Despite its simple enough premise of "Space Archaeology", Ancient Relics adds incredible flavor to the base game and greatly enriches its space exploration aspect.

Truthfully, I was pleasantly surprised by Ancient Relics. It adds a noticeable amount of content especially to the late-early and mid-game, building up on Distant Stars’ ridiculous number of scientific events to prevent the game from drying up. If you like the idea of uncovering alien mysteries or just wants more story things to do in Stellaris, Ancient Relics is definitely worth a look.

A surprisingly good minor DLC which effects can be felt throughout almost a whole campaign.