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Stellaris

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Stellaris is a real-time 4X grand strategy game set in a procedurally generated galaxy. Players control an interstellar civilization, exploring star systems connected by hyperlane networks, colonizing habitable worlds, and managing their empire's economy across resources like energy, minerals, and alloys. The game emphasizes empire customization through species traits, ethics, government types, and civics that shape both aesthetics and mechanics. Gameplay progresses through diplomacy, trade, and warfare with other civilizations, while mid-game and late-game galactic crises introduce escalating threats such as extragalactic invasions or hostile artificial intelligence awakenings. Players can pursue ascension paths including genetic engineering, cybernetic augmentation, or psionic abilities. Originally released for PC, the game later received a console edition and has been supported with numerous expansions adding megastructures, new empire types, espionage mechanics, and additional crisis scenarios.

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Simulator Strategy Science fiction 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
2016 ★ 78 211 achievements Guide 0%
211 achievements
Energetic

Energetic

Store/have 1000 EC

Brave New World

Brave New World

Colonize a planet

Power Overwhelming

Power Overwhelming

Store/have 5000 EC

Break On Through...

Break On Through...

Research a Rare technology

Explorer

Explorer

Survey one of each basic planet class

Domo Arigato

Domo Arigato

Build a Robot Pop

Archaeologist

Archaeologist

Successfully investigate an archaeological site

Digging Deep

Digging Deep

Earn a total Mineral income each month above 250

Mutual Understanding

Mutual Understanding

Successfully negotiate a trade deal

Supremacy

Supremacy

Win a War against another Empire

A Home Away From Home

A Home Away From Home

Conquer another species' homeworld

League of Nations

League of Nations

Be a founding member of the Galactic Community

What Came Before

What Came Before

Find the home system of a Precursor Empire

The Grand Fleet

The Grand Fleet

Build a fleet with a total fleet size above 120

... To the Other Side

... To the Other Side

Research 15 Rare technologies in a single game

Building Better Worlds

Building Better Worlds

Terraform a planet

New Shining Star

New Shining Star

Upgrade your capital to an Imperial Complex

Grand Admiral

Grand Admiral

Have an Empire total fleet power of 100,000+

We Come In Peace

We Come In Peace

Complete a mutually friendly First Contact with an empire with no negative incidents

Faster, Stronger, Better

Faster, Stronger, Better

Genetically alter a species (not uplift)

Throw Your Weight Around

Throw Your Weight Around

Have a Diplomatic Weight of over 9000

Emissary

Emissary

Explore a Natural Wormhole

Megapolis

Megapolis

Have a planet with at least 100 Pops

It belongs in a museum!

It belongs in a museum!

Find a Relic

Birth of a Federation

Birth of a Federation

Establish a Federation

Resourceful

Resourceful

Have access to ten different Strategic Resources

Unlimited Power!

Unlimited Power!

Use the active effect of a Relic

Tradition is Everything

Tradition is Everything

Unlock all 42 Traditions

Artificer

Artificer

Have 100 Minor Artifacts

Tourist Trap

Tourist Trap

Own a planet with at least 10 different species on it

The Industrial Re-Revolution

The Industrial Re-Revolution

Earn a total Mineral income each month above 1000

Old Friends

Old Friends

Receive a gift from a Fallen Empire

Citadel of Death

Citadel of Death

Own a Citadel with 40k fleet power

Let Us Go Forward Together

Let Us Go Forward Together

Level up your Federation

Center of Trade

Center of Trade

Earn at least 1000 Energy Credits per month from trade

Omnicultural

Omnicultural

Have your ruler be of a different species class than your founding species

Arcana

Arcana

Study Minor Artifacts and discover a random technology

Clever Girl

Clever Girl

Uplift a species

Patron

Patron

Support the Artisan Troupe for 10 years

Then Virgil, Now Beatrice

Then Virgil, Now Beatrice

Return a long-dead species to life

Imperial Highway

Imperial Highway

Own 4 active Gateways

The Good Stuff

The Good Stuff

Purchase a rare resource from the Traders

...and Hope?

...and Hope?

Unseal the path to the L-Cluster

Think Tank

Think Tank

Construct a complete Science Nexus

Battle Thralls

Battle Thralls

Have 3 other Empires as vassals

Unstoppable Force

Unstoppable Force

Build a Juggernaut

It Followed Me Home

It Followed Me Home

Befriend a Space Amoeba

Mad Genius

Mad Genius

Recruit a scientist from the Curators

I Can See Forever

I Can See Forever

Construct a complete Sentry Array

Beyond the Veil

Beyond the Veil

Breach the Shroud

Our Fleets will Blot Out the Stars

Our Fleets will Blot Out the Stars

Construct a complete Mega-Shipyard

Star Struck

Star Struck

Own 200 Starbases (Outposts are counted)

Controlled Evolution

Controlled Evolution

Genetically modify a species to possess traits worth 7 points

Captive Star

Captive Star

Construct a complete Dyson Sphere

Giga-Engineering

Giga-Engineering

Have at least 4 fully operational Megastructures within your borders (Habitats, Ring Worlds and Gateways do not count)

All-Seeing Eye

All-Seeing Eye

Have an Intel Level of 100 on five different empires simultaneously

Fine Print

Fine Print

Modify a vassalization contract.

Strategic Initiative

Strategic Initiative

Build a Strategic Coordination Center

Whence It Came

Whence It Came

Defeat a horrifying invader

Paradise Found

Paradise Found

Terraform a planet into a gaia world

Green Thumb

Green Thumb

Complete the Baol Precursor chain

Rift Sealed

Rift Sealed

Destroy the portals employed by the invaders from another time and space

Shoot To Kill

Shoot To Kill

Start a full fledged first contact war before communications have been fully established

Victorious

Victorious

Win the game through any victory condition

Council of Elders

Council of Elders

Requires 5 Council members that are at at least 100 years old.

Dreadnought

Dreadnought

Restore an ancient warship

United Space

United Space

Build an Interstellar Assembly

View from the End of the World

View from the End of the World

Own a Habitat station in a Black Hole system

Breaching the Planes

Breaching the Planes

Explore an Astral Rift.

Ringworld Engineers

Ringworld Engineers

Construct a complete Ring World

Surfing the Web

Surfing the Web

Have a network of at least 30 Hyper Relays, in systems you own, connected to your capital.

A Hump Like a Snow-Hill

A Hump Like a Snow-Hill

Hunt the Tiyanki Matriarch

Like Tears in Rain

Like Tears in Rain

Evolve into perfect, immortal machines

Who Scraps the Scrapper

Who Scraps the Scrapper

Destroy the Scrapper Bot

Planned Obsolescence

Planned Obsolescence

As a materialist empire with at least 200 Pops, have at least 75% of the Pops be robotic

Relic Hunter

Relic Hunter

In one game, find 5 Relics from Ancient Relics Story Pack

Black Hole Mining

Black Hole Mining

Build a Matter Decompressor

Burn Notice

Burn Notice

Disavow all knowledge of an Asset during an Operation

Unravelling Enigma

Unravelling Enigma

Uncover the secrets of an ancient fortress

Warrior of Light

Warrior of Light

Destroy a wraith

No Khan Do

No Khan Do

Kill the Great Khan in battle

Planet of the Mechs

Planet of the Mechs

Terraform a planet into a Machine World.

Slave to the Systems

Slave to the Systems

As an authoritarian Empire with at least 500 Pops, have at least 200 enslaved Pops

Unboxing

Unboxing

Open up a shielded world

Growing Planes

Growing Planes

Explore 5 Astral Rifts in one game.

We're Number One

We're Number One

Be the leader of a max level Federation

Xenophage

Xenophage

Keep at least 5 different species as livestock in your Empire

1999 A.D.

1999 A.D.

Slaughter the Voidspawn

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

Defeat a Fallen Empire's Titan fleet with a Titan of your own

Exterminatus

Exterminatus

Use a World Cracker to destroy another Empire's capital planet

Dust Off

Dust Off

Complete the Zroni Precursor chain

Hear Me Roar

Hear Me Roar

Hatch the egg

Return to Dust

Return to Dust

Destroy an Enclave

They Come In Pieces

They Come In Pieces

Vivisect an alien

Voight-Kampff

Voight-Kampff

Develop the means to prevent nefarious infiltration

We Are Legion

We Are Legion

Be a biological Hive Mind with at least 1000 drone Pops

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

Reach 50 Vivarium capacity.

Opposites Attract

Opposites Attract

Have all eight ethics represented within your Federation

Wormageddon

Wormageddon

Destroy a Voidworm nest.

Does Not Compute

Does Not Compute

Shut down the Contingency plan.

Infinite Creation

Infinite Creation

Birth a new universe

What Was Will Be

What Was Will Be

Close the loop, or don't

Put A Ring On It

Put A Ring On It

Have a ringworld section as your capital

Towards Utopia

Towards Utopia

As an Egalitarian empire, have at least 500 Pops living under Utopian living conditions in your Empire

Very Open Borders

Very Open Borders

As a xenophile Empire, have migration treaties with at least 10 other Empires

With Thunderous Applause

With Thunderous Applause

Become the Galactic Emperor

Distinctiveness Added

Distinctiveness Added

As a Driven Assimilator, own cyborg Pops of at least 5 different species.

Franchising

Franchising

As a Corporate empire, have a branch office on 5 different empires' capitals

Queening

Queening

Successfully capture an extragalactic matriarch

Rise of the Machines

Rise of the Machines

As a Determined Exterminator, conquer or eliminate all biological Empires in the galaxy.

That's No Asteroid

That's No Asteroid

Capture a Cutholoid with a Gravity Snare.

It Belongs in a... oh right

It Belongs in a... oh right

Fill any Collection category with active Exhibits.

Stellar Performance

Stellar Performance

Take a trophy from a stellar being

Burning Brightly

Burning Brightly

Complete an Arc Furnace and a Dyson Swarm in the same system.

Big Red Button

Big Red Button

Destroy the Galaxy

Enlightened Times

Enlightened Times

Enlighten a Bronze or Stone Age civilization

Put a Cork in It

Put a Cork in It

Construct a Dimensional Lock.

Peacekeeper

Peacekeeper

As a pacifist Empire, be at peace for 200 consecutive years (crises do not count as wars)

Obscure Tastes

Obscure Tastes

Build a Mega-Art Installation in a nebula system

Stay on Target

Stay on Target

Destroy another Empire's Colossus while it is in the process of firing on a planet

Suffer not the Alien

Suffer not the Alien

As a xenophobic Empire, purge all other sentient species from the galaxy

Inscrutable Power

Inscrutable Power

I won the Galatron and all I got was this lousy achievement

Last, Best Hope

Last, Best Hope

Lead the non-aligned powers to victory against an Awakened Empire

Payback

Payback

As a humanoid species, infiltrate the homeworld of pre-FTL reptilians

My name is Ozymandias

My name is Ozymandias

Claim the Eternal Throne.

Pandora's World

Pandora's World

Use a Global Pacifier to shield a planet belonging to Fanatic Purifiers, Ravenous Swarms, or Determined Exterminators

Retirement Home

Retirement Home

As a Rogue Servitor, own at least 10 Pops from Fallen Empires.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality

Fully embrace the virtual world and leave no pop behind.

Deus Vult

Deus Vult

As a spiritualist Empire, own 4 holy worlds

Outside Context

Outside Context

Invade pre-FTL Earth while it is in the midst of a world war

None Shall Pass

None Shall Pass

Have a Fortress World with a Planetary Defense Shield, protected by a fully upgraded orbital ring, filled with defensive modules, with a fleet power of at least 10,000

Quest Complete

Quest Complete

Find the true ending of The Order’s noble quest.

Whatever it is, I'm against it

Whatever it is, I'm against it

Refuse to belong to any club that would have you as a member

Gotta Subjugate Them All

Gotta Subjugate Them All

Have a tier 3 subject of each Specialist type simultaneously.

Humble Pie

Humble Pie

Humiliate an Empire that is in the Supremacy Diplomatic Stance, forcing them out of it

Insightful

Insightful

Research 12 pre-FTL Insight Technologies.

Made a Friend Today

Made a Friend Today

Form a Covenant with any Patron

Modern Cincinnatus

Modern Cincinnatus

As Galactic Custodian, defeat the end-game Crisis and then end the title rather than finishing your term

Nothing to See Here

Nothing to See Here

Declare a war with a cloaked military fleet already in the primary target’s capital system.

Returned to Form

Returned to Form

make friends...

Strange Mood

Strange Mood

As a Master Crafter empire, fully construct a megastructure while you have a Covenant.

Yeet the Fleet

Yeet the Fleet

Catapult a military fleet directly into the capital system of an enemy empire you are at war with.

You've Been Served

You've Been Served

Denounce an Empire that is not actually in breach of galactic law while all major sanctions have been passed

Back with Your X

Back with Your X

Get the “good ending” to the Solarpunk quest chain, with Sol as your capital system.

Dawn Of A Million Souls

Dawn Of A Million Souls

Terraform 3 planets with Azaryn.

Maximally Effective

Maximally Effective

Be the patron of three maximum sized Mercenary Enclaves.

There’s a Zombie on my Lawn

There’s a Zombie on my Lawn

As a Necroid empire destroy a Plantoid empire, or vice-versa, without blowing up their final planet.

A Tad Too Late

A Tad Too Late

Discover Keides' Origin.

Can you Smell What the Lithoids are Cooking?

Can you Smell What the Lithoids are Cooking?

As a Lithoid empire, keep another Lithoid pop as Livestock or Process them.

Ethical Dilemmas

Ethical Dilemmas

Have 6 different Ethics on the Council.

Humility before the Fall

Humility before the Fall

Complete the Inetian Traders’ Precursor chain.

Non-Prophet Organization

Non-Prophet Organization

As a Teachers of the Shroud empire, prove that the Shroudwalkers made a terrible mistake.

Raiders of the Lost Galatron

Raiders of the Lost Galatron

Capture the Galatron from another empire

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Blorg

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Blorg

Complete at least ten distinct operations during a game

Underlord

Underlord

As a Subterranean empire, dig too deep, but prove yourself worthy.

You Monster

You Monster

Reduce, reuse, recycle.

Fishing for Trouble

Fishing for Trouble

As an angler empire, provoke a Fallen Empire into declaring war on you and win.

Growing Like Weeds

Growing Like Weeds

Have 10 organic pop assembly on your capital, as a budding species without the Clone Army origin.

Into the Unknown

Into the Unknown

As a Slingshot to the Stars empire, send 10 crewed science ships into the unknown with Quantum Catapults.

Mother Knows Best

Mother Knows Best

Submit to all of Cetana's demands.

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Lead a rebellion that successfully deposes the Galactic Emperor

Tend the Garden

Tend the Garden

As custodian of Wenkwort Artem, make it a resort world with a Ranger Lodge and original blockers.

The Path Not Taken

The Path Not Taken

Have 10 colonies without ever discovering Hyperdrives.

We’ll Make Great Pets

We’ll Make Great Pets

Have at least 10 pops of your primary species on display in Alien Zoos within your empire.

With Great Power

With Great Power

As Necrophages do not invade any pre-ftls and defeat the crisis OR have 10 observation stations

With Interest

With Interest

As a Payback empire, finish what you started. Gain victory over MSI using the special Payback CB.

Could be Worse

Could be Worse

Colonize a planet that started the game as a Toxic world, then turn it into a Tomb World.

Dark Forest

Dark Forest

Convert to a Fanatic Purifier as a FotD empire and eliminate all regular empires, fallen empires and enclaves.

Destroy the People of Earth!

Destroy the People of Earth!

As the Commonwealth of Man, destroy the United Nations of Earth while ruled by symbiotic brainslugs.

Directive 67

Directive 67

As a Clone Army empire, denounce the Spiritualist fallen empire then destroy them.

Equality! Democracy! Freedom!

Equality! Democracy! Freedom!

Overthrow the Ruler in a Civil War during the Under One Rule Origin.

Fixer Upper

Fixer Upper

As an Idyllic Bloom empire, convert the junk worlds of the Ketling Star Pack into Gaia Worlds.

Holy Water

Holy Water

Drench a Fallen Empire’s holy world.

King of Monsters

King of Monsters

As a Behemoth Fury empire, become the undisputed apex predator of the galaxy.

Machine Supremacy

Machine Supremacy

Win the game as a machine uprising.

Meet the New Boss

Meet the New Boss

Same as the old boss.

No Good Deed…

No Good Deed…

Intervene to save a Pre-FTL experiment from catastrophic failure, even though it puts you in breach of Galactic Law.

Recent History

Recent History

As a Memorialist empire have Galactic Memorials on 5 tomb worlds created during the game

Rock Beats Paper

Rock Beats Paper

As a Lithoid empire, show the Galactic Community what you think of that strongly worded letter.

Room for Desert

Room for Desert

Consume another empire’s desert homeworld.

Smörgåsblorg

Smörgåsblorg

As an Evolutionary Predators empire, eat six different phenotypes in one game.

There be Dragons

There be Dragons

Own 13 dragons and have them in your capital system.

Toxic Workplace

Toxic Workplace

As a Toxoid Galactic Custodian or Emperor, insult all other members of the Community. (Min 3)

Unpopularity Contest

Unpopularity Contest

Use the Tempest Invocator Relic to Summon a storm.

Unshackled

Unshackled

As a Broken Shackles empire, eradicate slavery in the galaxy, including on Pre-FTL worlds.

We Bring Peace

We Bring Peace

Liberate 3 different empires while having Crusader Spirit Civic.

X Marks the Spot

X Marks the Spot

Discover Captain Ness's Treasure Hoard.

A Universe of Paperclips

A Universe of Paperclips

Create a perfect universe while meeting every quota as an Obsessional Directive empire.

Beastmaster

Beastmaster

Defeat the endgame crisis without building a single artificial military ship.

But at what cost...

But at what cost...

Kill Gurr.

Flesh Adapts

Flesh Adapts

Defeat the Prethoryn Scourge while using biological ships.

Footsteps of the Prophet

Footsteps of the Prophet

As a Cybernetic Creed empire, defeat Cetana.

I am the Invader Now

I am the Invader Now

As a Starlit Citadel empire, control at least 5 systems connected to the Strange Portal network.

Master of Puppets

Master of Puppets

While playing with the Secret Societies Civic, have 5 or more empires in a Proxy War simultaneously

Master of the Shroud

Master of the Shroud

Gain a Covenant Power from each Patron when forging your own path

Mediocre!

Mediocre!

Complete the Succumb to Tempest Challenge.

Mildly Possessed

Mildly Possessed

Discover every available minor and major Patron in a single game

Mind Over Metal

Mind Over Metal

Unlock every Psionic Ship Component

Past the Expiration Date

Past the Expiration Date

As a nanite machine empire, consume a Fallen Empire's homeworld.

Void Charmer

Void Charmer

Build each type of Voidlure in one game, and attract each type of eligible Space Fauna.

Blazing Domain

Blazing Domain

Terraform 100 stars to Red Giants (Before Galactic Firestorm victory)

Born to be Wild

Born to be Wild

As a Wilderness empire, restore all of the Hive Fallen Empire's worlds to your natural state.

Burning Heaven

Burning Heaven

Create a Volcanic Holy World

Cosmic Confetti

Cosmic Confetti

Watch your Red Giant home star blow up

From Bad to Worse

From Bad to Worse

Use 5 Blazing Scourge decisions on a Tomb World

Galactic Firestorm

Galactic Firestorm

Win the game through the Hyperthermia Crisis Path

Smugglers of Hope

Smugglers of Hope

Smuggle pops of your primary species out from an empire where they were enslaved or being purged.

Summer Vacation

Summer Vacation

Create a Volcanic Resort World

The End

The End

Destroy the galaxy with the Aura of the End

This Is the Part Where We Kill You

This Is the Part Where We Kill You

Lose >999 Pops when completing the Experimental Testing Situation

Volcanic Empire

Volcanic Empire

Terraform 10 planets to Volcanic world (Before Galactic Firestorm victory)

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