Stellaris: Aquatics Species Pack | Release Trailer | Available Now

Embrace the life of a seafaring civilization as you sail the open expanses of the galaxy with Stellaris' most immersive pack yet: the Aquatics Species Pack! Let a wave of new customizable options for your empire crash into Stellaris, with a treasure trove of new species portraits, ship set, origins and more.
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[@FredrikKnudsen]

I'm going to need a standalone version of this song, please and thank you.

[@commissarf1196]

Same here. This song is awesome.

[@king_noby]

We are going to need...

[@Perkelenaattori]

This is better than the Assassin's Creed version for sure.

[@thorax9997]

same lol i was not expecting this tune to come along with a DLC for a paradox space 4x war game

[@theunhappygamer1744]

yup. This song is a banger

[@floorlicker9033]

The next biggest discussion of the century, is this a sea shanty or a space shanty

[@dlcforces8165]

ho no wate have u done the time lin.......................................................

[@endlessequinox4070]

Space shanties

[@TheJackHood]

Spase Chanty

[@theratking3075]

Both. And neither. As a giant space lizard with numerous plans who enjoys childrens card games would say, 'But what _is_ a shanty really?'

[@GandalfReagge]

Yes

[@HippoBean]

I did not expect how well a sea shanty would go with the space setting

[@Inksitor]

its a Space shanty ;)

[@aptspire]

Orks trailer from BFGA1: "Pleeze allo' uz ta introduce uzself"

[@Bloodlyshiva]

The 'Space=Ocean' motif is an old one.

[@grapeshott]

What's space shanty?

[@cybird9013]

I remember looking for space shanties awhile ago, the songs "Dawson's christian" and "Banned from Argo" come to mind as pretty good ones

[@AndragonLea]

We need this to randomly play once every 20 space battles or so if you're playing as aquatics or against them.

[@lazypizzaship8911]

Yes please

[@Chimeraguard-iv6uc]

Space battles nothing. Just have it play the moment your first colony ship leaves your home system.

[@TmanTheTdog]

@@Chimeraguard-iv6uc *OUT TO THE GALAXY STEADY SHE GOES!*

[@solitudeau8188]

@@Chimeraguard-iv6uc Every colony ship. EVERY SINGLE ONE

[@madmanarrivednow]

THIS and a few more. A star sea shanty version of randy dandy oh, or sally brown, or leave her, Johnny, Don't forget your old shipmate, old Billy Riley. Honestly I really didn't care about the game until now, but anything can peak my interest with a sea shanty.

[@bloodmagiclord8253]

The dragon is a great idea to incentivize spiritualist playthroughs, adds a great RP element, assuming it is well implemented which we will find out shortly :p

[@davidmoore3654]

Imagine the dragon with matierlist playthrough

[@pacvergames]

What a great idea for RP

[@Rawnblade13]

We shall name it Dagon and we shall be the Esoteric Order of Dagon.

[@Voidwurm1701]

@@davidmoore3654 Imagine dragons.

[@MinecrafWolf]

Along with the colossus design, I can see a star spawn of Cthulhu playthrough already

[@dovahjunkan3597]

Well i have to say i didint expect a sea shanty for my space conquest But I cant say im complaining

[@Taoscuro3003]

This is most possibly one of my favourites sea shanty I ever heard. Holy crap. The other one is from the trailer of Vampire Coast in Total War: Warhammer 2.

[@spartnmarcen5110]

A man of culture I see.

[@BoroMirraCz]

Daughter of the Sea from World of Warcraft was also great.

[@BDNeon]

Game companies have been KILLING it with their original compositions of late for their ads.

[@brandonkeener3006]

WE TAKE OUR LOOT BUT DONT GET OLD

[@gerrit8480]

That's exactly what I was thinking of lol

[@wolves_of_war297]

This was the one species pack I thought I would never see nor expected to see. I am already excited also I love the shanty.

[@El_Presidente_5337]

When I heard the song at the beginning I wondered where the hell I could have heard it before. When the line "I'll sing you a song of our fish from the sea." came, it hit me like a slap in the face and I already saw my pretty Jackdaw with her mighty crew in front of me. Now my question is why there isn't an option to play pirates in Stellaris (like in EU IV) in this DLC? 🙃 Hey Custodian team.

[@suonicslice]

Far as I know you can play as barbaric despoilers!

[@Bloodlyshiva]

Barbaric despoilers? Nihilistic Acquisition? It's been there for years.

[@El_Presidente_5337]

@@Bloodlyshiva That's just there to steal pops but not really something to steal ressources. I would like to be a bit more like the Marauder empires.

[@thecrtf4953]

@@El_Presidente_5337 like your not there to conquer but simply raid for goods and resources, maybe even contract your fleets for resources(legitimately I wish this was a thing

[@gilbryn]

I think there are a couple mods that make this at least a viable "Role Play" option, not exactly playing pirates but pretty close (can't name any off the top of my head though unfortunately)

[@MysticalMutant]

A sea shanty in space, a surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one

[@dinogazz3303]

A Star Shanty, if i might say so myself

[@Rhino-Prime]

We don't call it an ocean of stars for nothing

[@bd06m0030]

I dont care how good/bad the expansion ends up becoming, this trailer genuinely made me feel giddy for some reason. The not so human sounding singer singing a sea shanty singing about space is great.

[@anormalhuman266]

A mystical shanty sung by a just as mystical xeno What's not to like???

[@Uncle_Iroh.]

I don't even know the game and yet I still got hyped for something somehow :P

[@badpiggies988]

Mon calamari

[@badpiggies988]

It's the best one to come to Stellaris thus far! At first I was expecting another Plantoids (which you'd usually just get for the cool wooden-looking ships and so you can roleplay as Groot) but alas, especially when combined with Apocalypse (my second favorite!) its new ocean paradise origin creates a complex, OP ascension path that ends up producing huge food surpluses that can be sold en masse to quickly get more alloys for megastructures late-game, incentivizes pursuing water worlds (which can eventually even have their size increased up to three times) over just terraforming everything to expensive endgame meta worlds (Gaia for xenophiles/slavers, Ecu for megacorps or Hive for hiveminds), and best of all giving you a unique colossus weapon that would make RTGame proud and insta-terraforms worlds, the psychopaths are always happy for new ways to devastate entire xeno planets. TL;DR shut up and take my money, you greedy Vikings at Paradox

[@skyro0412]

I need an extended version of the space shanty!!!

[@smokinggnu6584]

I'd say a full Stellaris Aquatics adaptation of all the Sea Shanties found in Black Flag, at least. Done in this style.

[@arnaudbazillais2760]

Yes please, I'd buy a space shanty music dlc tbh

[@elloonfireyt1335]

Guess what just released today!

[@MrPatrick2160]

Please tell me the shanty is included in the soundtrack or will be in the future! Give whoever came up with idea for the Shanty a raise!!

[@lollekompolle]

Very nice adaptation of the "Fish in the sea" shanty! Amazing trailer as always! Thanks guys!

[@AliraelLuenn]

Thank you for that! I didn't know there are other versions. I truly liked the track but the filter in this version is absolutely atrocious, so now I know i can listen to this shanty without it! Also, you guys should check out "Sleeping in the Cold Below" if you like space shanties.

[@papercamera2989]

@@AliraelLuenn that song has some fucking vibes as well

[@oerwout10]

@@AliraelLuenn it does have some minor alterations as well. for example it goes "come on you young space dwellers" instead of young sailors. and "a song about the fish in the sea" turned into "a song about OUR fish in the sea" (cuz they're an aquatic race) I love those little details. But yea i might have like it more without the autotune.

[@lollekompolle]

@@oerwout10 I feel ya. The way auto-tune has been applied here to make the voice sound more "spacey" also makes it sound less "sea shanty"... dunno if that's even a term but there it is now. :D Ultimately making use of such a stylization pivots the feel into one or the other direction. Design decisions, design decisions....

[@joemomma2189]

By using this shanty from an age of discovery and exploration, it captures a dormant element in the human psyche- the discovery of new lands and new life. Lets take this into perspective- the exploration of the 'New World' brought us into the most expansive (and violent admittedly) eras in our history. Everything was new, not everything was discovered. Heck, not everything is discovered now, but its hard to find something new. In Stellaris, you're find worlds with various forms of terrain and life- it speaks on a subconscious level of our psyche and revives that dormant sense of discovery. I imagine if we ever get off earth, it'll become empty very quick- many would love to take a shot at exploring and discovering new worlds and life.

[@madmanarrivednow]

May I add something to this? Never played Stellaris, but I've heard you can choose a religious/spiritual component for a civilization. Now imagine a civilization that knows nothing, but sea for millions of years. Their vehicles before conquering the final frontier, evolve from manually operated components, to more advanced. While in the early stages, the manual work needed the morale boost. So what if the sea shanty in such a civilization has a spiritual and religious level to it? And considering they meet humanity as species. And we call our vessels SHIPS even if it is in space, that gives a connection, where an aquatic scholar could discover and collect the shanties of other sea faring civilizations and rewrite them into their nautical/spiritual and even religious context.

[@badpiggies988]

@@madmanarrivednow Well since they are space fish they didn’t need ships, maybe just manta boards or something but yeah. In the Ocean Paradise origin it says they found a wrecked precursor alien ship in a trench and reverse-engineered its surprisingly well-preserved technology, which is how they made those ships and stations with the aquariums for windows

[@madmanarrivednow]

@@badpiggies988 that is both interesting and in a way, lacking originality... And a bit egotistical. If us, two steps away from monkeys were able to figure it out without precursor technology, why does the world building of an aquatic civilization need a previous source. Intelligent lifeforms are curious. As terrestrial beings, we made batispheres, diving suits and all. By that we discovered new resources. If you reverse this, you have the necessary change. Our ships, their carriages and cars. If breaching the surface of the sea, or ocean is the first step (with obvious religious and social consequences), they would have the first cultural connection to a terrestrial explorers. I know I am overthinking it. I apologies for the rant.

[@whimsicalcellbooster]

Epic track

[@PyroDesu]

I'll admit I bought it before I saw this release trailer, but it definitely backs up my decision even more. Steady she goes, lads! (The interesting content, fact it was 20% off as a release promotion, and just the fact that DLC sales are what enable Paradox to continue such long-term support of their games, are other good reasons.)

[@smokinggnu6584]

Welp, thanks for the Black Flag flashbacks there, Paradox. Stellaris now totally needs a Sea Shanty subfolder in the music player. PS: Whoever had the sea shanty idea for the trailer needs a damn raise, pronto.

[@thomasfrender4592]

Oh damm this looks good, I want a whole shanty of that robot voice please

[@creepermaster3436]

This is amazing STEADY SHE GOES!!!

[@PingWhisper]

Whoever wrote this Sea Shanty is a damn genius... wow, amazing work.

[@freedomstar3930]

Rise from the depths, claim the stars!

[@TheRunicbladeFantasy]

Come all you young spacefarers, listen to me I'll sing you a song of our fish from the sea It's windy weather, boys, stormy weather When the wind blows, then we're all together, boys Blow ye winds fringeward, blow ye winds blow Out to the galaxy, steady she goes Up comes the great dragon, in search of our home Through space to a place that's beneath waves and foam It's windy weather, boys, stormy weather When the wind blows, then we're all together, boys Blow ye winds fringeward, blow ye winds blow Out to the galaxy, steady she goes Up come the solar winds, taking us far All through the spacelanes and out to the stars It's windy weather, boys, stormy weather When the wind blows, then we're all together, boys Blow ye winds fringeward, blow ye winds blow Out to the galaxy, steady she goes

[@khristopherheiss52]

This song gives me treasure planet vibes.. and that makes me cry because it was my childhood.. I've always wanted to be a space fairer

[@lexel7795]

The sea shanty was a amazing idea! Take my money Paradox.

[@petersanten3294]

A sea shanty with light sythwave themes for the space setting, along with small distortions like you hearing it underwater is just genius.

[@AntonsVoice]

This might be your best stellaris trailer yet. When for console?

[@endlessequinox4070]

1 year

[@breadbutcooler]

2054

[@zacharybecker8228]

Prob like 8 months to a year cus console just got necroids I believe and still dont have nemesis

[@arounor]

The apocalypse one still gives me shivers

[@mega7758]

It is really cool, but you can't really beat apocalypse or 3rd/4th anniversary

[@jiggymantic1410]

Yooo that sea shanty though, we 1000% need a sound track of stellaris sea shanties now because just that song is amazing so think of what else you could do.

[@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290]

I could take hours hearing the song in this trailer! It's so fitting and cool.

[@Ashainm]

Me when I first saw they'd released a trailer: Oh, I'll probably watch it at some point. Me when I hear it has a shanty: Oh shi-, I need to go watch this now. Me after I've watched it: Well, that was a 1:35 seconds of my life well spent. Why don't I spend another portion listening to it again.

[@J_spec6]

and again. and again. and again. and again. and again. and again. and again. and again. and again. and again.

[@nukclear2741]

I legitimately only found out about this TODAY.

[@TheWolfwiththeDragon]

I really didn’t expect this. Always fun when there’s a song accompanying something like this.

[@alicemercer625]

I can't stop listening to that song. By far my favorite trailer with the unexpected sea shanty. I got some nostalgia about AC Black Flag from this.

[@tonywalker3541]

This my friends is how you do advertising correctly. Bravo, well done. 👏👏👏

[@silkyslapjaw5154]

Amazing job on the shanty and trailer! I look forward to trying this pack out!

[@1little363]

im going to listen to this many times, the music is so good

[@JackieTky]

Awesome use of a 'space' shanty :)

[@ethanparsons9452]

I need this song, extended and standalone. You legit combined my two favorite things, sea shanties and SPACCCEEE

[@bibby659]

The amount of love being put into these recent packs is the reason I love and still love this game to this day, kinda wish we got this song included in the song listings to be honest so we can listen to it once in awhile while playing.

[@samsonguy10k]

This makes me want a revisit of all the other species and giving a theme to them as well.

[@Fae-Fey]

The space shanty from the aquatic trailers was very popular that they added an archaeological site you could find in a game after the Overlord update. 'Come all you young space farers, listen to me I'll sing you a song of our fish from the sea! 'And it's windy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wind blows, then we're all together, boys Boys blow ye winds fringeward, hey! blow ye winds, blow! Out to the galaxy, steady she goes. 'Up come the solar winds taking us far. All through the space lanes and out to the stars! 'And it's windy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wind blows, then we're all together, boys Boys blow ye winds fringeward, hey! blow ye winds, blow! Out to the galaxy, steady she goes. 'Up comes the Great Dragon in search of our home Through space to a place that's beneath waves and foam! 'And it's windy weather, boys, stormy weather. When the wind blows, then we're all together. Boys blow ye winds fringeward, blow ye winds, blow. Out to the galaxy, steady she goes. 'Up comes the Tiyanki The king of deep space Racing our ships In a hyperspace chase (chorus repeat) 'Up the Leviathan Tentacles grasp Choking our ship As we shiver and gasp (chorus repeat) 'Up comes the Lithoids All hewn from the stone These boulders are bolder When they're not alone! (chorus) 'Up come the Necroids All fearsome and great You can't kill them, mateys, They'll reanimate (chorus) 'Up come swarms of robots Get ready to run Fight one, ten, a dozen, 1101! (chorus) 'We rose from the ocean And reach the sky We're building the empire That will never die 'And it's windy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys When the wind blows, then we're all together, boys Boys blow ye winds fringeward, hey! blow ye winds, blow! Out to the galaxy, steady she goes.

[@charliechow2010]

We NEED the full song.

[@khaledazzam5420]

This trailer goes straight to my playlist! The space-shanty is genius! Hope to hear it and more like it in the game

[@ancientiroh]

By far the best trailer so far, on par with apocalypse

[@smokinggnu6584]

And along with Apocalypse, they finally made "From the depths of the Pacific to the edge of the Galaxy" part of the oath a real reality.

[@ZariaAiko]

Paradox please give us an extended version of this song, please.

[@f-hndz7818]

0:04 instant like🎶🎶

[@Grixzen]

I haven't been this excited for a DLC since ever, nice job!! instant purchase, amazing trailer too

[@thedoruk6324]

Third time on repeat I am listening this beautiful theme!

[@evolutionari]

Never ever I would expect a sea shanty, but I'm surely impressed! Very nice trailer as well.

[@scl9671]

Pretty awesome trailer I was not expecting a sea shanty !

[@Quantumironturtle]

Congratulations Paradox, this song and DLC it came with convinced me you are in fact on the mend. I'll wait a bit until the A.I. changes get further along and a sale happens, then see about picking up all the stuff I missed.

[@Blairington]

Does anyone else keep coming back to this just for the shanty?

[@pokcmvmxckm2715]

I think "Space shanty" is my new favorite sub genre of sea shanty.

[@Eskalion]

This is how you do a trailer RIGHT damn. Whoever came up with the shanty-thing deserves a raise

[@bomlife1572]

We can now roleplay the Oannes race empire from the Stargate tv show

[@TheNopeTrain]

We need a standalone of this yes, but, and this is just a thought, make a soundtrack of space shanties like this. I’d buy it in a heartbeat

[@Inksitor]

MY GOD, SO GOOOOOOOOD!

[@Greytruth2]

PARADOX! Please release the full version of that song, it's amazing!

[@LordFusion5620]

Two of my favorite things I never thought would mix, Space and sea shanty's. I love this game.

[@beelzebub4634]

OH THIS SLAPS WHAT THE HELL?!

[@xjullrich]

Where can I find this version already have the original but would love to have a full version of this one

[@DarthRevanPeaceIsALie]

Omg well done the music and the sipe designs wow man I Freeking love it!

[@cursedwither7888]

This is probably one of the best the trailers / ads I've ever seen. It has the perfect visuals, one of the best tracks that is perfectly made; A sea shanty for the aquatic feel, the synth-ish noises in the background giving that space feel with the slighty distorted voice to give it an alien feel. It's perfect.

[@lexel7795]

I have come here once again to say that the Marketing guy who came up with this is an absolute genius and should get a raise.

[@Regunes]

Time to have a full fleet of dragons.

[@georgeclueney4419]

With necromancers with the Dragon origin then yes I think?

[@Regunes]

@@georgeclueney4419 you can reanimate her year 2225 i believe

[@cheshire_skatkat9093]

Now THIS is different! I like it! The ship designs are fantastic!

[@trazors5485]

Paradox Interactive We must have a version of this released on spotify or something!!

[@peco0012]

We need this song on Spotify or something

[@JonathanMago1]

Siempre logran superar las expectativas con cada trailer, absolutamente extraordinario. ¡QUE MARAVILLA!

[@TheLordofFury]

i love the shot of the fleet with dragon following behind

[@awalkingmeatbag6515]

Most random time to come back to this trailer but I still remember the first time I watched it. There are very few times where a game trailer: DLC and Base Games alike that get me hype but THIS ONE.... oh man let me tell you. I LOVE sea shanties, dragons, and just in general Aquatic themes. The song itself gave me AC Black Flag Vibes and Nostalgia to no end. Very awesome trailer and it had some really great and fun content.

[@YorktownUSA]

10/10, best species pack yet!

[@greganator111]

This shanty is amazing

[@Steampunkrat12]

That was beyond amazing, they have done it again, capturing the wonder and epicness of this game. I love how they modded the song to go with the trailer, amazing.

[@bingobongo8701]

The ship, species designs look awesome

[@zakoreastwind]

Best species pack so far, from civics to ship design. Even the trailer was spot on.

[@ThaumaturgistGuard]

Oh god, I love this sea shanty! Please release a full version!

[@johnalbers6153]

Nailed it! Brilliant trailer

[@joeboss2188]

This song is beautiful, I shall now have this trailer on repeat for the next ten hours.

[@potatoman6556]

Not enough people talk about the new ships even though they're amazing. One little nitpick I always had about the ships is all of them looking like long, metallic baguettes. Unlike, the fallen empire battlecruiers or the contingency's fleets. There are very few ships that look truly unique (like the fallen empire battlecruiers, the scourge or the contingency) and it's great to see that I can add the new ships to this list.

[@williamnadeau475]

Love the Sea? Space? Chanty. Need a standalone version.

[@eduardomarrinhas7942]

Oh yeah. Cant wait to get home

[@daaaaanzzz]

Excellent release trailer as always.

[@or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS]

so long and thank for all the fish

[@El_Presidente_5337]

*A certain swarm of logistic and construction bots would like to know your current location* [ACCEPT] [TURN ALL DEFENSES OFF]

[@IamChalker]

They didn't have to go as hard as they did with this, but thankfully they did lol

[@cpresuttis]

This one and the vampire coast sea shanty are amazing

[@galviust6243]

Amazing!

[@LuizHenrique-zw5su]

New xenos so cool, Still make a Human only Xenophobic Empire.

[@El_Presidente_5337]

Commonwealth of Man for live lol

[@wintersking4290]

Seriously where is this music from? I want the whole song.

[@joemomma2189]

I believe it is an adaption of the old shanty 'Fish in the Sea'.

[@johannatavius2405]

From Warhammer 3's Ogre dining shanty to this.... I love that this music genre is making a comeback!

[@JackSilver1410]

I was just shown this and came in expecting steel drums and Undah Da Sea! But this is so much better! I love blending space faring games with the Age of Sail. It just seems to fit so well.

[@EJ_Red]

Well done space shanty, especially considering it was done in a Sci-Fi way. Got any plans to release the track?

[@Zhippy]

Oh I hope and pray they do! And if not I hope their minds are changed upon seeing its feedback!

[@EskChan19]

Not gonna lie, not really interested in the DLC but that song slaps. I'd buy a full version of that. Edit: Fine the song got me. I bought the DLC. Damn you marketing department!

[@SimonMarsden]

I've had a soft spot for Aquatic scifi races ever since the Liirians in Sword of the Stars.

[@thorax9997]

i love the tune!

[@stephenhunt_author]

I just want to warn you all about this new Stellaris expansion pack, I've checked it out, and there's definitely something extremely fishy about it.

[@zipster6393]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

[@7isAnOddNumber]

The song gives me chills! Love it!

[@CaptainAlexande]

Lots of great dlcs from paradox this month

[@TheCamCam2265]

Fantastic!

[@GlibVideo]

That's just amazing quality of trailer :-)

[@megumin_6548]

Starts watching this on repeat

[@4Xtraordinaire]

It's all coming together