Genre StrategyReleased May 9, 2016
Stellaris
Developed by Paradox Development Studio · Published by Paradox Interactive
$49.99
Estimated lifetime revenue
$79.06M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$60.25M
After Steam's 24% cut
Units sold
3.41M
≈ 17 sales per review
Reviews
197,103
Very Positive86% positive
Playing now
11,120
16-day peak 16,728 · low 11,120
New reviews, last 16 days
+291
≈ 18 a day since Oct 1
History
Oct 1 – Oct 17
197.1K197.0K196.8K196.6K
Oct 1Oct 9Oct 17
Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.
How it compares
Strategy →Against the 120 most-reviewed Strategy games on Steam
Outearns 93% of them — in the top 10% of the group.
Median
$15.59M
114,721 reviews
Top 10% start at
$67.69M
This game
$79.06M
73rd pct. by reviews
The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.
About
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
- Genre
- Strategy
- Released
- May 9, 2016
- Steam app ID
- 281990
- Data updated
- Oct 17, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.