It has a demo on Steam this week: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1983990/Stellaris_Nexus/
My first thought was it looked like casual Stellari, but I guess the goal is a 4x that’s playable in an hour for multiplayer?
Gives me a little bit of a Slipways vibe: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1264280/Slipways/
Short one hour 4x game? That sounds like a blast to me, particularly with friends.
My videogaming group tried Stellaris and they weren’t overly fond of it. It did drag on. Maybe they’d like Stellaris Nexus.