I ' m new to all this having picked it up very recently , and as such I can ' t really speak to the late game stalemate some talk about as I haven ' t got that far yet , but the rest I can certainly talk about . Stellaris is a game that felt really intuitive having played other Paradox grand strategy games , which it shares more in common with than Civ and that family of games . If you are looking for a game that offers you defined win conditions , and a clear way to get to those , this isn ' t a game you are going to have a great deal of satisfaction with . If you are looking for something that gives you enough narrative to build a story and then , flesh out a galaxy in your mind , I think you ' ll love the space opera this nudges you into . It is the first game in some time that makes me want to sit down and write about the events I experience . For me , thus far , worth every penny .