Comparison

Stellaris vs Star Hunter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Stellaris

Lead the rebuilding of galactic civilization after an inter-dimensional invasion. Build your space station, explore star systems, form alliances, and wage war in a real-time universe with thousands of players. Experience an epic sci-fi story with strategic gameplay.

Highlights
  • Space station construction and customization
  • Form and join alliances
  • Intergalactic trade systems
  • Fleet design and warfare
  • Explore a real-time universe
  • Engage in event chains and uncover mysteries
Features
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Stellaris, the bestselling Sci-Fi strategy game, is finally on your mobile! The universe has barely survived an inter-dimensional invasion that devastated vast swaths of the galaxy. The United Nations of Earth requires your assistance and contribution to rebuild galactic civilization. Take control of your own space station and set a course to distant stars! On your way, you will discover new mysteries in the depths of the universe! Get ready to explore and discover a spectacular and real-time universe, where thousands of players play in a single galaxy with nearly a thousand star systems to explore! Construct your space station, form and join alliances to occupy regions of space together, trade with other players, build-up your own powerful fleet, and wage war against other players in the galaxy! A new Stellaris experience, exclusive for mobile: - Stellaris: Galaxy Command extends the Stellaris universe to mobile, putting space strategy and an epic Stellaris story in the palm of your hands. - Galaxy Command is inspired by many of the features and mechanics of the PC game, with new trading systems, ethics, political systems, and more. - With gorgeous visuals and aesthetics inspired by the PC game, fans of Stellaris will find familiar characters, graphics, and gameplay. Forge Your Alliance: - Work together with your teammates to build an empire. - Occupy territories, build defensive structures, set tax rates for passing trades, sign trade deals, and even work collectively to colonize planets. - Declare “cold” or conventional war and claim victory through economic strength or brute military force. - Convene with allies to form an attack strategy, then wage war on other players across the universe. Dominate Intergalactic Trade: - As you progress, and needs of your population grow, their demand will begin to outpace their own ability to produce everything. You will have to specialize your production through research, which means that you will need to trade with one another to meet basic needs. - Different sectors of space also contain unique and valuable resources—trade networks will naturally emerge, leading to alliances vying over lucrative territories. - As a player, you can choose to be a pure trader and buy valuable products from afar and sell nearby for profit. You can also specialize in selling specific resources to earn a greater profit. Alternatively, you could simply use auto-trade to satisfy your basic consumption needs automatically. Construct a Unique Station: - Create and freely customize the structure of your station, construct unique buildings, and upgrade them. Make Critical Decisions: - Experience mysteries and uncover captivating stories through a familiar event chain system. - Explore event chain systems capable of telling epic and meaningful stories that will influence your ultimate path. - Many events reference or are a direct continuation of the event chains from the Stellaris PC game. Design Your Own Fleet: - Create and modify your fleet design with in-game ship design mode! Upgrade your fleet for maximum power! - Join real-time battles and reinforce the fleets of your fellow alliance members. - Recruit elite admirals to join your empire and lead your fleets to victory! Features: - Open world, strategy MMO based on a bestselling Sci-Fi strategy game - Iconic Stellaris ships and mechanics - Become a leader or member of an Alliance - Control Trade Networks - Customize your spaceships to upgrade power - Battle with other players all over the galaxy - Breathtaking sci-fi music - Generous rewards for missions and quests - Excellent 3D graphics and beautiful galaxies to explore - This game is designed for mobile and is free to download. Download Stellaris: Galaxy Command now and take part in the space opera now! ___________ Privacy Policy: http://www.gamebeartech.com/privacy-policy-20170516.html?searchText

About

Star Hunter

Command your fleet in a post-war galaxy, taking on bounty contracts and exploring ruins for treasure and technology. Build your base, upgrade your ships, and engage in tactical space combat. The choice is yours: roam the void or rise from chaos.

Highlights
  • Interstellar tactical extraction gameplay
  • Fleet command and control
  • Bounty hunting and contract missions
  • Explore ruins for treasure and secrets
  • Base building and upgrades
  • Ship customization and combat
  • Faction interaction
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NetEase's first interstellar-themed tactical extraction game, combining immersive visuals and accessible gameplay to create an imaginative, futuristic interstellar world. After the First Interstellar War, the Sacrum Chu Imperium collapsed, and the Dawn Accord Organization was founded. Factions such as NOMA Shipping Group, Antonios, and Jupiter Industries rose to power, completely reshaping the galaxy into a turbulent and chaotic place. Countless star hunters have stepped onto the galactic stage. They command their own fleets, signing agreements and taking bounties from different factions as they venture into the far reaches of the endless Milky Way. You, as one of these star hunters, are living in an age of freedom, full of challenges and opportunities. Search for treasure and mysteries among the ruins scattered across star systems, deal with different factions, and complete specific tasks to obtain resources and bounties. Sometimes the galactic factions will even summon hundreds of star hunters at once to seize a massive enemy Space Station. The cosmos is a shadowed forest. As hunters seek their quarry, they may find themselves stalked instead. From every hunt, hunters emerge with treasure in hand and new technologies at their command. Will you lead your fleet to roam the endless void, Or, will you gather strength to rise from the chaos? The choice lies in your own hands, hunter. [Set course for deep space and embark on a treasure hunt] In a remote corner of the Milky Way, you, a star hunter, will control a fleet, take on a wide variety of bounty contracts and missions, and venture into the vastness of space. You will hunt for mysterious items for your employers and explore specific targets, searching for treasure and secrets in uncharted territory. Here, the possibilities are endless. Beyond the stars, what else will you discover? Only you can answer that question. [Shrouded ruins with peril at every turn] The universe is a "dark forest," and the ancient ruins of the Sacrum Chu Imperium are its most shadowed and dangerous thickets. As you steer your ship through warped rifts and veils of mist to reach the drifting ruins, you may find not the glory of civilization, but a suffocating silence and deadly temptation. Whether you continue searching for treasure or make an emergency retreat is entirely up to you. [Claim bounties and upgrade your base] Your adventure begins with little more than a small outpost in the void and a pair of Frigates at your side. By completing contracts and tasks for different factions, you'll earn rich bounties and vital resources. Return to your base to build defenses and production facilities, strengthening your fleet for the unknown dangers ahead and preparing for countless missions to come. [Build your ship and fight among the stars] Spore Fighters, Ceres Destroyers, Constantine the Great Battlecruisers, Solar Whale Carriers... Dozens of ship types and hundreds of fighters and warships, each with unique features, provide a vast range of strategic combinations. Fleets clash with striking realism in space: you can orchestrate ambushes along enemy routes or station your fleet to guard critical passages. Large‑scale, intense battles can transform entire stretches of a star system, spanning hundreds of kilometers, into no‑fly zones. [Form a Squad and hunt together] Across the postwar galaxy, factions stir in every cluster. Hunters can form Squads to take on missions together, and those who grow strong can unite with hundreds more in a vast Community, seizing airspace and territory alongside their allies. [Experience 3D cinematic combat] Experience fully rendered 3D combat with close‑up and multi‑angle views. Battles unfold like a movie, immersing you in a star‑spanning battlefield. Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Infinite.Lagrange.EU Discord:https://discord.com/invite/infinitelagrange Contact Us:lagrange@service.netease.com

Screenshots

Stellaris4 screens
Star Hunter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Star Hunter at 4.5 against Stellaris's 4.0. Star Hunter also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stellaris sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Star Hunter sells 22 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Star Hunter holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.6K and 7.4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Stellaris's written reviews are positive against 39% of Star Hunter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stellaris ships an update every 2 months, Star Hunter weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stellaris versus Star Hunter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStellarisStar Hunter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1.6K ratings)4.5 (7.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.0% of reviews38.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K7.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.4 GB2.6 GB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperGameBear TechNETEASE INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT PTE. LTD

Customer experience

Stellaris

All ratings1,598 ratings
Positive77.0%
Neutral5.4%
Negative17.5%
Written reviews342 reviews
Positive31.0%
Neutral10.8%
Negative58.2%

Star Hunter

All ratings7,404 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews619 reviews
Positive38.8%
Neutral9.5%
Negative51.7%

User reviews

Stellaris

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😂 Chaotic but fun
  • 🤑 Rewarding for free-to-play players
  • 🤝 Good alliance and community features

Room to improve

  • 🤑 Heavily pay-to-win
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔄 Repetitive and grindy
  • 🧭 Lack of in-game guidance and instructions
  • 🏃‍♂️ Server merges and shutdowns

Star Hunter

From 7.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay
  • 🔍 Detailed graphics
  • 📚 Engaging gameplay mechanics
  • 🤝 Good community and union features
  • 💰 Balanced free-to-play model

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Slow progression and long wait times
  • 🤖 Unbalanced AI and overpowered opponents
  • 🎲 Frustrating RNG for ship blueprints
  • 🧭 Poor navigation and pathing issues
  • 🏢 Overcrowded servers and lack of space

Bugs and requests

Stellaris

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to access solar systems
  • Account data loss and resets
  • Connectivity and server issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • More in-depth gameplay and strategy
  • Improved UI and navigation
  • Ability to customize ships and fleets
  • Meaningful single-player content

Star Hunter

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes and login issues
  • Bugs with base relocation and fleet management
  • Inconsistent server performance and downtime

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add manual ship control and targeting
  • Improve blueprint drop rates and progression
  • Introduce more PvE content and campaigns
  • Implement better server balancing and player protection
  • Allow renaming and customization of ships

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Stellaris

One-time12
  • GCC (Mini)$0.99
  • Small Pack$4.99
  • GCC (Small)$4.99
Show 9 more
  • Medium Pack$9.99
  • GCC (Medium)$9.99
  • Medium Pack$14.99
  • Large Pack$19.99
  • GCC (Large)$19.99
  • Huge Pack$29.99
  • Battle Pass (Elite)$29.99
  • Mega Pack$49.99
  • Ultra Pack$99.99
22 purchases

Star Hunter

One-time22
  • 60 Chu-Coins$0.99
  • Gift of the Jupiter Ind.$0.99
  • 1 Galaxy Market Standard Coin$1.69
Show 19 more
  • Beginner Voyage Pack I$1.99
  • 3 Standard Workshop Coins$2.99
  • Beginner Voyage Pack II$2.99
  • 10 Tech Points for frigates$4.99
  • 300 Chu-Coins$4.99
  • Festival Surprise Pack$4.99
  • Incremental Repair Device$4.99
  • Strategic Set Pack$4.99
  • NOMA Shipping Tech Support$4.99
  • 10 Tech Points for destroyers$8.99
  • Dawn Standard Tech Support$8.99
  • 680 Chu-Coins$9.99
  • StrategicPartnershipAgreement$14.99
  • A-Level Technical Blueprint$14.99
  • 10 Galaxy Market Standard Coin$16.99
  • 1280 Chu-Coins$19.99
  • 3280 Chu-Coins$49.99
  • 30 Galaxy Market Standard Coin$50.99
  • 6480 Chu-Coins$99.99

Questions

Is Stellaris free?
Stellaris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Star Hunter free?
Star Hunter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stellaris or Star Hunter?
Star Hunter is rated higher. Stellaris averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Star Hunter averages 4.5 from 7.4K ratings.
Do Stellaris or Star Hunter have ads?
Stellaris shows ads; Star Hunter does not.
Which is updated more often, Stellaris or Star Hunter?
Stellaris ships an update every 2 months, and Star Hunter weekly. Most recently, Stellaris was updated on October 17, 2026 and Star Hunter on October 18, 2026.

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