two thousand with the constantly up to date content and endless RP possibility for empire building.
  • Nearly endless replayability
  • Games take a long time to finish
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Fun 4X game. First one I've played and it was simple enough with a short guide to get started and have fun. Would definitely recommend to anyone that is starting to play 4X games for the first time, or anyone that is a 4X vet, as I believe they'd also have a significant amount of fun with the game.
  • Late game feels amazing
  • Extremely fun with friends
  • Early game is a slogfest
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Das Spiel macht sehr viel Spaß, wenn man sich darin erstmal zurecht findet. Zum Anfang war es nämlich immer wieder frustrierend wenn man bestimmte Dinge in den vielen Menüs nicht gefunden hat. Sowohl der Single und Multiplayer Modus hat einiges zu bieten und mit Mods kann das Spieleerlebnis auch noch aufgewertet werden.

Was die DLCs angeht. Nun das Spiel habe ich zu beginn nur mit Mods gespielt aber ohne DLCs. Ich kann jetzt also nicht mehr sagen, was Hauptspiel und was eine Mod war. Ich glaube aber, dass das Spiel auch ohne Mods Spaß macht. Die DLCs sind hier genauso wie bei allen anderen Paradox Spielen. Ein wenig Kontent bekommt man kostenlos, aber der Rest ist hinter einer Paywall versteckt. Auf "bestimmten" Websiten bekommt man diese jedoch auch billiger.
Da muss jeder selbst entscheiden, ob er die kaufen will. Es geht wie gesagt aber auch mit Mods genausogut.
  • Gameplay
  • aktive Modding-Comunity
  • Atmosphäre & Musik
  • (DLC Politik)
  • tw. kompliziertes Menü
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Eines der besten mir bekannten Strategie Spiele. Mit Steam Workshop die Möglichkeit des Moddens wie z.b. Star Trek oder Star Gate Universen. Andere nutzen Rundenbasiertes Gameplay, Stellaris spielt sich in Echtzeit
  • Echtzeit
  • Erweiterund des Teritoriums nur mit Aussenposten.
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... I'm in love with it - Can't say much else - The game is a great realtime strategy game which allows you to play with your friends, the game is very well made, and can have many different ways of playing, in my opinion the game is one of my favourites
  • Love it
  • Simpel
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Great game with loads of content, and many interesting ways to play: Anything from peace-loving xenophiles through gestalt hiveminds and genocidal dictatorships in good old WH40K style. Anyone who like games such as Homeworld and Galactic civilizations will love this.
Steam workshop fills in the blanks where the devs haven't reached yet.
  • Loads of content.
  • Few bugs
  • Allows genocides of filthy xenos.
  • Too time consuming for multiplayer.
  • AI is easy to exploit once you realize how.
  • Repetative music (redeemed by steam workshop)
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Le début de ce jeu est tout simplement magnifique et très prenant...au moins 40h de jeu palpitant (pour le genre).
Par la suite malheureusement cela manque de contenu diversifé, on espère disposer dans un futur proche de "freeLC" pour étoffer le tout.
à recommander selon le prix affiché ;)
  • univers passionnant
  • late game décevant
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A good game, but still did not live up to Imperium Galactica 2 in my eyes :( If they shipped it with the Dlc's im prety sure about it would be the best 4x strategy game ever... The detail and the variety you are offered is a nice start tough, so lets wait for the diplomatic and economic Dlc's that will surely come soon.
  • Variety of Species
  • Technology
  • The atmosphere of the game because of the care for the details.
  • Dlc policy
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Good game, shallow. Should be fixed by 'freelc' as they call it thesedays, which they just announced, how lucky for us. >_>

Basically game is front loaded, so all the fun happens early on and then it just completely drops off a cliff.
  • Great early game
  • Great music
  • Boring mid-game
  • Sector system is bugged to hell and back
  • Combat is lopsided and unbalanced
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