Stellaris: Console Edition Reviews

Stellaris: Console Edition is ranked in the 79th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
T.J. Hafer
Top Critic
7.4 / 10.0
Feb 24, 2019

Stellaris: Console Edition brings Paradox's grand 4X strategy to consoles remarkably effectively, but it's a few lightyears behind in important updates.

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Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
6 / 10
Feb 28, 2019

An already flawed game struggles with the limitations of joypad controls – but it's a spirited effort and further proof that strategy titles do work on consoles.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 22, 2019

A deep and unique RTS that does a little bit of everything and is good at almost all of it. It can be a little bit too deep and dense for some, but that was the case on PC, with the console versions retaining its appeal... despite having less content by now... It will come in a later date.

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8.5 / 10.0
Feb 22, 2019

Stellaris is a beautiful, busy space adventure that rewards you as much for careful, considered strategy as it does for building a 40-ship fleet as early as possible and going ham on anything with more than one pair of eyes.

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Feb 22, 2019

Stellaris is a personal favorite, and it's great to see it make the leap to Xbox One, but Paradox and its partners could really seal the deal by bringing across mouse support, which the Xbox One now has. Hopefully we'll see it materialize down the line, but for now, the gamepad controls are pretty great as is.

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83 / 100
Mar 4, 2019

If you’ve been burned by console strategy games in the past, Stellaris: Console Edition will wipe away all of your fears. It’s both innovative and ambitious as a 4X, while also, at the same time, raises the bar for what’s possible with the genre on consoles.

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GameMAG
Top Critic
8 / 10
Mar 4, 2019

This is one of those games that you turn on in the evening to play for an hour before bedtime, and turn it off closer to morning, realizing that you will be late again for work.

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9 / 10.0
Feb 22, 2019

The only offering of its ilk on PS4, Stellaris: Console Edition squeezes a galaxy of emergent strategy, discovery and story onto Sony's home console with very little compromise. Stellaris is certainly the biggest, if not one of the best pure strategy titles you can get on PS4 right now.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 28, 2019

This is the best 4x game to grace the current generation of consoles, possible the best 4x game to grace any generation of consoles; but that's kind of like winning a race when you were the only genuine competitor. It still suffers greatly from a frustrating mid-game but if you've got the itch to explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate on a console this will scratch it.

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Wccftech
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8.5 / 10.0
Feb 25, 2019

While it's more than a little weird to play such an outdated version of the game, Stellaris is always an interesting and deep, not to mention surprising, 4X game to pick up. In addition to that, it doesn't have much of a competition on consoles.

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7.5 / 10.0
Mar 4, 2019

That said, if you manage to pull yourself out, the sleek veneer of Stellaris' bright stars fades more quickly than you might expect. Three years later, Stellaris is showing its age, and its rocky port to the controller certainly isn't helping its case. You could still argue that Stellaris is the best console-version of an RTS game and you'd probably have a good case, but that isn't exactly a high bar to clear.

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8 / 10
Mar 14, 2019

A slick PC to console port that stands proudly on its own two feet/tentacles — Stellaris is a fine example of grand strategy that melts away hours upon hours of your time in a haze of deadly supernovas, hypervelocity railguns and diplomacy through gritted teeth.

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7.5 / 10.0
Mar 5, 2019

Stellaris: Console Edition has a long way to go to catch up to the PC version, but its intuitive controls make it a compelling strategy game on consoles nonetheless

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8 / 10.0
Feb 22, 2019

It's probably the best RTS available on consoles right now, and a great example of an expert port.

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Mar 8, 2019

Stellaris is an aesthetically beautiful and rich in storytelling, and I'm fully enamoured to it.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 11, 2019

Stellaris: Console Edition is a mighty impressive game in and of itself. It also did the impossible: make a fairly complex and grand strategy title enjoyable on a console. That should stand as its own achievement. If you have access to Stellaris on a powerful PC, the console edition isn't for you. Even though it is a great title, the console version still feels somewhat restrained and pared down, but that may change with future updates. Regardless, if you're a fan of the genre and only game on a console at home, this is as close as you can get to a great strategy title running in its full glory on a TV.

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85 / 100
Nov 16, 2020

Stellaris: Console Edition is the console conversion of the 2016 Paradox hit. A strategy and civilization management game in the 4X genre, which has managed to maintain its essence, fun and addition with its move to consoles and its change of control. It is not a game for all audiences, but once its entry barrier has been overcome, it will be a recurring game to which we will return and dedicate hours and hours.

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8 / 10.0
Jun 15, 2020

It's an innovative and ambitious title within the strategy genre, while at the same time raising the bar for what is possible with the genre on consoles.

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Unscored
Jun 6, 2020

Paradox has delivered and fans of the real-time strategy genre who were missing games can be satisfied, Stellaris is excellent in its genre. I can recommend it without fear of disappointment. However, newbies or not very assiduous to this type of game, will have to be aware that it takes many hours and assimilate a lot of information to enjoy 100% Stellaris. If you dare to try it, I recommend turning to the online advisor every time you don't know how to follow the game, it also offers tutorial missions.

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8.8 / 10.0
May 7, 2019

Given the countless possibilities within each campaign of Stellaris: Console Edition, I foresee it reigning supreme as the pivotal example of how to bring strategy to consoles. Well done Paradox.

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