Stellaris is proving to be one of the more exciting strategy games to come along for some time now. Space-exploration strategy games have always been very popular among our community (Star Trek: Armada Files was one of FileFront's most popular sites, for exmple) - so in the spirit of continuing that tradition, we thought we'd compile a list of 10 Stellaris mods that you just have to have!

Although the modding community is springing up quickly for Stellaris, it's still early days, so no doubt more interesting and exciting mods will come given time, but for now, here is our selection of the best ones;

[b][size="4"]48 Empire Colours[/size] [/b]Author: Genusaus

48 Empire Colours adds an additional 28 colour choices to the base game, and also increases the space for colour selection in the custom species creation screen!

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[b][size="4"]Galaxies Unlimited 1.0.2[/size] [/b]Author: Langor

Galaxies Unlimited adjusts all galaxy size maps and adds additional ones. These maps range from 25 stars to 5,000 stars. The maps all include adjusted number of empires, empire default, fallen empire/advance empire defaults, and number of nebulas.

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[b][size="4"]Planetary Rally Points[/size] [/b]Author: Zednosius

Planetary Rally Points gives you the ability to set rally points for newly constructed military ships.

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[b][size="4"]ZBeautiful Battles[/size] [/b]Author: Blackthorn

This mod aims to improve the appearance of battles in the game, by reducing the amount of clutter, and reducing occurrences of clipping, making for more aesthetically pleasing battle moments.

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[b][size="4"]More Planet Types[/size] [/b]Author: knuckey333

This mods adds various new planet types to make for more varied star systems, and a more accurate representation of the Sol System. Mars can now be terraformed!

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[b][size="4"]Beautiful Universe[/size] [/b]Author: Aveliumar

This simple mod changes system background and background of the galaxy map, making it more detailed and beautiful. All photo references were taken from NASA website.

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[b][size="4"]The Blorg[/size] [/b]Author: Zoft

All hail Blorg, Space Friends - this mod adds the friendly Blorg Commonality as one of the pre-scripted empires. This fun mod adds the "loving" Blorg as a pre-scripted empire to the game, making for some interesting role-playing opportunities.

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[b][size="4"]Federation Leader Notification Mod[/size] [/b]Author: binaryFerret

A simple mod that notifies the player when it is their turn to rule as president in the federation, and also when their rule is over.

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[b][size="4"]Per Ardua Ad Astra[/size] [/b]Author: Swiss Knight

This mod introduces several balance changes to Stellaris. Main goals are to add more meaningful choices for the player and to adjust the pacing to allow for a more grand-strategy like feel of your space campaign.

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[b][size="4"]National Emblems Pack[/size] [/b]Author: Swiss Knight

Featuring insignia from across history and around the world, including intergovernmental organizations like the United Nations, Union of South American States, NATO and individual nations from Albania to Wales.

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