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Eurogamer
Top Critic
May 9, 2016
Stellaris is the Paradox grand strategy game you need to play.
PC Gamer
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May 9, 2016
The early game promises an instant strategy classic, but Stellaris is unable to maintain that pace.
IGN
Top Critic
May 9, 2016
Stellaris is filled with good ideas, and it's not difficult to see the outline of a great space strategy game where those ideas could come together. But beyond the early game, it's only compelling in bits and pieces – it turns into a largely uneventful slog after that. Paradox has developed a reputation of major upgrades to their games for years after launch, and Stellaris is going to need all that love and more to reach its potential.
Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
May 10, 2016
A disappointingly flawed grand strategy game, which for every good idea seems to have another that works actively against it.
Game Informer
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May 20, 2016
A series of small tasks makes Stellaris easy to jump into, but hard to put down without completing that "one last thing"
Polygon
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May 20, 2016
Stellaris isn't astounding yet, but in time, it may just get there
GameSpot
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May 16, 2016
Stellaris gives you the stars as your playground, proving that Paradox capably translates some of their strategy game prowess into space.
Kotaku
Top Critic
May 9, 2016
A fantastic space strategy game let down by some plodding sections.
Game Revolution
Top Critic
May 16, 2016
It's good that, in a game about space, I've never felt limited, because there shouldn't be limits. While this almost feels like "Sim Universe" at times, the core difference is in something for which to strive and active threats beyond your own mishandling of resources and the occasional fire to put out. There's a whole universe out there, and I can't wait to play through Stellaris as many times as it takes to experience the whole thing.
Destructoid
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May 9, 2016
This is a game for anyone who has already enjoyed the grand strategy genre or anyone who has always wanted to. There is a strong sense of accomplishment from starting an empire and guiding it along the path youchoose, even if it eventually ends in failure. Stellaris is easy to comprehend and exciting to execute, which is a perfect combination for a genre notoriously difficult to break into.
TheSixthAxis
Top Critic
May 9, 2016
Marrying Paradox's particular brand of real time grand strategy to the familiarity of space and 4X empire building has worked wonders, making this the most welcoming and accessible of their games that I've played. There's a few minor niggles, but it's compelling and it's easy to lose yourself in Stellaris for hours at a time, as you build your empire and explore both the galaxy and the stories that it can contain.
IGN Italy
Top Critic
May 9, 2016
This ain't your grandfather's space strategy game. Stellaris opens up a whole new perspective on galactic conquest, and in doing so sets the bar for the genre for years to come.
Review in Italian | Read full review
GamesBeat
Top Critic
May 11, 2016
Stellaris won't expand strategy to a mass audience; while more accessible, it won't appeal to people who like building things in reality rather than in concept. But if you're like me, on the fence between 4X and grand strategy titles, you'll enjoy the heck out of the single-player campaign.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Top Critic
May 9, 2016
Less erratic and surprising than its ancestors, but much more elegant in its design.
Game Rant
Top Critic
May 28, 2016
Stellaris combines watertight strategic gameplay with a wonderful sense of exploration to create a thrilling and engrossing spacefaring grand strategy title.
GamingTrend
Top Critic
May 11, 2016
Stellaris captures the wonder of exploring space and colonizing the stars, but gets bogged down when the borders freeze and negotiations start. A solid foundation of things to come and an excellent entry-level grand strategy game, this will hopefully be a good start for a greater experience to come.
COGconnected
Top Critic
May 27, 2016
_____________________________Exploration and empire expansion are genuinely captivating.
ZTGD
Top Critic
May 20, 2016
Ultimately Paradox has created a brilliant and lasting experience in Stellaris; one that allows players to cultivate an empire that spans entire galaxies. It is both wonderful and appropriately grand.
PC Invasion
Top Critic
May 9, 2016
All the galactic flavour and themes of a 4X space title, married to the mechanics of Paradox's recent grand strategy offerings. Stellaris has a space opera tale of gene manipulation, Federation politics, or colonial slavery for everyone.
Everyeye.it
Top Critic
May 15, 2016
As many other videogames developed by Paradox, Stellaris speaks to a very small niche. Complex and uncompromising, it shows an impressive effort to bring the gameplay of a Grand Strategy Game into the space.
Review in Italian | Read full review
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