Happy anniversary, Xenos! What is your favorite moment from the last 8 years of Stellaris?

Now I feel bad for scrapping this guy for 5 minerals

Well, that's another trailer that hits hard!

From the depths of the Pacific To the edge of the Galaxy For as long As I shall live

Bro now I can't just shut up this robotic guy 😭😭😭

That battlescene was one of the best crossovers Ive seen. Its worthy to be in an own TV-mini-series. Congrats for the 8 years, Stellaris team!

1:50 the Stellaris multiverse is real

That battle against the unbidden tho... Don't think we've ever had an giant animated battle like that before in stellaris

The subtle Stellaris theme never fails to give me goosebumps Spelling edit

"Suddenly, in a painful moment of clarity, the nature of our existence is laid bare. A multiverse where thousands of galaxies like our own are locked in endless cycles of conflict." "It begins, it ends, and then it begins again. Each time with trillions of lives hanging in the balance." "So it is", a voice whispers, "and so it always shall be..."

Every cinematic trailer like this leaves me wishing for a Stellaris series/movie

This brings up the implications that Vir is not made by the player empire. Are they like some sort of muti dimensional intelligence that only wants to help people under the guise of a prototype robot? They might be the only entity in Stellaris that is benevolent force where as RIV is the opposite? Also I feel like it was a miss opportunity to have the ui at the start reflect how it looked at launch and when we see again how it looks now,

Have been playing Stellaris since 2016. Will be playing it till 2026 and beyond.

The instant it said: "Here, let me show you." I expected to see planet destruction and genocide of aliens... I speak, directly after.

Anniversary videos like this are always a weird reminded of how much something as innocuous as a video game has been part of my life for so long. And I’ll never ever tired of hearing the Stellaris theme. But also holy shit it’s been 8 years. 8!

-The UNE and the Commonwealth of Man alongside other premades on the galaxy map -The Hegemony overseeing a fleet entering a Hyper Relay -"fungoid spores" is pretty much a reference to the Blorg -The Federation clashing with an Endgame Crisis (including titans, colossi and juggernauts with different species ships on the fleet) -The Ruined Ringworld being a reference to the Cybrex precursors(and the contingency on min 1:30) -The Toxoids salvaging debris from a battleground -The Roccan Resistance beating MSI out of their homeworld with their battleship exploding in orbit This trailer is so packed with references, i almost cry honestly. We dont have a canon Stellaris timeline but we sure do have an Stellaris Cinematic Universe canon timeline. off to those 10 years with VIR, i hope we get more big DLCs as complete as Machine Age or Utopia.

Epic. Fantastic work!

"It's vital to never get too low, however crushing a defeat..." Never abandon your game, no matter how hopeless the cause, because there is always a chance that you will prevail, by stroke of luck, or amazing idea. Feeling when you are on brink of defeat and come back from it is the most satisfying thing.

Imagine they put VIR as a portrait for the 8th year anniversary

Just as I thought that I've cured my Stellaris addiction, you decide to put out this banger of a trailer just to pull me back in 😖

I love how there's references to past trailers sprinkled in there. Also, the animation is sooooo good.

Remember, kids: If you miss a couple, they'll breed a couple more, and soon we'll be dealing with twice as many as before

Happy anniversary! I liked the callbacks to the previous DLC trailers. Even after an ungodly amount of hours, Stellaris is still my favourite game to date!

My favorite moment was the last stand me and my buddies had against the swarm and such a cinematic moment to share with people and we died horribly.

Many years ago Stellaris hit me hard when I got Pioneer Plaques event for the first time. Then I felt like my Earth empire was real. And after all our lives has passed, hundred years after our times. Humanity of future will really find them somewhere in the space. A small piece of our age. Message for aliens, that became message for our descendants. That was and still is a great memory for me. For a moment I was feeling like I'm a part of a great story, story of our civilization. Stellaris is a great game. Not only a strategy game, but storytelling game. Game that can tell us not only some random story about random space nations, but also story of Humanity. Story that many of us dreamed when we were younger - exploring infinite space around us. Thank you for amazing eight years, Stellaris Team.

The Stellaris theme is one of few things that gives me legit goosebumps and ethereal feelings of grandeur. It's so well composed.

I'm thinking of re-activating VIR

Been playing since 2017 and this game has brought me nothing sort but happiness and joy. Thank you everyone in both the community and staff team for elevating this game to new heights every year! Happy 8th year anniversary everyone!

"I have seen countless civilizations rise...and fall." But no matter how fleeting their existence, I welcome them ALL! To a place in my CAREFULLY CURATED COLLECTION!

That was... simply beautiful.

I sincerely hope that we'll get a compilation of all the Stellaris main theme remixes. This specific theme.... brings so much nostalgia... Its been 8 years guys. Hope to see you here again for the 9th and thereafter

I hope to see Stellaris in a drama someday. And I hope to meet that cute advisor as a Paragon in the game!

I was so bummed we didnt get a 7th anniversary trailer as i love the cinematics and music you do for them. Super stoked with this one. great job.

"who created you? How long ago?" Like.. hes basically yhe oldest tech ever from the further reaches away many galaxies.. like how could u not?

“I solemnly swear, to devote my life and abilities in defence of United Nations of the Earth…”

We need an animated series.

I absolutely am jaw dropped by the little choral touch to the engines of the aquatic ships (And/or the crew doing a battle cry, hard to tell). It's sound design like 0:59 that sets Stellaris trailers apart from other games. It draws me in, makes me want to know more about the world of how these ships came to be and why they make that sound! For an 8th Anniversary Trailer in total, consider my socks blown off.

Imagine a stellaris in VR, where we are in the eyes of the emperor and we watch the battles and constructions from our small scale of a living being. Imagine controlling your faction in stellaris as if you were truly in the universe. Watch the battles from an Imperial cruiser, receive diplomats in your court and be able to fully visit your palace, be able to fully visit your worlds, and be able to travel and give instructions to your advisors. You would be the supreme ruler, the tactical map would be available in your ship or imperial palace. You would have to go directly there as an emperor to sometimes resolve certain political crises, make certain decisions. Finally, a game like Stellaris, much more immersive, the same universe but in a completely different frame of reference. It's my dream, I hope to survive until such a game can exist one day I have hope and I cross my fingers. It would be so great to be able to visit living worlds at our level, see huge stars, black holes, battles, planets war, and run our empire from a human point of view. I would be willing to break the bank to go into debt to access this type of product. Thank you for making us dream with stellaris, it’s magnificent.

What not shown on screen: a 5-year timeskip of listening to VIR rambling afterwards.

Greetings once again, VIR. It has, truly, been a long time.

I really love this trailer, its by far the best work you've done with a cinematic. Im still here daydreaming one day Paradox announces a Stellaris movie or show because theres some real potential for that shown here!

Oh my god the fleet battle with the Unbidden was incredible, I love actually being able to see those kinda battles. Reminds me of the ME3 cutscene with the coalition of everyone fighting the Reapers over Earth, one of my absolute favorite scenes of the trilogy.

What a beautiful anniversary Trailer, i absolutly love it!

please release the background music- literally goosebumps every single time

8 wonderful years of memories, 8 more years of stories to come! Thank you

One of the most alive 8-year-old game tbh Keep up the good work

i've still got the 3rd anniversary posters as one of my desktop backgrounds, would love a new one of 8th

4000 hrs and counting. Heres to another 4000! In my top 3 games, ty Paradox

Should make a movie, that was a grand anniversary trailer.

8 years already... damn time flies

Actually beautiful, this is so well made and I love it!

Man that made me emotional. Seeing all those moments from other trailers and thins I recognize. It was an epicly beautiful trailer.

Thank you for this great story-generator ❤

good to see you guys back to the high quality of the nemesis trailer, epic thing you created here!

I don't know who you have making your trailers right now... but keep them.

Nothing but praise to the sound/music people, genuinely got chills and emotional from the music and the space battle scene Id love for the music to be dropped by itself on here

Happy Birthday, Stellaris. Thanks for existing.

I loved watching this, sure VI I'll keep you along for this ride!

VIR, I wish there was more of you. I've had you as my phone notification for a long time now, and you're by far my favorite base-game advisor.

Beautiful as always

I really want a Stellaris TV show.

TKS!!!! Happy anniversary

Amazing! This put a big smile on my face. Great work.

What a touching trailer! I started playing Stellaris almost a full year ago and it has grown to become one of my all time favorite games! Happy 8th anniversary everyone and here’s to a lot more! 🎉

happy aniversary stelaris i hope to see more in the future as always and since you want us to love the advisor yall should have some event with him if we keep him ( i live for the stories and event ) love , someone with like 300 h of stelaris under his belt

Happy Anniversary :) You really did it with the last DLC!

Few hours ago Advisor popped in and activated itself automatically for me. I was wondering what is going on but now I understand 😂

My god, when the adviser flew into the game then the whole thing transitioned into a cutscene just blew my mind and brought tears to my eyes!

Idk how, but everytime there is a fully animated Stellaris video, it has this insane top quality to it!! I might come back to the game after being defeated many times by 25x crisis lol

Congrats for the anniversary, and thanks for the memories ! Lets go fot an other 8 years ! :)

This is really well done and means so much to me as a player who's been playing this game since early days. Keep up the work and bring us more awesome updates in the future!

Thank you for all those amazing years, and to many more that are coming!

I still question how theese trailer tend to make me tear up. Cuddos regardless and lovely use of the bot that almost everyone shuts off.

Been here since the start. It has been an epic journey, ups and downs, but congratulations to us all!

This is really great trailer. Thank you!

Started playing my freshman year of high school, and I can confidently say this is one of, if not the best game I’ve ever played. Here’s to more years to come!

I started my journey in march 2020, can say I’ve had one helluva ride! Game always has me on my toes! Thank you guys for making a game that has created so many memories ❤

After almost 5,000 hours in this game, this gave me chills, thank you so much! Also, when are we getting and Adviser Plushie? I think its needed now because that little dude needs a hug!

I'm very impressed by the creativity of this trailer! The transition between the gameplay to the cinematic is so seamless. Excellent job!

Whoever makes the Stellaris videos need a raise.

Amazing trailer. It's been a wild ride, but congratulations to the game that takes up 100% of my steam playtime! Here's to another 8 years! 👨 🍻👽

que orgulho de acompanhar Stellaris desde seu lançamento, chegamos muito longe mas parece q ainda existe um longo caminho a frente.

Happy anniversary ! What a game ! One of my favorite game. Always a dream to play it. Our journey continue again and again. Thanks a lot for theses moments ❤

This was really great good job guys!

Wow! Great audio engineering

I didn't join this roller coaster ride until 2020, and yet I have almost 4000 hours played today. Modded, vanilla. Countless empires - from the most despotic authoritarian regimes to majestic kingdoms to bastions of freedom and equality. I can't wait to see what you have planned for us next. Thanks for all the good times, and keep up the great work!

Its been a wild 8 years... heres to a 100 years more.

What, 8th already?! Wow what a ride its been. Keep it coming!

Anyone want to help start a patreon for a full animated TV series? Seriously these trailers are giving me goosebumps and i need more

It is one game that has been always there and something I revisit regularly. Thank you for the epicness!

Thank you to all that have contributed to this amazing project

Thanks for all the hours of fun !

WE NEED A MOVIE OR A SERIES ASAP

The quality of this trailer is massive and its just an banger

Love that Stellaris music theme at the end. So simple, but elegant, and brings wonder and joy to my heart.

1:30 I don't like the implication of seeing RIV in the reflection of the ringworld debris as VIR talks about grizzly fates.

Wow 8 years! Gratz on your achievement! Not many games make it this far! Looking forward to the next few years.

This trailer was both cute and heartwarming in a way. I like it. Keep up the good work!

I would love to see a making of, of these trailers!

This trailer get gave me goose bumps, thx Stellaris, Thx Paradox, for all this years