advertise the game or it will die out

[Name]

this game needs a steady player base. i get that it's $15, but this has DLC potential all over it. please advertise so we can get more players for online gameplay. the youtube streams aren't working, you have two vids with combined 800k views maybe 20-50 comments about the game - and steamdb + steam reviews do not reflect that at all.

I barely found the game on the steam strategy category page. Come on Paradox! Advertise your game! This has huge potential!

[Daggerfall]

I can only agree here. It's a great game and as a Stellaris fan, I love the simplifications and well thought out game mechanics. Solo play is ok, but my online games have been absolutely fantastic.
Making a good game isn't enough. It also has to be found.

[Surge]

It's early access. Maybe they're waiting till it gets further along before they go heavy on the marketing?

[Daggerfall]

May be. But what will players find then? Lots of threads saying the game is dead.
This doesn't motivate gamers to join after early access.

It's a very good game, but if you can't find any other players it doesn't make it any better.

Sure, they can wait with Marketing.

But I hope it's not too late then.

[Surge]

Originally posted by Daggerfall:

May be. But what will players find then? Lots of threads saying the game is dead.
This doesn't motivate gamers to join after early access.

People should stop making posts to complain then. Doing so is a self fulfilling prophecy.

[Medicus]

As a potential customer I would not only see these "no players" threads here and in reviews. I would simply notice the 100 reviews on the shop page and know it has not a big enough community to be played multiplayer. So I agree it needs better marketing. If you check mods for twillight imperium on tts, one has 1500 reviews. There is a market for twillight imperium, just not for another Stellaris.

[TheDuplex]

i love that game and get one friend to buy it :D

[Spyro]

Found some ads on Reddit for it, so good start

[Deathclutch2000]

I agree but they should stop focusing on MP in their advertising. This is a 4x game and like most 4x games they are best played single player. It is neigh impossible to get 6 friends together for a 2 hour gaming session, and playing with strangers will always bring the usual MP woes. Quitters, Trash Talkers, Trolls etc. it's never worth it. Stellaris is a single player game just like Galactic Civ, Endless Space and all the others. SP should be the focus of the game and the advertising. Don't get people coming here thinking this is a primarily MP game when it is impossible for it to succeed that way. This is why every other post is the game is dead because I can't find players. There are even posts asking if you CAN play this game single player which is absurd. Single player is what 99% of the people playing this game are going to be doing.

[Surge]

Originally posted by Deathclutch2000:

This is a 4x game and like most 4x games they are best played single player.

This game is 100% a multiplayer game. It is nothing like a full 4X game where the focus is clearly singleplayer.

[Deathclutch2000]

Originally posted by Surge:

Originally posted by Deathclutch2000:

This is a 4x game and like most 4x games they are best played single player.

This game is 100% a multiplayer game. It is nothing like a full 4X game where the focus is clearly singleplayer.

This is a series of absurd comments. It is obviously not a 100% multiplayer game because you have a story mode and skirmish mode against AI. There is already more single player content than multiplayer. It is clearly a 4x game. Call of Duty is NOTHING like a full 4x game. This is exactly like a full 4x game, just streamlined down to make for fast games. Sorry but that's just reality.