Stellaris is a great strategy and, in my opinion, Stellaris is the best 4x strategy game out there. I will quickly give a summary of what things might draw people and what things might push people away. Afterwards I will talk about two of the biggest factors that you should take into consideration before buying.

You might like Stellaris if you like the following:
- Epic space fights
- Random bits of good story
- A sense of accomplishment for completing challenges
- Hours of game play
- Great music
- Large or small scale strategy
- Continual updates (free content and DLC)
- Randomly generated maps
- The ability to be fanatical purifiers that seek the destruction of all those ugly aliens!

You might dislike Stellaris if you don't like the following:
- Potentially slow late game
- Micromanagement
- Strategy
- Low strategy combat where the only thing that truly matters is fleet power

All out the game is fun and I love it but there are two big factors that you should take into consideration before buying. The first factor is probably the biggest let down of the game and the second could be taken as good or bad.

Combat is relatively boring. Sure it is fun to watch the massive late game battles at slow speed but you can't really do much. No matter what, fleet power is the most important factor in fights. The player doesn't control the ship positions, which weapons or ships focus on what, and if you have low fleet power and want to try hit and run gorilla tactics then you will be disappointed. The most you can do is outfit your ships to counter another empire's ships and that is it. If you want to be like the rebel alliance in Star Wars and rise up from being the underdogs then you are out of luck because the empire has a bigger fleet and will sweep through the land you own and there is nothing you can do about it.

The game is being updated regularly. It never takes too long for them to come out with new content, fixes, and other such stuff. This can be a blessing and a curse. If you like one version of Stellaris but then change it slightly then too bad, you will have to keep playing the old version as some big features have been changed without any thought of changing it back. This isn't a bad thing in my opinion as they have only added to the experience so far, but for some that could be the difference between a good and a bad game.

TLDR: Combat is almost entirely based on who has the best fleet and the game keeps updating constantly.

Stellaris is a great strategy and, in my opinion, Stellaris is the best 4x strategy game out there. I will quickly give a summary of what things might draw people and what things might push people away. Afterwards I will talk about two of the biggest factors that you should take into consideration before buying. You might like Stellaris if you like the following: - Epic space fights - Random bits of good story - A sense of accomplishment for completing challenges - Hours of game play - Great music - Large or small scale strategy - Continual updates (free content and DLC) - Randomly generated maps - The ability to be fanatical purifiers that seek the destruction of all those ugly aliens! You might dislike Stellaris if you don't like the following: - Potentially slow late game - Micromanagement - Strategy - Low strategy combat where the only thing that truly matters is fleet power All out the game is fun and I love it but there are two big factors that you should take into consideration before buying. The first factor is probably the biggest let down of the game and the second could be taken as good or bad. Combat is relatively boring. Sure it is fun to watch the massive late game battles at slow speed but you can't really do much. No matter what, fleet power is the most important factor in fights. The player doesn't control the ship positions, which weapons or ships focus on what, and if you have low fleet power and want to try hit and run gorilla tactics then you will be disappointed. The most you can do is outfit your ships to counter another empire's ships and that is it. If you want to be like the rebel alliance in Star Wars and rise up from being the underdogs then you are out of luck because the empire has a bigger fleet and will sweep through the land you own and there is nothing you can do about it. The game is being updated regularly. It never takes too long for them to come out with new content, fixes, and other such stuff. This can be a blessing and a curse. If you like one version of Stellaris but then change it slightly then too bad, you will have to keep playing the old version as some big features have been changed without any thought of changing it back. This isn't a bad thing in my opinion as they have only added to the experience so far, but for some that could be the difference between a good and a bad game. TLDR: Combat is almost entirely based on who has the best fleet and the game keeps updating constantly.