It's changed quite a bit over the years, and while some of the big changes are tucked away inside its expansions—not included in the free trial, unfortunately—much of it has spilled out into the base game.
According to Paradox, its fourth year also saw it reach a new milestone for monthly active users, which it hit in March. That was when the Federations expansion launched, beefing up the diplomatic layer with new types of federations and more powers for those empires that decide to team up. It also introduced the galactic community, letting players argue over the direction of the galaxy and spend political capital to pass important resolutions.
Along with the visual tweaks, the accompanying anniversary patch also chucks in unique home systems for Stellaris's occasionally hostile alien fauna, new resolutions for the galactic community, new joint operations for federations, more edicts and new habitat techs. Take a gander at the full list of additions in the path notes.
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