Stellaris officially released a new species pack that introduces the Lithoids, a race of sapient rocks. The new pack offers completely new gameplay while also giving players a selection of new rock-based species portraits and ship models. The Lithoids Species Pack is available for $7.99 on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
The Lithoids Species Pack features Lithoids, a species type made up entirely of sapient rocks. This species eats minerals as a form of sustenance and live long lives. In addition, because of what they're made of, they can colonize almost any environment in the galaxy. With this new species, players get a chance to try out a new play style. Using Lithoids means you focus on mineral production. Players can also colonize even the most marginal of planets. In addition, the Lithoids are also a race that refuse to give up even an inch of their empire.
The Lithoids Species Pack includes:
- Unique Mechanics for Lithoid Empires
- 15 New Portraits of Lithoids and 1 of a Lithoid robot
- New Mineral-based Ship Models
- New voice pack
You can buy the Lithoids Species Pack from Paradox Plaza, Steam, and GOG.
Stellaris is a 4X grand strategy video game the focuses on space exploration, managing an empire, diplomacy, and space warfare with other spacefaring civilizations. Features of the game include:
- Wonder at the enormity of space through procedurally generated galaxies offering an untold number of planets for players to explore.
- Encounter a wide variety of wild, wacky, and dangerous alien races that may prove to be important trade partners or conquering forces who want more than nothing to enslave your civilization.
- Ensure the survival and advancement of your empire by taking on strategic space warfare and resource management.
- Get to explore scientific anomalies and uncover technological wonders throughout the galaxy to utilize them to reach your own goals.
- Govern your own fledgling population and secure your power and agenda by manipulating internal policies, factions, and traditions.
Stellaris starts in 2200 with players taking control of a species that has just invented faster-than-light spaceship technology and is now in the early stages of interstellar travel. Players can choose to coexist peacefully with other races or ensure the destruction of all other life and gain supremacy.
