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/
I really like the concept (I’m a serial game restarter, so a shorter stellaris experience sounds great), but it’s focused on multiplayer/is multiplayer exclusive so I won’t be touching it.