Games like The Last Federation
If The Last Federation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Horizon, Polaris Sector and Distant Worlds: Universe — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The Last Federation: 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.
Players who liked The Last Federation also play
Steam players who put hours into The Last Federation also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Horizon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Last Federation.
Top pick for The Last Federation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
Polaris Sector
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Last Federation.
Second-strongest match for The Last Federation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.
Distant Worlds: Universe
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Last Federation.
Third-strongest match for The Last Federation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
Xenonauts 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Last Federation.
Ranked #4 for The Last Federation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Last Federation.
Ranked #5 for The Last Federation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Last Federation.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Last Federation.
Ranked #6 for The Last Federation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Last Federation.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Shadow Empire
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Last Federation.
Ranked #7 for The Last Federation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with The Last Federation.
Ranked #8 for The Last Federation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Last Federation.
In Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ you’ll take command of the Colonial Fleet in defense of the Twelve Colonies during the First Cylon War. Lead many different types of ships in this 3D tactical game. Every decision counts, your strategy will be vital – can you ensure mankind’s survival?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Last Federation at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Last Federation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Last Federation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Last Federation.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Last Federation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Last Federation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Last Federation.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Last Federation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Last Federation.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under The Last Federation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Last Federation.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Last Federation.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Last Federation.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Last Federation.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Last Federation.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with The Last Federation.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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More from Arcen Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Arcen Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Heart of the Machine
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Last Federation.
Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind The Last Federation. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Federation.
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
AI War 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Last Federation.
Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind The Last Federation. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
AI War: Fleet Command
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with The Last Federation.
Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind The Last Federation. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...
Bionic Dues
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Last Federation.
Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind The Last Federation. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.
Starward Rogue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Last Federation.
Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind The Last Federation. Shares Indie with The Last Federation.
Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.
A Valley Without Wind
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Last Federation.
Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind The Last Federation. Shares Indie with The Last Federation.
You choose how to play, and the world of Environ adapts around you.
Skyward Collapse
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Last Federation.
Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind The Last Federation. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
How do you balance -- and indeed encourage -- a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down?
A Valley Without Wind 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Last Federation.
Another title from Arcen Games, the studio behind The Last Federation. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Federation.
A modern take on the 16-bit era, A Valley Without Wind 2 blends a variety of mechanics across multiple genres, seamlessly bringing together the best qualities of old-school platform-shooters and turn-based strategy games.
Frequently asked about The Last Federation
- Is The Last Federation verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Last Federation is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Last Federation cost?
- The Last Federation is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Last Federation?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Last Federation are Horizon, Polaris Sector, Distant Worlds: Universe.
- Who developed The Last Federation?
- The Last Federation was developed by Arcen Games.
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