Nice catch. This game was pretty high on my "will get if/when it goes DRM free" list.

Yes..yes..:)..sorry..just stunned, never expected to see this here or one of the other Paradoxtitles after Paradox latest Statments about Gog/Steam...

Does anyone knows if buying it here enable access through the Paradox Launcher? I play on Linux where Galaxy is not available but i would really enjoy automatic update and cloud saves.

Are you planning with Paradox to implement Achievement support post GOG releaae?

Ive heard nice things about this game
so it deffo goes on wishlist

Edit : whoa, thats alot of addons/dlc
but i guess its excpected when it comes to paradox

Edit 2:
Question for those that own or have played before
Is all the dlc/addons neccecary or is it just a few ones that really add to the experience?

Same here. Actually the night before it was released here I was very tempted buying it on Steam as I have been wanting to play this for some time now.

£50 for Stellaris seems about right for a two year old game with all the new content.

How are paradox at updating their games these days? From what I saw before they went steam-exclusive they were developing a nasty habit of making your purchase feel like a demo by introducing features to everyone's game but only enabling them if you bought that particular DLC.

From Stellaris' Project Lead on the Paradox forums: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-on-gog-please-add-achievements-and-cloud-saves.1121925/#post-24707096

Right now we have a pretty light implementation of Stellaris on GOG, not using the Galaxy SDK (which is necessary for cloud saves and achievements on that platform). If the game is successful there, we'll definitely look in to adding it in the future. No promises yet.

None of them are really necessary, though there are a few which are more important. Utopia adds a couple of cool things like special perks which allow you to build ringworlds. Distant stars adds quite a few anomalies which help to flesh out the early game. Leviathans adds the enclaves and of course the leviathans themselves.

I would wait with apocalypse, not because it's not good, but because most of the content is endgame, I would definitely wait to buy until you're certain you like this game and get to endgame often enough.

I personally really like synthetic dawn, but it all depends on if you like robots or not. The cosmetic stuff can definitely be skipped, although I still really like the shipsets.

Mostly though, I find that the patches add more than the DLC themselves, although the DLC helps fund the developers of course.

PSA for everyone, not just the person I quoted:

Don't get too attached to the planetary tile system if you ever decide to play it. It's going the way of the dodo in the upcoming patch (release date unknown). If you are interested, you can get an overview about what's coming here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellaris/comments/97yq2h/summary_of_dev_diaries_for_22_le_guin/

Keep in mind they are still changing things, so some information may not be accurate anymore.

There is absolutely no problem with cheating. Unlike some developers, this is freely available outside of multiplayer and ironman: https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/Console_commands

Thank you! Better than nothing for now :-)

About the EULA that the game is licensed not sold is nothing special at all, just ask CD Projekt about their Witcher games it's the same there. the prohibition warning to use cheats is most likely because the multiplayer portion of the game and prevent cheaters from ruining other peoples game but as stated in a post above me you can do it but don't use it to gain an advantage in multiplayer.

Collecting information is a bit vague but i guess it scans your game folders for stuff that can impact multiplayer, i personally don't like that kind of invasion in my drm free games either so i hope it's just an oversight and straight copy of the Steam eula but i don't expect it.

You buy a license and you get to keep your copy of the game unless that platform is steam for most games, that's pretty much how it's for any game.

I agree and i know there's a console, like there is in EU and CK, also, and past games. But it's what the EULA says, even though. And ofc i know there's nothing wrong with cheats in your own game, it is also good for enjoy a game even after you are already bored. It was almost a rethorical question because the way it is mentioned in the EULA.

Yes, you are right and i am aware it's nothing special these days but even though...i do not like it, and if cheating is because the MP portion, it's just adding that to the EULA and exclude SP, because at the very end, what the EULA says is controlled by some companies that have banned someone from MP even having just played SP and before even going online. That's why i said this is not Steam.

About the data collection, i also don't expect it to be an oversight. The game on GOG is the same game they sell on Steam, because there you can also run it without Steam. They are trying to create a MP system on their own servers for what i read, so maybe has to do with this. In any case, remember to block the game and all execs (or even the whole folder) if you are not going to play MP :)

Also, in the last sentence: and unless it is steam...or origin, or uplay or microsoft store, or the incoming Bethesda store, etc, etc... ;)

It's obvious the EULA is made for Steam and not specifically for GOG, and some parts of it even mention Steam as it was the only platform for the game...until now. They are not going to change it, but a few rephrases and could be much more decent.

I musinderstood you then. I agree, it should probably be reworded, because the continued existence of the console shows that they don't care about cheating (they removed the possibility in ironman after all)

Although this doesn't excuse them, I think it's because they are testing the waters with this game. I don't think anyone expected Stellaris here until Stellaris 2 was already out for quite a while, yet here they are. I do expect the data gathering will stay though, paradox loves themselves some data.

Too bad I already have everything on steam though...I prefer GOG and don't really use mods.