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Stellaris: Ancient Relics
80IGDB player score
1 ratings
About this game
Uncover the ruins of long-dead civilizations in Relic Worlds to piece together the story of their rise and eventual downfall. Mine their derelict cities and ships to unearth the truth, discover powerful relics and harness them for your own empire’s ambitions.
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. Players can pursue ascension paths including genetic engineering, cybernetic augmentation, or psionic abilities. Originally released for PC, the game later received a console edition and has been supported with numerous expansions adding megastructures, new empire types, espionage mechanics, and additional crisis scenarios.
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Game facts
Release date
Jun 4, 2019
Developer
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Platforms
Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Themes
Science fiction, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Critic score
80 / 100 (1 reviews)
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