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Stellaris

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App ID 281990
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Paradox Interactive
Franchise Stellaris
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Clausewitz Engine, Paradox_Launcher Launcher
Last Changenumber 29949624
Last Record Update 8 July 2025 – 13:09:44 UTC ()
Release Date 9 May 2016 – 15:57:00 UTC ()
😎 84.92%
186k reviews
13,315
In-Game

Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.

Additional Information

Developer Paradox Development Studio
gamedir augustus
metacritic_name Stellaris
metacritic_score 78
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/stellaris?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Paradox Interactive
eulas
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nameStellaris EULA
urlhttps://store.steampowered.com//eula/281990_eula_0
version1
Store Release Date 9 May 2016 – 15:57:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/stellarisofficial
https://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive
https://x.com/StellarisGame
https://www.youtube.com/stellarisofficial/
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 9 May 2016 – 15:57:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 5 May 2025 – 15:17:55 UTC () (1746458275)
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review_percentage 85
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Detected Technologies (?) Clausewitz Engine, Paradox_Launcher Launcher, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game's launcher/setup tool may require the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game's launcher/setup tool may require a touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 3 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7402996
  • configuration:
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controllertagwizard Yes
AI Content Type 1
First seen on SteamDB 17 February 2014 – 09:57:57 UTC (), in changelist #404841

Supported Languages

10 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes
French Yes
German Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes
Polish Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Russian Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes
Japanese Yes
Korean Yes

Tags

🌠 Space 💡 Strategy 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🚀 Sci-fi 🗺️ 4X 🗺 Exploration 🧱 Sandbox 🖥️ Simulation 🕹️ Multiplayer 👤 Singleplayer ⏯ Real-Time with Pause 🛠️ Moddable 💼 Management 🤝 Diplomacy 🪖 Military 🌆 Futuristic 🔄 Replay Value 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🔀 Procedural Generation 🌫 Atmospheric

Categories

Single-player Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Family Sharing Multi-player Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228983 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2010 Redist No size
228986 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2015 Redist No size
228988 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2019 Redist No size
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
229003 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980.NET 4.0 Client Profile Redist No size
229006 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980.NET 4.7 Redist No size
281991 Main 21.38 GiB 9.62 GiB
281992 Windows Windows 213.05 MiB 167.69 MiB
281993 macOS OSX 429.06 MiB 342.22 MiB
281994 Linux Linux 288.86 MiB 184.62 MiB
447680 DLC 447680Stellaris: USS Enterprise (447680) Depot 75.21 KiB 76.05 KiB
447681 DLC 447681Stellaris: USS Voyager (447681) Depot 75.20 KiB 76.05 KiB
447682 DLC 447682Stellaris: SSV Normandy (447682) Depot 113.83 MiB 100.82 MiB
447683 DLC 447683Stellaris: Normandy SR-2 (447683) Depot 75.20 KiB 76.05 KiB
447684 DLC 447684Stellaris: Destiny Ascension (447684) Depot 1.08 GiB 1.06 GiB
447685 DLC 447685Stellaris: DS9 (447685) Depot 4.85 MiB 4.47 MiB
447686 DLC 447686Stellaris: Babylon 5 (447686) Depot 2.29 MiB 2.05 MiB
447687 DLC 447687Stellaris: Coriolis (447687) Depot 1.24 MiB 1.20 MiB
447688 UnusedDLC 447688Corrupt Depot - Do not use (447688) Depot No size
447750 DLC 447750Stellaris: UAP Serenity (447750) Depot 0 B 0 B
462720 DLC 462720Stellaris: Space Station V (462720) Depot 75.22 KiB 76.05 KiB
497660 DLC 497660Stellaris: Infinite Frontiers eBook (497660) Depot 2.21 MiB 1.97 MiB
498870 DLC 498870Stellaris: Plantoids (498870) Depot 95.04 KiB 95.77 KiB
518910 DLC 518910Stellaris: Leviathans Story Pack (518910) Depot 56.33 MiB 57.05 MiB
553280 DLC 553280Stellaris: Alien Cooking Simulator (553280) Depot 72.52 MiB 73.47 MiB
554350 DLC 554350Stellaris: Horizon Signal (554350) Depot 75.18 KiB 76.03 KiB
633310 DLC 633310Stellaris: Blorg Birthday Party Bash (633310) Depot 102.09 KiB 103.16 KiB
642750 DLC 642750Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn (642750) Depot 46.39 MiB 46.99 MiB
716670 DLC 716670Pew Pew Peacemaker Pack (716670) Depot 36.26 MiB 36.64 MiB
756010 DLC 756010Stellaris: Humanoids Species Pack (756010) Depot 81.97 MiB 82.85 MiB
844810 DLC 844810Stellaris: On the Road Again Pack (844810) Depot 19.62 MiB 19.86 MiB
944290 DLC 944290Stellaris: More Platypi (944290) Depot 87.56 MiB 88.50 MiB
1045980 DLC 1045980Space Unicorn Pack (1045980) Depot 31.25 MiB 31.64 MiB
1140000 DLC 1140000Rockstarz Pack (1140000) Depot 24.29 MiB 24.55 MiB
1140001 DLC 1140001Hugbox Pack (1140001) Depot 13.37 MiB 13.54 MiB
1341520 DLC 1341520Jeff (1341520) Depot 23.57 MiB 23.82 MiB
1522090 DLC 1522090Stellaris: Nemesis (1522090) Depot 36.91 MiB 37.33 MiB
1749080 DLC 1749080Hachibi (1749080) Depot 28.46 MiB 28.77 MiB
1889490 DLC 1889490Stellaris: Overlord (1889490) Depot 96.80 MiB 98.05 MiB
2115770 DLC 2115770Stellaris: Bananas (2115770) Depot 20.75 MiB 20.96 MiB
2277860 DLC 2277860Stellaris: First Contact Story Pack 90.05 KiB 90.86 KiB
2380030 DLC 2380030Stellaris: Galactic Paragons 89.87 KiB 90.55 KiB
2534090 DLC 2534090Stellaris: Astral Planes 44.97 MiB 45.46 MiB
2863180 DLC 2863180Stellaris: Rick the Cube Species Portrait 76.16 KiB 76.80 KiB
2840100 DLC 2840100Stellaris: The Machine Age 97.31 MiB 98.53 MiB
2863060 DLC 2863060Stellaris: Cosmic Storms 87.06 KiB 87.45 KiB
2863080 DLC 2863080Stellaris: Grand Archive 31.25 MiB 31.56 MiB
3417860 DLC 3417860Stellaris: Stargazer Species Portrait 53.18 KiB 50.84 KiB
3417840 DLC 3417840Stellaris: BioGenesis 85.71 MiB 86.76 MiB

Total size on disk is 24.40 GiB and total download size is 12.40 GiB.

Total size on disk is 21.59 GiB and total download size is 9.78 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 18887570 17 June 2025 – 09:22:24 UTC
wilderness Wilderness Open Beta 19146237 8 July 2025 – 13:09:41 UTC
2.1.3 Niven version 3117422 6 December 2018 – 16:54:39 UTC
2.2.7 Le Guin version 3702453 4 June 2019 – 15:46:52 UTC
2.3.3 Wolfe version 3996163 9 October 2019 – 14:57:21 UTC
2.4.1 Lee version 4274787 24 October 2019 – 15:48:12 UTC
2.5.1 Shelley Version 4786539 17 March 2020 – 09:35:57 UTC
2.6.3 Verne Version 4878808 12 May 2020 – 07:48:53 UTC
2.7.2 Wells Version 5047322 29 October 2020 – 15:51:32 UTC
2.8.1 Butler Version 5827747 15 April 2021 – 09:13:13 UTC
3.0.2 Dick Version rollback 6563896 20 May 2021 – 13:37:26 UTC
3.0.4 Dick Version (Nakama) rollback 7167181 14 September 2021 – 14:57:45 UTC
3.1.2 Lem Version rollback 7756277 22 November 2021 – 16:02:44 UTC
3.2.2 Herbert Version rollback 7783125 23 February 2022 – 10:04:01 UTC
3.3.4 Libra Version rollback 8381018 12 May 2022 – 15:24:08 UTC
3.4.5 Cepheus Version rollback 9012152 20 September 2022 – 07:41:59 UTC
3.5.3 Fornax Version rollback 9675975 29 November 2022 – 12:02:31 UTC
3.6.1 Orion Version rollback 10063376 14 March 2023 – 10:17:54 UTC
3.7.4 Canis Minor rollback 10881049 3 May 2023 – 15:37:58 UTC
3.8.4 Gemini Version rollback 11447203 31 August 2023 – 13:13:38 UTC
3.9.3 Caelum Version rollback 12401104 14 November 2023 – 15:41:05 UTC
3.10.4 Pyxis Version rollback 12931226 26 February 2024 – 13:03:53 UTC
3.11.3 Eridanus Version Rollback 13985673 7 May 2024 – 11:14:36 UTC
3.12.5 Andromeda Version Rollback 14708161 9 September 2024 – 08:25:13 UTC
3.13.2 Vela Version Rollback 15832831 29 October 2024 – 10:31:36 UTC
3.14.1592653 Circinus Version Rollback 18343742 5 May 2025 – 08:08:59 UTC
4.0.1 Phoenix Version Rollback 18268884 5 May 2025 – 10:19:21 UTC
4.0.2 Phoenix Version Rollback 18344033 7 May 2025 – 08:49:52 UTC
4.0.3 Phoenix Version Rollback 18348651 7 May 2025 – 08:50:50 UTC
4.0.4 Phoenix Version Rollback 18368188 8 May 2025 – 14:08:37 UTC
4.0.5 Phoenix Version Rollback 18387982 9 May 2025 – 15:16:45 UTC
4.0.6 Phoenix Version Rollback 18400728 13 May 2025 – 09:00:22 UTC
4.0.7 Phoenix Version Rollback 18431499 13 May 2025 – 17:11:26 UTC
4.0.8 Phoenix Version Rollback 18443488 13 May 2025 – 17:12:02 UTC
4.0.9 Phoenix Version Rollback 18447654 16 May 2025 – 15:40:16 UTC
4.0.10 Phoenix Version Rollback 18474011 20 May 2025 – 13:39:22 UTC
4.0.11 Phoenix Version Rollback 18531740 20 May 2025 – 20:18:01 UTC
4.0.12 Phoenix Version Rollback 18539357 21 May 2025 – 15:32:36 UTC
4.0.13 Phoenix Version Rollback 18552833 27 May 2025 – 06:46:39 UTC
4.0.14 Phoenix Version Rollback 18624438 4 June 2025 – 06:23:40 UTC
4.0.15 Phoenix Version Rollback 18720354 4 June 2025 – 14:34:15 UTC
4.0.16 Phoenix Version Rollback 18735775 11 June 2025 – 10:15:16 UTC
4.0.17 Phoenix Version Rollback 18816259 11 June 2025 – 14:22:47 UTC
4.0.18 Phoenix Version Rollback 18826314 12 June 2025 – 08:45:38 UTC
4.0.19 Phoenix Version Rollback 18837435 13 June 2025 – 13:22:31 UTC
4.0.20 Phoenix Version Rollback 18853254 16 June 2025 – 15:17:58 UTC

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workshopdepot Stellaris (281990)
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