The Last Federation
Released Apr 2014
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.
74% positive · 507 reviews
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Evaluation
The Last Federation launched on April 18, 2014 and received two paid expansions: Betrayed Hope on September 22, 2014, and The Lost Technologies on November 11, 2015. Both expansions have been released, and the developer simultaneously launched The Last Federation Collection bundling the base game with both DLCs — a classic "complete package" move. After the second expansion shipped in November 2015, all developer news associated with this game shifted entirely to promoting AI War 2, their next project. The most recent news posts from 2016 onward are exclusively about AI War 2's Kickstarter and Early Access launch, with no further content announced or hinted at for The Last Federation. There are no unreleased DLC entries on the store, no developer roadmap pointing to future updates, and no post-2015 communication of any kind about new content for this game. The Last Federation was completed as a product with the release of its second expansion on November 11, 2015.
Evidence
The Lost Technologies, the second and final expansion, released on November 11, 2015. Both DLC entries are marked as released with no unreleased items remaining.
Developer announced the release of The Lost Technologies expansion alongside The Last Federation Collection, a bundle combining the base game and both expansions — signaling a complete package.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
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Developer
Publisher
Arcen Games
Achievements
79
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command.
- Turn-based tactical combat, with up to 5 factions competing at once.
- Extremely deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. Even just watching everything unfold in Observer mode is entertaining, as nations rise and fall.
- New-player-friendly ramp-up of complexity as you play, which you can disable if you're already a veteran.
- Eight races each have very distinct personalities and attributes. Each one even has its own completely unique political system.
- Difficulty levels split between the grand strategy and turn-based combat portions of the game, both ranging from quite casual to incredibly hardcore.
- Save and reload your game with ease any time, or tough it out in ironman mode.
- Composer Pablo Vega's best soundtrack to date, featuring 54 minutes of music and the vocal finale "Lay Down Your Arms."
More Details
Greetings, Hydral. I will be your computer for this "grand strategy campaign with turn-based tactical combat." I think that's code for "we're going to die."
Our solar system is vast and complicated, and I sense you are a little dimwitted -- so I tell you what, let's start with the simple stuff. Like escaping with this flagship you just hijacked from a bunch of angry robots. That seems important.
Please excuse my impertinence, but I believe you are the last of a murdered race, yes? My records note you Hydrals were the dictators of the solar system, so basically you had it coming. And by "it," I mean the moon that smacked into your homeworld. Hmm. So people really aren't going to like you until they get to know you. Well, only you can use the scattered remnants of advanced Hydral technology, so that's something.
Look, I'm not going to tell you what to do. My understanding is that you're trying to form the solar system's first-and-last unified federation, and that's noble enough. But right now nobody wants that except you, and you've got 8 very diverse, very angry races to either unify or exterminate. So... good luck with that. I'll help how I can.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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