Stellaris

by EladrinThe previous Willpower Dev Diaries have been somewhat focused on the more 'friendly' approaches to spreading Ideologies, but is that all there is? Of course not. Let's stop beating around the bush and get to what inevitably…

by EladrinHello everyone! We've put the Stellaris 4.5.3 'Cygnus' Open Beta up onto the stellaris_test branch on Steam, with the following changes: Stellaris 4.5.3 'Cygnus' Open Beta Release NotesBalance​Betharian Processing, Exotic Gas…

Greetings! Today I have the Willpower Story Trailer to share with you as we’re ready to provide a planned release date. Willpower and the Stellaris 4.6 ‘Corona Borealis’ update will be released on Monday, November 23rd. As a reminder, all…

Hi everyone, Today I'm turning things over to Atmaz to share some information about Ideologies in regular empires. (We'll talk about gestalt empires in another dev diary, we didn't forget about them!) Here we go! Introduction​ Hey folks.…

Give the Galaxy Something to Believe In. Stellaris Season 10 continues with the Willpower expansion, coming in the Stellaris 4.6 ‘Corona Borealis’ update. I have chosen to hold the release of Scenarios and continue to improve the system and…

Hello Stellaris Community! Stellaris 4.5.2 "Cygnus" has now released on Steam, GOG and Microsoft store. Thanks to everyone who submitted bug reports during the hotfix period. Your bug reports go a long way to making Stellaris a better game.…

by Alfray StrykeHey folks, unfortunately Eladrin's been off ill this week, so we don’t have a full Dev Diary for this week. However I do have tentative patch notes for the 4.5.2 patch to share with you. As always, thank you for playing…

by EladrinHello, Stellaris community! We've updated Steam and GoG with a hotfix to address a few important issues. MS will follow as soon as it is possible. 4.5.1 ‘Cygnus’ Hotfix Release Notes​Balance​A Synaptic Lathe built by nomads in…

Hello Stellaris Community, We’re pleased to announce that the 4.5 “Cygnus” update is now available! Before we dive into what’s included in this update, we want to talk about who put it there. Of the 525 lines of changes in this patch, 46.7%…

by EladrinThe Stellaris 4.5 ‘Cygnus’ Open Beta is drawing to a close, and we’re currently building a release candidate.We’ve temporarily pulled Exclusive Harvesting Rights from 4.5 - your feedback from the Open Beta made it clear that it…

Bricks and Puzzle pieces have entered the galaxy! Together with YouTooz, we're thrilled to release our first-ever Brickset and Puzzle inspired by Stellaris. Give your shipyards a rest, and construct your next Science Ship one brick at a…

by EladrinHello everyone, I’m back this week, though it’ll be a relatively short one. Last week Alfray mentioned that I might be ready to share information about the 4.5 ‘Cygnus’ release date, but I’m holding onto that for a bit longer to…

by Alfray StrykeHey folks, I’m taking over for Eladrin this week since he’s swamped with meetings and I got voluntold for Dev Diary Duty. The final 4.5 build isn't ready to ship, but we did push an Open Beta update earlier today, here’s the…

by EladrinWe have another update to the 4.5 ‘Cygnus’ Open Beta planned for today! 4.5 Update 7 contains fixes for Nascent Stage (again), some AI updates, and more.Stellaris 4.5 ‘Cygnus’ Open Beta Update 7 Preliminary Release…

by EladrinHello everyone! With summer coming to an end, the Stellaris dev diaries are back on the schedule. We’ve updated the 4.5 Open Beta a couple of times now, and have some more changes coming soon with Update 6. Stellaris 4.5 'Cygnus'…

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by EladrinHello everyone! We've updated the 4.5 Open Beta branch with some improvements.Stellaris 4.5 'Cygnus' Open Beta Update 5 Release NotesFeature​Flag emblems are now correctly centered within the Empire's Flag hexagon…

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by EladrinHello everyone! We've got a couple more fixes in today's 4.5 Open Beta update: Stellaris 4.5 'Cygnus' Open Beta Update 4Bugfix​Fixed Precursor dig sites (Vultaum, Yuht, First League, Irassian, Cybrex) not appearing when surveying…

by EladrinHappy Friday! We've updated the stellaris_test_4.5 branch again today, and added a rollback branch (stellaris_test_4.5_rollback) just in case, since this one modified a few hundred events. Stellaris 4.5 'Cygnus' Open Beta Update 3…

by EladrinWe've just deployed a hotfix that resolves an issue introduced in 4.4.5 where Science Ships using automation would get lost forever when exploring Astral Rifts. It should now be available on Steam, GOG, and MS Store.4.4.6…

by EladrinHello everyone!Earlier this week we released the Stellaris 4.4.5 ‘Pegasus’ Update with the following changes:4.4.5 ‘Pegasus’ Patch Release NotesFeatureAdded a Resource Abundance slider in galaxy settings.This slider ranges from…

Hello everyone! QA's tests on the 4.5 'Cygnus' Open Beta 2 update went faster than expected, and we felt that we had no real reason to hold the update until tomorrow. We've updated the stellaris_test_4.5 branch with the following changes…

Hello everybody! The Stellaris 4.4.5 'Pegasus' update should now be ready for download via Steam, GOG, and MS Store. Please find the patch notes below. 4.4.5 ‘Pegasus’ Patch Release Notes​Feature​Added a Resource Abundance slider in galaxy…

by EladrinHello, Stellaris Community! Europe swelters under the summer’s first heatwave, and yesterday we updated the 4.4.5 ‘Pegasus’ Open Beta on the stellaris_test branch with some more changes. Stellaris 4.4.5 ‘Pegasus’ Open Beta Release…

The Steam Summer Sale has just entered our orbit! Stellaris is up to 70% off, with additional discounts on selected DLC.Trigger a galactic level crisis while having a cold beverage at your side and take a nice cruise through space and…

by EladrinHello everyone! I know that yesterday I said that we were planning on putting 4.4.5 up as an Open Beta sometime next week, but based on the reactions we received in the thread we decided to expedite it a little bit, and we have an…

Hello there!A tradition like no other! It's time for the Art of Nomads!We know you might want to head straight for the artwork, which is fair because what the team has been able to pull off for Nomads is nothing short of amazing.But before…

Hello everyone, We trust that you are enjoying your time exploring the galaxy aboard the Arkships. The team has completed a batch of fixes and improvements for your journeys. Stellaris 4.4.4 should now be ready for download via Steam, GOG…

Hello Stellaris Community! We have just released the Stellaris 4.4.4 "Pegasus" patch to Open Beta. This patch addresses some of the balance and QoL feedback we've received since Nomads' release, as well as a host of bug fixes, and stability…

by EladrinGreetings, travellers!The Stellaris 4.4.1 ‘Pegasus’ update and Nomads released this Monday.SimasTV created a tutorial on the basics.​ Today we’re going to look at the first few days, discuss a few common comments, and explain…

by PDX-LokeHello, Another more small and quick patch has been readied, aiming to fix a few extra impactful bugs from Monday's release. Version 4.4.3 should now be available via Steam and GOG, with MS Store following shortly. Please find the…

by PDX-LokeHello all, The team has put together a quick hotfix for your continued enjoyment of Nomads and 4.4. 4.4.2 should now be available on Steam and GOG, with MS Store to follow soon. Please find the change log below.4.4.2 ‘Pegasus’…

Hello Stellaris Community!Stellaris: Nomads - the first installment of Stellaris: Season 10 - is available now!Stellaris: Nomads is available now alone, or with a discount as part of Stellaris: Season 10!The Galaxy is not a trophy to be…

by EladrinHi everyone! The Stellaris 4.4 ‘Pegasus’ update and Nomads are releasing next Monday, June 15th. Today we have the preliminary release notes, the last Spinal Mount, the new Achievements, and information about today’s Dev Q&A.…

Hello, Stellaris Community! Nomads releases on June 15th - less than two weeks from now - so I hope you’re planning your first playthroughs. Today we’re going to take a look at the Stellar Cannon, the new civics, and the prescripted empire…

by EladrinHello everybody! The team has been competing against one another to see who can write the longest dev diary, so I’m going to sabotage their efforts by keeping my preamble short. Let’s get straight into the fray! Defender of the…

by EladrinHello everyone! Today the team will be going over some of the general gameplay differences you’ll see when playing a Nomadic empire. After going over the fine print of Nomad Contracts, we’ll take a luxury trip on the Forever…

by EladrinGreetings, Stellaris Community!For years we have said that moving planets are impossible. For years, we said even mentioning it would make programmers cry. We like to do the impossible, and we also (apparently) like to make our…

Hello Stellaris Community!We’re pleased to announce that Stellaris: Nomads will be entering your region of space on June 15th!As the headline content for Stellaris: Season 10, Nomads will allow you to Build No Borders, Claim No Worlds, and…

Hello again, We have a quick hotfix that will allow Mods that haven't been updated for the Utopian Abundance changes pass any of the DLC checks they may have for Utopia, Synthetic Dawn, or the Humanoids Species Pack. Stellaris 4.3.7 is now…

by PDX-LokeHello everyone, We've just released Stellaris patch 4.3.6. This patch rolls Utopia, the Synthetic Dawn Story Pack, and Humanoids Species Pack into the base-game, as well as adds the Behemothkin portrait (available when you're…

Hello everyone!On May 9th, 2016 we set out on this grand journey that is Stellaris. It has been a long road getting this far, with its fair share of ups and downs, but we’re glad that you have decided to go along on this adventure with us.…

by Eladrin Stellaris launched on May 9th, 2016 - this Saturday will mark ten years. The game that shipped a decade ago was a very different beast from what we’re playing today. The galaxy was smaller in a lot of different ways - while we…

It’s my pleasure to announce boarding has started for all passengers departing on our tour of Stellaris: Season 10, with non-stop service to the Nomads expansion alongside the Stellaris 4.4 ‘Pegasus’ update. Following our first destination…

by EladrinHi everyone! Let’s look at some other UIs that are getting a facelift in the 4.4 ‘Pegasus’ update. I’m turning this over to our UX designer, Doğa: The Situation Log​Since Situation Log is a core feature that has long needed some…

by EladrinHello Stellaris Community!The 4.3.4 ‘Cetus’ update was released today, with the following changes:4.3.4 ‘Cetus’ Release Notes​Notes in italics were not in the 2026-04-10 Open Beta update. Balance​Added a cap of 10 years (in…

Hello everyone!We've just updated the stellaris_test branch with the fixes we were talking about yesterday.4.3.4 ‘Cetus’ Release Notes (ONGOING)​Notes in italics were not in the 2026-04-02 Open Beta update. Balance​Added a cap of 10 years…

by EladrinHi everyone!Currently we’re planning on updating the 4.3.4 Open Beta branch tomorrow, with the following changes:4.3.4 ‘Cetus’ Release Notes (ONGOING)Notes in Italics were not in the 2026-04-02 Open Beta update.BalanceAdded a cap…