The problem with these games (like Stellaris, which is also on offer and I would recommend with the same warning) is that the base game lacks many interesting features, which you only get if you buy all the DLCs.

Thanks! I did read ‘The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet’ a while ago, but didn’t know where to continue with Becky Chambers. I will take a look at that one.

True! I think the depictions of daily life in the Culture was what I enjoyed the most in Banks books.