Stellaris rockets up the Steam charts as The Machine Age DLC launches

You wouldn’t think a sci-fi game that was released in 2016 – with tomorrow marking its 8th anniversary – would still be kicking it in this cut-throat industry. However, Paradox Development’s Stellaris has seen an uptick in popularity recently, and faꦗns can probably guess why.

Back in March, it was announced that the game was getting a new expansion in the guise of The Machine Age. Well, that time has now come, as the DLC released yesterday. As a result, Stellaris has jumped up the list. At the time of writing, it’s sitting at number three, having shot up a hefty 44 places. The new content itself is also up and down on the chart.

To add to this, the game is on sale over on , where you can pick up a copy for a generous 70% off. That goes hand-in-hand with the DLC, I reckon. Also, The Machine Age comes with Season 8 of Stellaris, if that tickles your fancy.

What’s in the new content?

A goes into some detail about what exactly you’ll get with the DLC. For starters, there are three new origins: Cybernetic Creed, Synthetic Fertility, and Arc Welders.

On top of this, there’s a new Player Crisis Path and a new Endgame Crisis, which is described thus: “A tempest rages in space, a Fallen Empire goes dark, and a long-forgotten enemy emerges to shake the foundations of power.”

If nothing else, it shows that eight-year-old games can still keep their collective heads above water with expansions and extra content. Now all I need to do is actually play Stellaris to see what all the fuss is about.