Stellaris
Short description
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.
- Developer
- Paradox Development Studio
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Release
- Mon, May 09, 2016
- Price
- $49.99
- Reviews
- 139,575
- Positive
- 86%
- Followers
- 557,005
- Owners (estimated)
- 2M – 5M
- Concurrent players
- 13,727
- Genres
- Simulation, Strategy
- Features
- Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $35.11, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $49.99 launch price. That is 30% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
30 data points since Oct 5, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
Lowest recorded price: $3.99 on Dec 19, 2024.
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Distant Worlds 2 | CodeForce first game | 5 | − Exploration + Simulation | $49.99 | 2,645 | 72% | Thu, Mar 10, 2022 | $5.4m $4.6m – $9.1m |
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ENDLESS Space 2 | AMPLITUDE Studios 9 titles | 4 | − Grand Strategy − Exploration + Turn-Based Strategy + Multiplayer | $39.99 | 17,313 | 84% | Thu, May 18, 2017 | $35m $35m – $48.4m |
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