Stellaris is an exhilarating 4X grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. In this expansive space epic, 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.
- Release Date: May 9, 2016
- Genre: 4X Grand Strategy
- Developer: Paradox Development Studio
- Publisher: Paradox Interactive