This is the case because now there is not only one human player who pauses the game to micro-manage his/her empire, but two or more. Multiplayer games will take significantly longer than single-player games. How long does a Stellaris Multiplayer game last?

Since you can save the game anytime and continue from where you left later, many games last real-world days or even a week, like a good game of chess.īut also: If you dominate the galaxy and eliminate all competition quickly, a Stellaris game can end long before the game reaches its Victory year. So games on default settings last about 15 hrs, if you do not pause the game a lot, i.e. Especially in the beginning, it makes sense to speed up the game time 3x (1 real second = 3 Stellaris days). It ends faster if one player exterminates all rivals or controls 40+ % of the galaxy before that. With a game as complex as Stellaris this naturally depends on your settings and play style, but :Ī Stellaris game on default settings lasts 300 in-game years (about 30 hours real-time on normal speed). I mean, who has time to play for 3 days on end.

One of the questions I had before buying the game was how long a typical game in Stellaris lasts. And its studio Paradox Interactive is known for its complex products. Stellaris is a beautiful but pretty complex 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) game and a mixture of real-time and turn based strategy game.

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