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Final Upgrade

TaosX · 2022-12-06

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 06, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!

Final Upgrade is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 464 reviews).

5
playing now
76%
positive of 464 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (79 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 49,670 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.3k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 464 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-03-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 19 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
686820202026Week of 2020-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1453Sep 2020Aug 2026Sep 2020 — avg 145 · peak 256Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 54Jan 2021 — avg 13 · peak 31Mar 2021 — avg 8 · peak 19May 2021 — avg 25 · peak 90Jul 2021 — avg 11 · peak 39Sep 2021 — avg 6 · peak 21Nov 2021 — avg 9 · peak 30Jan 2022 — avg 10 · peak 28Mar 2022 — avg 8 · peak 27May 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 31Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2023 — avg 45 · peak 134Mar 2023 — avg 18 · peak 55May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 31Jul 2023 — avg 11 · peak 30Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Nov 2023 — avg 11 · peak 43Jan 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 25May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 16Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 50Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 29
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992020-09-152026-10-132020-09-15 — best price $17.992021-05-10 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $15.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-30 — best price $15.992022-02-28 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $15.992022-08-01 — best price $19.992022-10-10 — best price $15.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992022-12-23 — best price $14.992023-01-30 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $12.992023-04-24 — best price $19.992023-06-30 — best price $11.992023-08-28 — best price $9.992023-10-16 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $13.392024-01-15 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $13.392024-04-08 — best price $19.992024-06-19 — best price $13.392024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-09 — best price $13.392024-10-28 — best price $19.992024-12-09 — best price $13.392025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-03 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-26 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-25 — best price $9.992025-10-13 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-02-16 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-11 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-24 — best price $1.992026-10-13 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
33.2%
earned "Power of Electronic Mind"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2400%39

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2.5DIndieSpaceSci-fiSandboxBuildingStrategySpace SimAutomationManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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