I get that, and I’m sure there are people who see that list of dlcs and only think about the amount of content positively.

I usually pirate games before buying, and I would have purchased it because I really enjoyed it with all dlcs, but going from all content pirated to only base content purchased (unless I wanted to fork out over £250) felt like a kick in the teeth.

I pirated it to test it and I really enjoyed it, I went to buy it and the moment I saw over 30 dlcs (around £250) I noped out and never went back.

The main thing that keeps me away from Stellaris (and all Paradox games) is the stupid amount of DLC content.

When a game makes me feel like I have to spend some stupid amount to buy all 30 different dlcs just to get the whole game, then I just avoid the game entirely. If I see a steam page and the dlc list is the longest section on the page then I just close it down.

• BG3
• Skyrim
• Vampire Survivors
• AoM: Retold
• WoW

Doesn’t seem like a genuine ask to me, you seem to just want to find a reason to talk about something you have already decided on. Is this really on topic for an ask community?