Stellaris
Released 9 May 2016 on PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and 2 more
- Developer
- Development Studio
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Made in
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Genre
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
- Themes
- Science fiction, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
About Stellaris
Stellaris is a real-time 4X grand strategy game set in a procedurally generated galaxy. Players control an interstellar civilization, exploring star systems connected by hyperlane networks, colonizing habitable worlds, and managing their empire's economy across resources like energy, minerals, and alloys. The game emphasizes empire customization through species traits, ethics, government types, and civics that shape both aesthetics and mechanics. Gameplay progresses through diplomacy, trade, and warfare with other civilizations, while mid-game and late-game galactic crises introduce escalating threats such as extragalactic invasions or hostile artificial intelligence awakenings.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| Linux | 9 May 2016 |
|---|---|
| Mac | 9 May 2016 |
| PC | 9 May 2016 |
| PlayStation 4 | 26 February 2019 |
| Xbox One | 26 February 2019 |
| PlayStation 5 | 6 November 2025 |
| Xbox Series X|S | 6 November 2025 |
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