Stellaris: Ancient Relics Story Pack

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Stellaris: Ancient Relics Story Pack is a new story pack for Paradox Development Studio’s iconic sci-fi grand strategy game, Stellaris. Uncover the ruins of long-dead civilizations in Relic Worlds to piece together the story of their rise and eventual downfall.

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Developer:
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher:
Paradox Interactive
Engine:
Clausewitz Engine
Release date:
04 June 2019
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (498)

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Description

Stellaris: Ancient Relics Story Pack is a new story pack for Paradox Development Studio’s iconic sci-fi grand strategy game, Stellaris. Uncover the ruins of long-dead civilizations in Relic Worlds to piece together the story of their rise and eventual downfall. Excavate their derelict cities and ships to unearth the truth, discover powerful relics and harness them for your own empire’s ambitions.

Stellaris: Ancient Relics includes:

SAID ANCIENT RELICS

Collect valuable relics in your adventures as rewards for resolving game events or after completing a dig at a multi-stage archaeological site. Each relic gives significant benefits to your empire to aid in your interstellar escapades.

DIG IN

Hit the dirt on a variety of enigmatic and alien worlds with new archeology sites available for your empire to study… or plunder. Each site begins a story with between one and six chapters to investigate. Retrace the history to discover artifacts and relics that can be boons to your empire.

THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE

Encounter clues about two extinct Precursor civilizations, the Baol and the Zroni, the former a sprawling hivemind of plantoids, the latter some of the most powerful psionics to have ever lived. Players can investigate their home systems to understand who they were and, more importantly, what can be learned from their demise.

RELIC WORLDS

Once home to vibrant, advanced civilizations, these Relic Worlds now lie dead, replete with desolate ruins and dormant mysteries. Players can excavate guaranteed archeological sites on these worlds and bring to light powerful relics and artifacts.

MATTER OF ARTIFACTS

Learning from history is much more than parables and antiquities, it can often be the key to understanding one’s own place in the galaxy. Utilizing archaeological research, discover Minor Artifacts, a new consumable resource type which can help empower one’s empire.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows® 7 SP1 64 Bit
Processor:
Intel® iCore™ i3-530 or AMD® FX-6350
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 or AMD® ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1GB VRAM), or AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11 or Intel® HD Graphics 4600
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Storage:
10 GB available space
Sound Card:
Direct X 9.0c- compatible sound card
Additional Notes:
Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection

recommended*

OS:
Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
Processor:
Intel® iCore™ i5-3570K or AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2400G
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti (1GB VRAM) or AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2 GB VRAM)
DirectX:
Version 12
Storage:
10 GB available space
Sound Card:
Direct X 9.0c- compatible sound card
Additional Notes:
Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection

User reviews

JuggleMonkeyV2
Recommended | 08 May 2024

Disclaimer : As with all Stellaris DLC, I will be reviewing this expansion at full price. A rating of "not recommended" indicates only my opinion of the value for money offered, and I may still suggest picking up the

Helpful: 17
Kate27
Recommended | 14 Jul 2025

Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 250: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆☆ (7/10) I love the idea of this one: uncover ancient civilizations, explore lost secrets, and piece together forgotten empires while

Helpful: 13
Mother
Recommended | 27 Feb 2025

For what this is, its worth what you pay. BUT it should be base game? why, cause most other DLCs and Mods use it and i forgot this was a legit DLC and not base game.

Helpful: 10
Sul
Not recommended | 23 Sept 2025

I like it, but content inside this is not properly controlled in game and won't adjust based on what DLC's you have. My experience of this in game is that I got given a useless research for a Titan weapon when I don't

Helpful: 9
sexy red Dragon 1
Not recommended | 20 Feb 2026

Ancient Relics is a total scam. You guys literally put the content in the base game as a 'Red X' paywall just to bait us into paying for files we already have—it's a blatant, greedy rip-off. Honestly, your devs spend

Helpful: 5
Nax_o
Recommended | 27 Jun 2025

After playing with this now enabled in multiple games i have nothing but positives to say about it. Relics are hard to find but good past time to look into as the game progresses, Getting them require expansionist

Helpful: 5