Stellar Monarch is a singleplayer, turn-based, 4X strategy game developed by Silver Lemur Games. As the Emperor, you are the focus of the game, dealing with assassins, imperial court, granting audiences, rebels, and imperial officials. The game is designed to give you a grander scale of things, with no micromanagement and unique mechanics to keep you engaged.

One of the most interesting features of the game is the asymmetric nature of the gameplay. The AI plays by different rules and does not try to win the game. Aliens are more like creatures living in the galaxy than computer-controlled players. Some aliens are valuable assets worthy of protection, while others are obstacles to overcome. The game's premise is to make the player make only the important and interesting choices, leaving everything else abstracted. With no micromanagement, late game does not drag on forever, and you can play a relatively fast-paced game on a huge galaxy.