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This article is timeless and should be accurate for any version of the game.

Version history

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Galactic Paragons.png Galactic Paragons
3.8 • 3.8.2
First Contact.png First Contact
3.7 • 3.7.3 • 3.7.4
Overlord.png Overlord
3.6 • 3.6.1
3.5 • 3.5.2 • 3.5.3
3.4 • 3.4.3 • 3.4.4 • 3.4.5
Nemesis.png Nemesis
3.3 • 3.3.2 • 3.3.3 • 3.3.4
3.2 • 3.2.1 • 3.2.2
3.1 • 3.1.2
3.0 • 3.0.1 • 3.0.2 • 3.0.3 • 3.0.4
Federations.png Federations
2.8 • 2.8.1
2.7 • 2.7.2
2.6 • 2.6.1 • 2.6.2 • 2.6.3
Ancient Relics.png Ancient Relics
2.5 • 2.5.1
2.4 • 2.4.1
2.3 • 2.3.1 • 2.3.2 • 2.3.3
MegaCorp.png MegaCorp
2.2.4 • 2.2.5 • 2.2.6 • 2.2.7
2.2 • 2.2.1 • 2.2.2 • 2.2.3
Distant Stars.png Distant Stars
2.1 • 2.1.1 • 2.1.2 • 2.1.3
Apocalypse.png Apocalypse
2.0 • 2.0.1 • 2.0.2 • 2.0.4 • 2.0.5
Synthetic Dawn.png Synthetic Dawn
1.9 • 1.9.1
1.8 • 1.8.2 • 1.8.3
Utopia.png Utopia
1.6 • 1.6.1 • 1.6.2
1.5 • 1.5.1
Leviathans.png Leviathans
1.4 • 1.4.1
1.3 • 1.3.1 • 1.3.2
Stellaris.png Base version
1.2 • 1.2.1 • 1.2.2 • 1.2.3 • 1.2.4 • 1.2.5
1.1
1.0 • 1.0.1 • 1.0.2 • 1.0.3

Patches and hotfixes are free updates for Stellaris, though they are different in purpose:

  • Patches fix bugs and/or implement balance tweaks. They are sometimes released alongside a new, major DLC. When this occurs, a portion of the DLC's features are usually shipped as part of the coinciding free patch, thus made available to anyone who has the base game. Patches are named by Paradox after various sci-fi writers.
  • Hotfixes are very small updates to the game that usually fix only a few bugs and may contain a few changes to the gameplay as well. Hotfixes are commonly released shortly after major patches to fix any unforeseen bugs that came with the previous update, or independently to fix newly discovered bugs or exploits.
  • Note that newer DLCs cannot be activated if you are playing on an older patch version. This is also applicable to mods, which have various levels of compatibility with new patches.

Version history[edit | edit source]

Version Date of release Checksum Notes
3.8 2023-05-09 cdec Gemini: 25th major patch. Released alongside Galactic Paragons.
3.7.4 2023-03-30 fc72 Bugfix
3.7.3 2023-03-21 462f Bugfix
3.7 2023-03-14 e793 Canis Minor: 24th major patch. Released alongside First Contact.
3.6.1 2022-12-06 a6c5 Bugfix
3.6 2022-11-29 0028 Orion: 23rd major patch.
3.5.3 2022-10-11 c1ba Bugfix
3.5.2 2022-09-22 27ef Bugfix
3.5 2022-09-20 73bb Fornax: 22nd major patch. Released alongside Toxoids.
3.4.5 2022-06-29 a361 Bugfix
3.4.4 2022-06-21 227f Bugfix
3.4.3 2022-05-19 9d15 Bugfix
3.4 2022-05-12 7836 Cepheus: 21st major patch. Released alongside Overlord.
3.3.4 2022-03-17 67b9 Bugfix
3.3.3 2022-03-15 e135 Bugfix
3.3.2 2022-02-24 87f3 Bugfix
3.3 2022-02-23 70fc Libra: 20th major patch. Unity rework.
3.2.2 2021-11-23 abcc Bugfix
3.2.1 2021-11-22 de97 Bugfix (day one patch)
3.2 2021-11-22 ~ Herbert: 19th major patch. Released alongside the Aquatics Species Pack
3.1.2 2021-09-28 6df7 Bugfix
3.1 2021-09-14 22a5 Lem: 18th major patch.
3.0.3 2021-05-20 d281 Patch
3.0.2 2021-04-20 91c1 Hotfix
3.0.1 2021-04-15 c04b Bugfix (day one patch)
3.0 2021-04-15 ~ Dick: 17th major patch. Released alongside Nemesis.
2.8.1 2020-11-13 dfce Bugfix: AI and crisis improvements, including fleet AI, purge mechanics tweaks.
2.8 2020-10-29 a756 Butler: 16th major patch. Released alongside Necroids.
2.7.2 2020-05-26 60bf Bugfix
2.7 2020-05-12 a5aa Wells: 15th major patch.
2.6.3 2020-04-15 ae56 Bugfix
2.6.2 2020-03-24 e132 Hotfix
2.6.1 2020-03-18 65d2 Hotfix
2.6 2020-03-17 6a97 Verne: 14th major patch. Released alongside Federations (DLC).
2.5.1 2019-11-04 1fd6 Bugfix
2.5 2019-10-24 9939 Shelley: 13th major patch. Released alongside Lithoids.
2.4.1 2019-10-10 73ad Hotfix
2.4 2019-10-09 2226 Lee: New PDX launcher.
2.3.3 2019-07-11 9b71 Bugfix
2.3.2 2019-06-18 00a6 Bugfix
2.3.1 2019-06-10 bcd1 Bugfix
2.3 2019-06-04 e100 Wolfe: 12th major patch. 64 bit executable only. Released alongside Ancient Relics.
2.2.7 2019-04-04 ea03 Bugfix
2.2.6 2019-03-20 8645 Bugfix
2.2.5 2019-03-07 05d3 Bugfix
2.2.4 2019-02-07 0019 Bugfix
2.2.3 2019-01-18 746c Bugfix
2.2.2 2018-12-20 5b48 Bugfix
2.2.1 2018-12-07 bbf4 Hotfix
2.2 2018-12-06 0d1c Le Guin: 11th major patch. Released alongside MegaCorp.
2.1.3 2018-09-06 42f6 Bugfix
2.1.2 2018-08-07 5bcb Bugfix
2.1.1 2018-06-14 d173 Bugfix
2.1 2018-05-22 01a9 Niven: 10th major patch. Released alongside Distant Stars.
2.0.5 2018-05-15 6d3e Bugfix
2.0.4 2018-04-27 f368 Bugfix
2.0.2 2018-03-29 5e2f Bugfix
2.0.1 2018-02-27 fb8b Bugfix
2.0 2018-02-22 daf0 Cherryh: 9th major patch. Released alongside Apocalypse.
1.9.1 2017-12-14 83d2 Hotfix
1.9 2017-12-07 a2c2 Boulle: 8th major patch
1.8.3 2017-10-25 b3cd Hotfix
1.8.2 2017-10-11 135b Hotfix
1.8 2017-09-21 3943 Čapek: 7th major patch. Released alongside Synthetic Dawn.
1.6.2 2017-06-16 d7ec Hotfix
1.6.1 2017-05-16 b38e Hotfix
1.6 2017-05-09 7a87 Adams: 6th major patch.
1.5.1 2017-04-12 8818 Hotfix
1.5 2017-04-06 d050 Banks: 5th major patch. Released alongside Utopia.
1.4.1 2016-12-09 1759 Hotfix
1.4 2016-12-05 54ed Kennedy: 4th major patch.
1.3.2 2016-11-10 2620 Hotfix
1.3.1 2016-10-27 f100 Hotfix
1.3 2016-10-20 56ad Heinlein: 3rd major patch. Released alongside Leviathans.
1.2.5 2016-08-16 328a Hotfix
1.2.4 2016-08-09 b6dc Hotfix
1.2.3 2016-08-04 deca Hotfix
1.2.2 2016-07-14 fb85 Hotfix (Beta)
1.2.1 2016-06-30 20fe Hotfix
1.2 2016-06-27 2352 Asimov: 2nd major patch.
1.1 2016-06-01 ed47 Clarke: 1st major patch.
1.0.3 2016-05-18 48f6 Hotfix
1.0.2 2016-05-12 fc5e Hotfix
1.0.1 2016-05-11 4d15 Hotfix
1.0 2016-05-09 9b5a Release version

Rollback[edit | edit source]

Patches, specially major ones, can introduce anomalies or incompatibilities with save files and mods from older versions. In this case, if playing on Steam, a player can roll back to a previous version in order to preserve their current playthrough. The most recent version of each major patch is available, although intermediate bugfix and hotfix patches are not.

  • On Steam, right-click on the game in your library and select "Properties" then "Betas." In the "Select the beta you would like to opt in" drop-down, choose any past version of the game.

In order to roll back to versions older than 2.1.3, some additional steps are required in order to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation that they predate[1]:

  1. Go to https://accounts.paradoxplaza.com/games and log in with (or create) your Paradox Account.
  2. Scroll down to "Access earlier versions" and click SHOW.
  3. Copy the access code listed next to Stellaris.
  4. Link your Steam Account to your Paradox Account, if you haven't already:
    1. At the top of the page, click Settings.
    2. Under Account Linking, click the "Link account" button next to "Link your Steam account."
  5. In your Steam library, right-click on Stellaris and open Properties.
  6. In the BETAS section, enter the beta access code you got from the Paradox website and click "Check Code" to unlock roll back versions all the way back to 1.0.3.
  7. Select the version you want from the drop-down list.
  8. Wait for the version to be downloaded and installed, then launch the game.

It is not possible to revert to an earlier version if the game was purchased on Microsoft Store.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/changes-to-playing-previous-versions-of-pds-titles.1120883/
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