The game is relatively easy to learn compared to other titles and can get challenging but still remain fun. The game also gives you warnings for threats so it doesn't feel unfair for example you are given 200 years to prepare for a crisis and even for threats such as the marauder khanate you are given a peaceful option so it feels fair. The game also has amazing losing support on steam adding things such as gigastructures (things like system wide shipyards), new governments and a bunch of other ips such as star wars or halo.