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Stellar Monarch 2

Stellar Monarch 2

Silver Lemur Games · released Oct 2, 2022

StrategyPC

Stellar Monarch 2 is a feudal space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. Great noble houses, usurpers to the throne, rebels, assassins, court intrigues, disloyal admirals, incompetent governors and ever-present alien threat.

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78
VGC Score
·No trend datalow confidence

anchored at patch: “Version 1.25 released” (9mo ago)

n/a
At launch
89%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
87%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews89%8366
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)87%8019
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Nov 28, 2025) · 17 reviews sampled · 19 total reviews in window · weighted 13 up / 2 down · computed 3h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Version 1.26 released
    May 25, 2026
  2. Version 1.25 released
    Nov 28, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  3. Version 1.24 released
    Aug 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  4. Version 1.23 released
    May 9, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  5. Version 1.22 released
    Apr 22, 2025
  6. Version 1.21 released
    Mar 20, 2025
  7. Version 1.20 released
    Nov 28, 2024
  8. Version 1.19 released
    Jun 12, 2024
  9. Version 1.18 released
    Mar 6, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  10. Version 1.17 released
    Dec 19, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  11. Version 1.16 released
    Sep 25, 2023
  12. Version 1.15 released
    Aug 11, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  13. Version 1.14 released
    Jul 4, 2023
  14. Version 1.13 released
    Mar 24, 2023
  15. Version 1.12 released
    Dec 5, 2022
  16. Version 1.11 released
    Oct 28, 2022
  17. Version 1.10 released
    Oct 13, 2022
  18. Version 1.00.3 released
    Oct 10, 2022
  19. Version 1.00.2 released
    Oct 10, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  20. Version 1.00.1 released
    Oct 4, 2022
  21. Version 1.00 released
    Oct 3, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  22. Version 0.90 released
    Sep 20, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  23. Version 0.84 released
    Sep 13, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  24. Version 0.83 released
    Sep 9, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  25. Version 0.82 released
    Sep 2, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  26. Version 0.81 released
    Aug 19, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  27. Version 0.80 released
    Aug 17, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  28. Version 0.79 released
    Aug 4, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  29. Version 0.78 released
    Jul 26, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  30. Version 0.77 released
    Jul 22, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  31. Version 0.76 released
    Jul 15, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  32. Version 0.75 released
    Jul 8, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  33. Version 0.74 released
    Jun 30, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  34. Version 0.73 released
    Jun 6, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  35. Version 0.72 released
    May 23, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  36. Version 0.71 released
    May 13, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  37. Version 0.70 released
    Apr 26, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  38. Version 0.62 released
    Apr 1, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  39. Version 0.61 released
    Mar 24, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  40. Version 0.60 released
    Mar 10, 2022significant · resets scoring window

…and 10 earlier patch announcements.