what makes this game so fun?

[JUSTOSKAAR]

Hey, im looking to get the game but what makes it so fun, it has over 20k people active right now and im looking to get in to strategy games.

[maerchen]

4X games are about Exploring, Expanding, Exploiting and Extinction. Stellaris has all of this and more.

[pete3great]

Originally posted by JUSTOSKAAR:

Hey, im looking to get the game but what makes it so fun, it has over 20k people active right now and im looking to get in to strategy games.

Like all Paradox games, Stellaris's popularity can be attributed to the Gambler's fallacy. The player has invested hundreds of dollars into DLC. Can't let that money go to waste!

Importantly, that number is lower than it used to be. This time last year, the average players online at any given times was around 35k.

[Sam Porter Bridges]

Originally posted by pete3great:

Originally posted by JUSTOSKAAR:

Hey, im looking to get the game but what makes it so fun, it has over 20k people active right now and im looking to get in to strategy games.

Like all Paradox games, Stellaris's popularity can be attributed to the Gambler's fallacy. The player has invested hundreds of dollars into DLC. Can't let that money go to waste!

Importantly, that number is lower than it used to be. This time last year, the average players online at any given times was around 35k.

Yes, the only reason their games are good are because people spend a lot of money on it. That's why they begin spending that money.

On Steamcharts the average player count is not lower. The player count during this DLC release is lower than last year's. The number is pretty much the same all the other months.

[Unimportant]

Just like space, this game has many different possibilities.

[Rage000]

Of all the 4x space empire building games, its definitely the most complex. IMO its a good game. MODS make it better than vanilla. After you play vanilla a few times, I highly recommend using mods.

[Terijian]

All the same sorts of things that make "civilization" fun I suppose. this game is way deeper/ more complex though so its replay value is really high

[DragonNoz]

Originally posted by Rage000:

Of all the 4x space empire building games, its definitely the most complex. IMO its a good game. MODS make it better than vanilla. After you play vanilla a few times, I highly recommend using mods.

Even the DLC is pretty tight, not gonna lie. and I'm saying this as a Console edition player on XBox Series S.

[Jack the Roamer]

Originally posted by JUSTOSKAAR:

Hey, im looking to get the game but what makes it so fun, it has over 20k people active right now and im looking to get in to strategy games.

Having played this since it came out, coming back to a new game every time DLC releases, is good value! Jokes aside, you can definitely get engrossed even on a medium sized map and watch 12 hours just vanish before your screen

[DragonNoz]

Originally posted by JUSTOSKAAR:

Hey, im looking to get the game but what makes it so fun, it has over 20k people active right now and im looking to get in to strategy games.

You can play as any of the pre-made Empires(Which are being increased via the DLC), but there's just a special kind of feeling of making your OWN empire and taking over the galaxy yourself.

[pipo.p]

Originally posted by JUSTOSKAAR:

Hey, im looking to get the game but what makes it so fun,

There are two kind of players in love with Stellaris:

1. Those who like 4X games in space: find them, oppose them, subdue them.
2. Those who like story telling in space: "Once upon a time, in a distant galaxy..."

3. Those who like both aspects: to beat some alien ash, but only if they are Klingons, Grey Ones, Kilrathis or Shadows.

[x]

The RP experience in this game is fun. Create a custom empire, imagine being them, and take over the galaxy in your own way. Funny or interesting things happen along the way.

It really gives you that feeling of conquering the galaxy, and reaching the stars. What humanity could be if not restrained by our, erm, current restraints. The feeling it gives you is epic and kinda the best part more than the fun.

Although it has a lot of fun and complex systems to learn. If you enjoy learning complex games you will probably have a blast.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Originally posted by pete3great:

Originally posted by JUSTOSKAAR:

Hey, im looking to get the game but what makes it so fun, it has over 20k people active right now and im looking to get in to strategy games.

Like all Paradox games, Stellaris's popularity can be attributed to the Gambler's fallacy. The player has invested hundreds of dollars into DLC. Can't let that money go to waste!

Importantly, that number is lower than it used to be. This time last year, the average players online at any given times was around 35k.

And last year the following week was at 25k and the next one 20.

[EleventhStar]

Originally posted by pete3great:

Like all Paradox games, Stellaris's popularity can be attributed to the Gambler's fallacy. The player has invested hundreds of dollars into DLC. Can't let that money go to waste!

Importantly, that number is lower than it used to be. This time last year, the average players online at any given times was around 35k.

that's sunk cost fallacy, not gamblers fallacy.

i wonder if "one more turn" syndrome is a sunk cost fallacy too now that i think about it. probably not probably just regular brain trickery with proper line up of short and long term goals.

[x]

You know that fallacies, psychology, etc are just made-up ideas, right? Someone just made those up, and classified them however they wanted.

So, some aspects will apply here, some may not, but it doesn't really matter. What matters is whether it's a game worth buying and/or playing. In my opinion, it is.

Even the base game is worth a single playthrough of 8-10 hours, and it goes on sale for $10. That's a pretty decent deal by itself.

[EleventhStar]

Originally posted by x:

You know that fallacies, psychology, etc are just made-up ideas, right? Someone just made those up, and classified them however they wanted.

psychology is biology. very real. games are very good at exploiting the biologically hardwired reward system in your brain. some countries already classify lootboxes as gambling because of how real the psychology behind that mechanic is. and nowadays exploiting the desire to show off/be better than others is massively exploited to rake in the big bucks.

just look at that immoral design of diablo immortal video by josh stife hayes, and then look at blizzard financial report to see how much money it made.