Stellaris released the Biogenesis expansion as part of its ninth season of DLC, offering players the ability to bio-engineer their species, create fleets of living craft, and experience new story vignettes.
The expansion introduces the Wilderness player start, where players begin the game as a sapient planet, focusing on evolving mega-flora and fauna using Biomass resource and launching terraforming spores to spread influence to other worlds.
Additional player origins like Evolutionary Predators and Starlit Citadel provide options for bioengineering super-species or navigating story-focused origins, respectively.
For those seeking chaos, a new Player Crisis scenario allows players to nurture their own galactic leviathan and unleash it upon the galaxy, adding a new level of gameplay at a price tag of $25 on Steam.