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About the Game
Stellaris is a sci-fi grand strategy game about exploring a random galaxy, meeting alien species, and building an empire.
Stellaris is a science-fiction grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. On Steam it sits in the simulation and strategy genres. Every run starts with a civilization that has just learned how to travel between the stars, and it is up to you to decide where that civilization goes next. You lead an empire that expands across a galaxy full of unknown systems, and the pace of the game is shaped largely by your own choices.
The core loop is exploration, expansion, and conflict. You send science ships to investigate anomalies, which leads to missions, mysterious worlds, and story events that can change the direction of your empire. Engineering ships can establish bases around newly discovered planets, so your territory grows one step at a time. Diplomacy runs alongside all of this, with negotiations, alliances, suspicion, and war all part of the same long-running story.
The setting is a randomly generated galaxy with thousands of planets, systems, missions, and hidden monsters, so no two playthroughs should feel quite the same. Space itself is a big part of the presentation, with unusual planets and celestial bodies meant to show off the scale of the universe. You choose the kind of empire you want to lead, from a bloodthirsty fungal society to a reptilian species skilled at engineering, and you also decide much of its ethics, technology, travel methods, habitats, and philosophy.
The game is also meant to keep growing. Paradox says its games receive free updates, and the base game has been expanded with three add-ons: Utopia, the Synthetic Dawn Story Pack, and the Humanoids Species Pack. Utopia focuses on social transformation and large megastructures, while the two story packs add new ways to play with machine empires and humanoid species.
Feature Highlights
- Science ships investigate anomalies, leading to missions, mysterious worlds, and discoveries that can reshape the fate of your empire.
- A layered diplomacy system lets you negotiate, form alliances, and adjust your strategy as the political situation changes.
- A fleet designer lets you build and customize warships from a broad range of technologies.
- Alien species can be shaped through custom traits, ideologies, and evolution settings, backed by randomized generation.
- Multiplayer and cross-platform multiplayer are available, along with Steam Workshop support and Steam Cloud saves.
Who It Is (and Is Not) For
Recommended For
Strategy fans who enjoy long, open-ended campaigns will likely find a lot to love here. If you like exploring procedurally generated galaxies, customizing alien species, and planning fleets over many hours, this game is built around exactly those pleasures.
Not Recommended For
Players who want short, tightly scripted sessions should look elsewhere, since the appeal comes from sprawling games full of emergent events. If you find it tiring to manage many systems and decisions at once, the sheer scope may feel overwhelming.
What the Steam Reviews Say
Stellaris holds a Very Positive rating on Steam, which is the official label 極度好評 in Taiwan's store wording, with 86 percent of its reviews positive. Its review volume runs to hundreds of thousands of reviews, so the rating rests on a very large sample of players.
On Steam, Very Positive means a strong majority of reviewers recommend the game, and a high positive percentage backed by a large review count is a fairly reliable signal. Labels like this are calculated from the share of positive reviews over a rolling period, so they can shift over time. If you want to see the reasons behind the score before you buy, read a few recent reviews on the Steam page.
Price History & Historical Low
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| Date | Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | NT$1,268 | — |
| 2026-10-09 | NT$1,268 | — |
| 2026-06-18 | NT$380 | -70% |
All prices here are Taiwan Steam store prices in NT$. Stellaris is currently NT$ 1268 with no discount, which matches its regular price on our records. The highest price we have recorded is also NT$ 1268, so the current tag sits at the top of our range.
The lowest paid price we have recorded is NT$ 380, which appeared on June 18, 2026. Our deepest discount has been 70 percent, and discounts have come up often, so a sale is a realistic possibility. Free-to-keep promotions have not appeared in our record.
Our price record for Stellaris is still short, so any verdict here is tentative. At NT$ 1268 with no current sale, waiting for a discount makes sense if you can be patient, but if you want the game now, its strong reviews make it a defensible purchase at full price.
Analysis written 10/27/2026 from our recorded prices; the chart above is live. Taiwan-region Steam prices.
How to Buy
- Stellaris is not free right now, so you will need to purchase it on the official Steam store page or through the Steam client.
- Sign in to your Steam account before checking out so the game goes straight into your library.
- If you would rather wait, click the Add to Wishlist button on the store page to track the game without paying yet.
- Turn on wishlist sale notifications in your Steam notification settings so you hear about discounts as they happen.
- Check back here for the price trend, since we track Taiwan Steam prices over time and note when discounts appear.
Things to Know
Stellaris supports English and Simplified Chinese among its listed languages, but Traditional Chinese is not on the supported list, so check the in-game language options before you buy. The game is not flagged for adult content, so no special content warning applies. All prices shown here are Taiwan-region Steam prices in NT$ and may differ in other regions or currencies. Free and discount promotions can end at any time, so please check the official Steam page before you buy.
