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The Last Hope

Balti Calarasi · HandMade Games · 2016-08-29

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You’ve made the biggest mistake in history. Now, you're the last hope. Explore the UK, Russia, Germany, Norway, Egypt, USA, Mars, and the Moon. Search for food, face creatures, travel through time, and fight to restore humanity. Survive or perish—your choices shape the future.

The Last Hope is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (40% of 988 reviews).

4
playing now
40%
positive of 989 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

You made the biggest mistake in human history. Now you are the last hope of the world. Explore the U.K., Russia, Germany, Norway, Egypt, U.S.A, Mars, and the Moon. Search for fish, fruits, beer, and meat if you want to stay alive. Travel through different Eras of time, face different kinds of creatures and save mankind.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 989 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.09 at GreenManGaming (2018-08-31) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 14 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 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 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7902026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 79 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1900Sep 2016Jun 2026Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2016 — avg 8 · peak 294Mar 2017 — avg 53 · peak 900Jun 2017 — avg 72 · peak 555Sep 2017 — avg 22 · peak 943Dec 2017 — avg 9 · peak 82Mar 2018 — avg 38 · peak 709Jun 2018 — avg 6 · peak 203Sep 2018 — avg 61 · peak 2,051Dec 2018 — avg 28 · peak 1,671Mar 2019 — avg 19 · peak 1,188Jun 2019 — avg 22 · peak 601Sep 2019 — avg 58 · peak 5,211Dec 2019 — avg 82 · peak 9,417Mar 2020 — avg 4 · peak 183Jun 2020 — avg 19 · peak 1,513Sep 2020 — avg 7 · peak 610Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 104Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 72Jun 2021 — avg 15 · peak 259Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 10Jan 2022 — avg 23 · peak 1,020Apr 2022 — avg 19 · peak 484Jul 2022 — avg 23 · peak 732Oct 2022 — avg 14 · peak 195Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 434Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 135Nov 2024 — avg 62 · peak 721Mar 2025 — avg 28 · peak 175Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 81
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.392016-08-292026-07-262016-08-29 — best price $1.972016-11-23 — best price $0.492017-01-19 — best price $0.792017-07-05 — best price $1.992017-11-24 — best price $1.992018-01-17 — best price $1.992018-03-31 — best price $1.992018-06-30 — best price $1.992018-08-30 — best price $0.512018-11-02 — best price $0.492019-01-09 — best price $0.512019-04-20 — best price $1.992019-06-28 — best price $0.512019-09-05 — best price $1.992019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-01-17 — best price $0.492020-04-23 — best price $1.992020-08-06 — best price $0.492020-12-29 — best price $1.992021-06-25 — best price $0.492021-11-13 — best price $0.992022-02-28 — best price $0.492022-07-01 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-04-13 — best price $3.992023-09-06 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-07-29 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-29 — best price $4.992026-03-15 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $0.492026-07-26 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
4%
earned "Welcome!"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)93645%10

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

Player tags

3DMarsFunnySpaceDrivingSurvivalSpace SimManagementExplorationCollectathon

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.