Stellaris (2016)

Surveying nearby stars gives a young empire concrete questions before its diplomacy, population and fleet systems grow busier. Different ethics make a negotiation feel like part of the civilisation you chose to build. Start with the base game and a conventional empire, leaving specialised expansion origins for later. Learn the economy in a modest galaxy and allow time to read discoveries. The inviting science-fiction stories help give the numbers meaning, but the later management still demands attention.