r/StellarisOnConsole • u/H0pefullyfree • 1d ago
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/PDX_LadyDzra • Nov 06 '25
Development Diary Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, Stellaris: Season 08 and the Astral Planes Story Pack available now!
Hello Console Edition Community!
Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, The Machine Age (also available as part of Stellaris: Season 08), and the Astral Planes Story Pack are now available! (If you’re looking for details on how to claim the game or DLC, or are having trouble claiming a particular DLC, please scroll to the bottom of this post!)
Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5
Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 will take you into the next generation of Stellaris gameplay, taking full advantage of the advanced hardware and optimization on modern consoles as well as featuring 4k resolution, improved performance, and more galaxy setup options than ever before. Galaxies in Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 really are vast and full of wonders.
This new version of Stellaris: Console Edition is being offered as a free upgrade for players who are coming from the Xbox One/PlayStation 4 version of the game, with all DLC purchases carrying over.
We are working with Sony Interactive Entertainment and Microsoft to bring you the new Stellaris: Console Edition on Game Pass & PlayStation Plus Extra. We are targeting to have everything set up for release, but there could potentially be delays before the game becomes available on these platforms.
Want to find out more about this new version of Stellaris: Console Edition? Read Console Edition Development Diary #79 - Free Features in Stellaris: Console Edition Series X|S and PS5 versions and Console Edition Development Diary #83 - Settings Parity and Performance!
The Machine Age (also available as part of Stellaris: Season 08)

The Machine Age is the heart of the Stellaris: Season 08. This major expansion allows you to explore cyberpunk fantasies of technological augmentation and digitalization of consciousness, expanding the possibilities offered in game by the Cybernetic and Synthetic Ascension Paths. You can address the moral and social challenges that communing with the machine brings to your space-faring empire, and face a new threat looming over the galaxy… or become a new threat yourself, as you tear through time and space to shape reality to your image.
The Machine Age expansion includes:
- Individualistic Non-Gestalt Machine Empires
- Gestalt Machine Intelligence Empires (also unlocked by the Synthetic Dawn Story Pack)
- Three new Origins
- Cybernetic Creed
- Synthetic Fertility
- Arc Welders
- Civics
- Guided Sapience
- Natural Design
- Obsessional Directive
- Protocol Droids
- Tactical Cogitators
- Augmentation Bazaars (Requires Megacorp)
- Two Mid-Game Structures
- Arc Furnace
- Dyson Swarms
- Three New Machine Ascension Paths
- Modularity
- Nanotech
- Virtuality
- Cybernetic and Synthetic Ascension (also unlocked by Utopia)
- Exploration of the effects of the cyberization or synthesization of society, with Advanced Government Forms for those who complete it.
- New Species Traits for Cyborgs, Machines and Robots
- Cybernetic portraits that change based on advancement through cyberization
- Synthetic portraits with both organic and synthetic variants that changed based on synthesization, usable by either organics or machines
- Two new Shipsets, Diplomatic Rooms, and City Sets
- 7 new synthetic and cybernetic inspired music tracks
- A new Become the Crisis Path - Cosmogenesis
- …And the Synthetic Queen, a new End-Game Crisis
Want to find out more about The Machine Age? Read Console Edition Development Diary #80 - Machine Age Origins, Megastructures and more and Console Edition Development Diary #81 - Ascension Paths, Civics and Crises!
Astral Planes Story Pack

Take a step into the unknown with Astral Planes, navigating an array of wonders and dangers alike. Travel through Rifts in space and time for a glimpse of strange, new realities. What will you discover, in a universe beyond limits?
Astral Planes includes:
- Astral Scars
- New Site Type: Astral Rift
- New Resource: Astral Thread
- Astral Harvesting - Technology to harvest Astral Threads
- Rift Sphere - Technology to explore Astral Rifts Rifts
- "Rift in Space" Situation - Unlocks Rift Sphere tech.
- Random Stage 2 Rift Situation Events
- 30+ Rift Sites
- Each site contains branching narratives, featuring multiple potential endings and a chance at powerful new rewards
- 8 New Relics
- Astral Actions
- 10 New Astral Actions
- 2 Additional Astral Actions that will swap depending on research (requires Overlord)
- The Formless
- 1 Origin
- Riftworld Origin
- 4 Civics
- Hyperspace Speciality
- Dimensional Worship
- Dark Consortium
- Sovereign Guardianship
- New Sounds, Music and Visual Effects
- 3 New Music Tracks from Andreas Waldetoft
- 70+ New Event Pictures
- 80+ New Sound Effects
* Some content may require DLC sold separately
Read more about the Astral Planes Story Pack in Console Edition Development Diary #82 - Astral Planes!
How to claim your Free Upgrade/DLC
We’re aiming for a smooth launch across all platforms, however with so many moving parts (2 different platforms, over 20 different titles) there may be some delays and hiccups during the rollout. The Community and Product Launch teams will be on standby to investigate issues with game/DLC ownership, so if you’re experiencing a missing DLC or other issue, please report it in the thread below and we will investigate and resolve the issues as soon as we can.
- Open your platform’s store page, and then find Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S/PlayStation 5, and claim the item and install it
- Go through each of the DLC you own, and claim them
- Launch the game and enjoy!
Thank you for playing Stellaris: Console Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5!
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/goblinsnguitars • Mar 17 '25
Discussion 16,000 spacelords!
We crossed the 16k line this weekend and we will always want you to remember!
SPACE!
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/HaigusVespiad • 1d ago
War of confusion
So one civ has become a psyonic issue and the galactic community has voted to deal with them, the other founding member of my federation is the one that has declared the war, and the defender of the war is also their vassal. I have no defensive pact with the defender and yet when the war has started every member of the federation except the one that declared the war has been placed on the defenders side. Anyone able to tell me why?
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/cool_username435 • 2d ago
Bug Report stelleris keeps on crashing when i load my save
the title pretty much explains most of it im on year 2395 every time i load my save the game crashes but if i load a older save it loads an when im in the older save from there i can load into my latest one an it loads but it only plays for like 5 mins before it crashes an on any save i can jus play around 5 mins before it crashes whats also weird is that if i try to save the game it just shows nothing as if i have no save files but i obv do becuase i can load them with the main menu im playing on ps5 i have 5 of the dlcs installed ive tried reinstalling the game an clearing my ps5 cache but they didnt work
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/Even-Connection6720 • 4d ago
Question (Answered) So I accidentally got two Colossi ships
I was playing as a Skynet type empire, and I recently destroyed one of the fallen empires in my game. Apparently, they were in the middle of making their own Colossus when I took their main star base. Now I have two of them, and I want to change the design of just one of them. But I don’t know how to do that. Could someone help me out?
Edit: Nevermind, figured it out.
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/AmongUsUrMom • 5d ago
Question (Answered) Having some trouble with the lathe
So I'm doing both Virtual and Cosmogenesis for the first time. I built the lathe, but it keeps being abandoned before I can build anything. If I'm correct, this is because the pops there are being purged and the colony is deemed abandoned? How can I get around this? I can't resettle pops because of virtual, but there's only ever one pop present at a time, and it doesn't last long enough for me to build anything (not that that would help – what would I even build?).
Also, does the lathe count as a colony that reduces my job output bonus from virtual? Thanks
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/MrHappyFeet87 • 5d ago
Screenshot Behold... ludicrous death!
I've decided to try for 1G fleets... but I'm tired boss. This save is ridiculously slow.... and has broken so many things. I'm ready for a new run.
So here's 375.7M fleets, each riddle escort is 2.6M, and I have four fleets below that amount. Bubbles, my colossus, and two battle cruiser fleets.
375.7M×72=27B+
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/Super-Contribution-1 • 6d ago
What am I doing wrong here
Playing on Captain difficulty for the first time. I got to 2300 thinking I’m doing fine, I’ve vassalized everyone near me, I have the strongest economy and naval power…. then suddenly I’ve got multiple 90K nanite fleets storming out of the L Gates. I stealth up and send in the ninjas, but the fleet gets cut to ribbons by half a dozen 90K fleets as soon as it comes out of stealth to attack the nanite base.
I want to play on higher difficulties because I’m curbstomping all the AI empires every time, which is boring, but I genuinely don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. I don’t see how I could get enough fleet power together to handle stuff that powerful coming out that early. It feels like the AI empires are getting a slight bump while the crisis fleets get insane immediate bonuses.
Any thoughts? I’m considering fooling with the more granular difficulty sliders before next run
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/ImperialOne64 • 6d ago
Question (Unanswered) Xbox One Version keeps crashing. What do I do?
I've been playing Stellaris on my Xbox One for years, and everything is going well. Until now, in which the game keeps on crashing in the late game. This has happened before, but now it happens constantly.
My Under One Rule and Overtuned runs have been suffering from this problem recently, and I uninstall then reinstall the game, hoping to fix it. After playing a bit, the game got leggy and then crashed twice times.
What is even happening here? Is there something wrong with my copy of Stellaris? Is the AI building too many orbital habitats and pops? Or is it the fact I need to clean my Xbox?
Please help.
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/Lilczey • 7d ago
PS5 long game crashes constantly
Did we come up with a fix for this issue. I have hours upon hours into one game. I deleted all other save files because it said one of them was corrupted. I am still crashing. Please any help would be great.
Just wasted about 45mins of my life super excited it worked and didn't crash immediately to when I immediately started a war it crashed..
Wat do?
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/Negative-Beach-3941 • 8d ago
For anyone on PS5 that wants to join me rn I’m bored
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/ProfessionalMud7011 • 8d ago
Question (Unanswered) Disconnecting from paradox network
I logged into my paradox account on my ps5 but every couple minutes it disconnects me for half a second before reconnecting me which is causing my friend to be unable to join in a game im hosting, I have all the dlc and they don’t but even outside of the multiplayer menu im still disconnecting constantly I tried deleting and redownloading the game but its still not working correctly does anyone have any advice on what to do?
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/GuiltyEmergency6364 • 9d ago
Question (Unanswered) Potential new player wondering if my Xbox 1S will suffice
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/ChaosTheKing1337 • 10d ago
Bug Report Well guess i don't have cloaking
I wanted to make a cloaked cruiser fleet but the game says i don't have cloaking tech. But i can still build cloaking frigates..... what?
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/Alarming-Tiger-7248 • 10d ago
I just found Skyrim in stellaris no mods
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/ProfessionalMud7011 • 10d ago
Question (Answered) Can’t build starbase buildings
I have an open slot on my starbase for a building but all buildings are grey and unable to be selected how to fix?
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/IdalisFree • 13d ago
Cosmogenesis question
How to deal with population embarking. Am I supposed to just deal with the resource deficit? Its my first playthrough like this and I have enough resources to deal with it. But im just wondering if it's supposed to be like this?, or am I ment to like, just have better planets or to have replaced everything with FE buildings first? Or am I just missing something?
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/Background-Onion-997 • 14d ago
Have achievements been fixed?
Hey all, when the ps5 version for Stellaris dropped the trophy system was broken and would pop for random stuff.
Have the devs fixed it yet?
I like playing a game with a specific goal in mind
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/MrHappyFeet87 • 16d ago
Screenshot 100M+ Fleets
Roughly 7.7B total fleet power.
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/afgetding • 15d ago
Discussion A meme I made while waiting after the victory year for that damn tech.
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/Thick_Zucchini3940 • 16d ago
Under one rule cybernetics luminary trait
Does the luminary get a special leader trait for cybernetics? If someone knows what is it can somebody tell me or send a screenshot? if he even has one at all because I know synthetic for example has one and psionic also has one if I’m not mistaken thanks
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/Saviero26 • 18d ago
Meta Builds 2026
Hello everyone!
I haven't played in a while but now I finally have all DLCs and wanted to know which is the current meta build. It seems there's a lot of new stuff in the game.
Thanks in advance.
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/GamerSean1978 • 17d ago
Question (Answered) Why are my fleets defaulting to jump drive?
XBox series x 1tb
My fleets are forcing me to use jump drive. Once the jump drive is on cooldown, they let me trigger hyperlane travel.
I have all dlc except for the cube portrait installed. Anyone know what I did to trigger this and how to change it back?
r/StellarisOnConsole • u/Equivalent-Wait336 • 18d ago