How many people are playing Stellaris right now?

Stellaris has 7,956 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 12,143 and an all-time peak of 68,517 on May 2016.

What is the all-time peak player count of Stellaris?

68,517 concurrent players on May 2016.

Stellaris was released on Steam on 9 May 2016.

GameApp ID 281,990by Paradox Development StudioReleased 9 May 2016

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Stellaris Update History · SteamPeaks

10 Sep 2026

10:52:05PICS4 depots—~15—#38,757,760

Recorded change · 10 Sep 2026, 10:52:05 UTCView all 15

Status	Key	Previous value	New value
Edited	depots.branches.stellaris_test_4.5.buildid	25085736	25215310
Edited	depots.branches.stellaris_test_4.5.timebuildupdated	1,788,371,8811788371881	1,788,979,5791788979579+607,698
Edited	depots.branches.stellaris_test_4.5.timeupdated	1,788,431,9621788431962	1,789,037,5151789037515+605,553

10:51:16PICS4 depots—~15—#38,757,733

Recorded change · 10 Sep 2026, 10:51:16 UTCView all 15

Status	Key	Previous value	New value
Edited	depots.branches.stellaris_test_4.5_rollback.buildid	24966843	25085736
Edited	depots.branches.stellaris_test_4.5_rollback.timebuildupdated	1,787,821,0271787821027	1,788,371,8811788371881+550,854
Edited	depots.branches.stellaris_test_4.5_rollback.timeupdated	1,788,431,9351788431935	1,789,037,4701789037470+605,535

3 Sep 2026

10:39:25PICS4 depots—~15—#38,568,365

Recorded change · 3 Sep 2026, 10:39:25 UTCView all 15

Status	Key	Previous value	New value
Edited	depots.branches.stellaris_test_4.5.buildid	24966843	25085736
Edited	depots.branches.stellaris_test_4.5.timebuildupdated	1,787,821,0271787821027	1,788,371,8811788371881+550,854
Edited	depots.branches.stellaris_test_4.5.timeupdated	1,787,831,9641787831964	1,788,431,9621788431962+599,998

10:39:00PICSPublic manifest changed+5,173——#38,568,358

Recorded change · 3 Sep 2026, 10:39:00 UTCView all 5,173

Status	Key	Previous value	New value
Added	appid	—	281990