Stellaris

Stellaris

Paradox Development Studio · May 9, 2016 · Space, Strategy, Grand Strategy, Sci-fi, 4X

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Stellaris price by region

Stellaris costs £8.07 in the United Kingdom, $9.54 in the United States, $9.54 in Georgia (USD), €9.68 in Europe (EUR), CA$15.89 in Canada, zł41.60 in Poland, A$48.22 in Australia, NZ$58.86 in New Zealand and R$59.84 in Brazil right now.

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RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £8.07 −72% £29.27 £8.07 16
United Statesyour region $9.54 −71% $33.17 $9.54 20
Georgia (USD) $9.54 −71% $33.17 $9.54 19
Europe (EUR) €9.68 −73% €35.99 €9.68 18
Canada CA$15.89 −66% CA$46.62 CA$15.89 15
Poland zł41.60 −78% zł41.60 zł42.57 14
Australia A$48.22 −17% A$48.22 — 14
New Zealand NZ$58.86 −17% NZ$58.86 — 12
Brazil R$59.84 −50% R$119.11 R$59.84 15

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Stellaris

✦ AI summary

Build and expand your galactic empire across procedurally generated star systems filled with alien civilizations, anomalies, and cosmic wonders to discover. Customize every aspect of your society from ethics to ship designs, then navigate an evolving universe through diplomacy, warfare, and strategic mega-structure construction.

Get ready to explore, discover and interact with a multitude of species as you journey among the stars. Forge a galactic empire by sending out science ships to survey and explore, while construction ships build stations around newly discovered planets. Discover buried treasures and galactic wonders as you spin a direction for your society, creating limitations and evolutions for your explorers. Alliances will form and wars will be declared. Like all our Grand Strategy games, the adventure evolves with time. Because free updates are a part of any active Paradox game, you can continue to grow and expand your empire with new technologies and capabilities. What will you find beyond the stars? Only you can answer that.Stellaris now includes the base game, three expansion packs, and a collection of digital goods. Stellaris: Chart a vast, procedurally generated galaxy where every star system holds a new mystery to uncover or an alien civilization to encounter. Forge a unique empire: from your first warp jump to galactic domination, you decide whether the universe remembers you as a benevolent pioneer or a relentless conqueror. 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. 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? Humanoids Species Pack: the most-played phenotype now gains more variety with unique civics and a new origin. Along with their own unique ship class, new portraits, and more, there’s never been a better time to explore the future of humanity.
And on top of this, the Digital Collector’s Book, a Signed Wallpaper, a Unique Forum Avatar and Icon!

DEEP AND VARIED EXPLORATION

Every game begins with a civilization that has just discovered the means to travel between stars and is ready to explore the galaxy. Have your science ships survey and explore anomalies, leading you into a myriad of quests, introducing strange worlds with even stranger stories and discoveries that may completely change your outcome.

STUNNING SPACE VISUALS

With characteristically complex unique planets and celestial bodies, you will enter a whirlwind of spectacles in a highly detailed universe.

INFINITE VARIATION OF SPECIES AND ADVANCED DIPLOMACY

Through customization and procedural generation, you will encounter infinitely varied races. Choose positive or negative traits, specific ideologies, limitations, evolutions or anything you can imagine. Interact with others through the advanced diplomacy system. Diplomacy is key in a proper grand strategy adventure. Adjust your strategy to your situation through negotiation and skill.

INTERSTELLAR WARFARE

An eternal cycle of war, diplomacy, suspicions and alliances await you. Defend or attack with fully customizable war fleets, where adaptation is the key to victory. Choose from an array of complex technologies when designing and customizing your ships with the complex ship designer. You have a multitude of capabilities to choose from to meet the unknown quests that await.

ENORMOUS PROCEDURAL GALAXIES

Grow and expand your empire with thousands of randomly generated planet types, galaxies, quests and monsters lurking in space.

PLAY THE WAY YOU WANT

Customize your Empire! The characters you choose, be it a murderous mushroom society or an engineering reptile race, can be customized with traits like ethics, type of technology, form of preferred space travel, type of habitat, philosophies and more. The direction of the game is based on your choices.

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Stellaris — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Multiplayer, Cross-platform multiplayer
PC Game Pass
Not included

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DLC & expansions

🎁 Complete the collection

Base game + 24 of 24 DLC at today's best prices.

$339.29
to own everything
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Stellaris offers excellent replayability and strategic depth that strategy fans love, though it's held back by a confusing and overwhelming interface with too many unintuitive menus that create a steep learning curve. The game runs well technically and benefits from DLC expansions, but new players often struggle with the complexity despite assistance features.

Not recommended Sep 22, 2026
I was quite happy with Stellaris before they started using Generative AI. This negative review will stand until it is removed from the game.
204 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 22, 2026
meh
19 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 22, 2026
The man they call a racist and genocidal figure is none other than Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, to whom our entire nation is deeply grateful. These slanderous claims and accusations are a direct insult to the Turkish community. If you remain silent and fail to take action against this, do not expect any revenue, player base, or support from Türkiye.
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 22, 2026
I do not recommend any Paradox game.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 22, 2026
Complex. Fun.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 22, 2026
This is one of the best stratagy games, mechanics can be hard to learn as there are a lot of them but the ui is pretty good and you can learn most of it in the first 2 hours, I personally love the anomaly and archology aspects I feel like im always discovering everything and the custimization is amazing you can create complex and beautiful stories and lore
1 found this helpful

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