So does this mean that Stellaris is now "Forked"? I use a variety of mods from Steam Workshop, and I really, ***really*** don't want to go back to manually installing - nor do I have any interest in MP. But if Steam-version development now ceases at 1.6.2... or perhaps worse, if the code is now going to be split, there'll be problems for me and many others.
The Steam and Paradox Launcher versions would have to be 1:1 as far as version number beyond 1.7.x. (1.7.x is currently a beta on Steam)
Otherwise they've really shit the bed and are just remaking the hellscape that was pre-steam PDS games.