Stellaris (video game)

Stellaris
DeveloperParadox Development Studio
PublisherParadox Interactive
Directors
  • Henrik Fåhraeus
  • Martin "Wiz" Anward (Post-release)
  • Daniel "grekulf" Moregård (Post-release)
  • Stephen "Eladrin" Muray (Post-release, current)
Producers
  • Rikard "Åslund" Jansson
  • Anna Norrevik
Designers
ArtistFredrik Toll
Composers
  • Andreas Waldetoft
  • Bert Meyer
EngineClausewitz Engine
Platforms
ReleaseWindows, OS X, Linux
May 9, 2016
PlayStation 4, Xbox One
February 26, 2019
Genres4X, Grand strategy
ModesSingle-player, Multiplayer

Stellaris is a 4X grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. In Stellaris, players take control of an interstellar civilization on the galactic stage and are tasked with exploring, colonizing, and managing their region of the galaxy, encountering other civilizations that they can then engage in diplomacy, trade, or warfare with. A large part of the game involves dealing with both scripted and emergent events, through which new empires alter the balance of power, powerful crises threaten the galaxy, or event chains tell the story of forgotten empires. It was released worldwide for Windows, macOS, and Linux on May 9, 2016, and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as Stellaris: Console Edition on February 26, 2019.