Stellaris: Necroids Species Pack

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Necroids, an intelligent undead species that live death to the fullest, will allow players to form empires that thrive where others might perish - and perish that others might thrive! The Necroids Species Pack features a brand new selection of portraits, civics, ship sets and other cosmetics for players who don’t fear the afterlife, and a unique Necrophage origin with new civics.

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Developer:
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher:
Paradox Interactive
Release date:
29 October 2020
Recent Steam reviews:
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All Steam reviews:
Mixed (547)

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Description

Necroids, an intelligent undead species that live death to the fullest, will allow players to form empires that thrive where others might perish - and perish that others might thrive!
The Necroids Species Pack features a brand new selection of portraits, civics, ship sets and other cosmetics for players who don’t fear the afterlife, and a unique Necrophage origin with new civics.

The Necroids Species Pack includes:

NEW ORIGIN
The Necrophage Origin offers players a powerful primary species which consumes others within its grasp, blurring the line between cult and empire with three unique civics. New cosmetic changes will reincarnate playthroughs of Stellaris for long time players, while also bringing new life to killer empires.

4 NEW CIVICS
Death Cult: enables powerful edicts which require the sacrificing of pops
Reanimators: allows the deployment of morality-immune, undead armies. Leaving your Necromancers alone with slain Leviathans can lead to … unexpected results.
Permanent Employment: a variant of the Reanimators civic for Megacorps that ensures that the mortally impaired continue to add value to the company’s bottom line. Forever.
Memorialists: erect monuments to the galaxy’s past, improving planetary stability and honouring tomb worlds

COSMETICS
● 16 new portraits (15 organic, 1 robotic)
● New ship set
● New advisor voiceover
● New city set & diplomacy room
● New Name lists
● New building appearances

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Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows® 7 SP1 64 Bit
Processor:
Intel® Core™ i3-530 or AMD® FX-6350
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 / AMD® ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1GB VRAM) / AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11 / 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® Core™ i5-3570K / AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2400G
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti (1GB VRAM) / AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2GB VRAM)
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

User reviews

GrosslyIncandescent
Not recommended | 09 Aug 2024

Do not purchase Stellaris. It is not possible to complete a game of Stellaris due to several concurrent issues. The autosave functionality will eventually start to crash your game, becoming a guarantee in the last

Helpful: 11
Grishka
Not recommended | 29 Apr 2024

For its price, this DLC adds to little to gameplay. Cosmetics (ships and race portraits) is ok. Yet the gameplay remains the same with this DLC. Origins civics and buildings do not alter your game experience noticably,

Helpful: 10
Zero
Not recommended | 19 May 2025

The 4.0 update has made the Necrophage origin, a big selling point of this DLC, incredibly weak to the point of being near unplayable.

Helpful: 16
Drago Duval
Recommended | 02 Jun 2024

As someone who always main Necromancer, this dlc is so amazing. The portrait are nice, but what's matter the most are the origin and the new Civics. I always suggest getting Paradox DLC's on sales, but this one is worth

Helpful: 6
Climax708
Not recommended | 12 Dec 2025

Broken and awkward. I expected a playstyle similar to "Devouring swarm" with a cool new flavor, but what we get is a messy spaghetti of existing mechanics rewired. It just doesn't work, it interacts negatively with

Helpful: 5
NorthstarUK
Not recommended | 19 Feb 2026

Abit of an awkward one. Has been struggling with balance for the longest time and doesn't really sit well with the rest of the species packs. Doesn't really add much. Might be someone's type but ultimately can be

Helpful: 0