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The Last Federation

Arcen Games · 2014-04-18

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 18, 2014 (Mac), Apr 18, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 18, 2014 (Linux)

From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.

The Last Federation is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 508 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 508 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
9h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

The Last Federation is an indie strategy video game developed by Arcen Games, LLC, released on Microsoft Windows on April 18, 2014.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (21 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 50,065 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 508 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
Steam$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-05-03) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 77 of 136 observed days · $3.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720152026Week of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1631Apr 2014Aug 2024Apr 2014 — avg 163 · peak 623Jul 2014 — avg 21 · peak 100Oct 2014 — avg 12 · peak 34Jan 2015 — avg 14 · peak 71Apr 2015 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2015 — avg 17 · peak 69Oct 2015 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2016 — avg 8 · peak 53Apr 2016 — avg 6 · peak 22Jul 2016 — avg 8 · peak 31Oct 2016 — avg 7 · peak 27Jan 2017 — avg 6 · peak 18Apr 2017 — avg 4 · peak 16Jul 2017 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 18Jul 2018 — avg 4 · peak 16Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 18Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2019 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 9Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Aug 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $7.892015-06-09 — best price $3.992015-09-21 — best price $11.992016-02-22 — best price $19.992016-07-22 — best price $19.992016-12-20 — best price $4.982017-07-24 — best price $4.992018-04-13 — best price $3.992018-12-20 — best price $4.982019-12-07 — best price $19.952020-05-28 — best price $19.992020-08-07 — best price $19.992020-10-04 — best price $14.692020-11-16 — best price $4.992021-01-24 — best price $16.882021-03-13 — best price $4.152021-05-27 — best price $19.992021-09-24 — best price $4.002021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-07-13 — best price $14.692023-01-20 — best price $4.002023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-11-09 — best price $14.692024-02-14 — best price $4.992024-05-30 — best price $14.692024-09-20 — best price $14.692025-01-23 — best price $4.992025-05-21 — best price $19.992025-10-09 — best price $4.992026-02-20 — best price $4.992026-06-01 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1302026-05-30 — 3 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 5 pageviews2026-06-15 — 3 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1 pageviews2026-06-23 — 0 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-01 — 2 pageviews2026-07-05 — 4 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-17 — 2 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1 pageviews2026-07-29 — 2 pageviews2026-08-02 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 2 pageviews2026-08-10 — 2 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 2 pageviews2026-08-22 — 2 pageviews2026-08-26 — 2 pageviews2026-08-30 — 4 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1 pageviews2026-09-07 — 5 pageviews2026-09-11 — 2 pageviews2026-09-15 — 1 pageviews2026-09-19 — 2 pageviews2026-09-23 — 0 pageviews2026-09-27 — 3 pageviews2026-10-01 — 8 pageviews2026-10-05 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
14.2%
earned "I Bumped Him And He Blew Up!"
1.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2014-09-22, latest 2015-11-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8710%79

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

Player tags

4XIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategyTacticalCapitalismSimulationTurn-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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