Final Upgrade

Final Upgrade puts you in the role of an artificial intelligence created by humanity to spread colonists across the galaxy. In each session, you arrive in a region aboard a single ship with minimal resources, then build a factory across more than 100 sectors to produce what the colonists need.

Build and expand your factory

You can build through the objects panel or use quick build to place connected machines or an entire production chain in a few clicks. Any segment can be saved as a module for unlimited later use.

Design ships and automate work

Use built-in blueprints for ships and stations, create your own, or download blueprints made by others from the Steam Workshop. You can handle many tasks manually or run auto-logic on controlled ships and stations. Available roles include transporters, builders, miners, energy carriers, ammunition carriers and warships.

Manage logistics and colonies

Set up supply chains using routes, networks of teleportation relays, or auto-logic waypoints for direct docking between ships and stations. Habitable planets need supplies of particular resources to grow their populations. Once a planet reaches its population limit, the colonists request resources to terraform it.

Research and conquer

As the AI develops, it can unlock and use more than 150 technologies. Placing AI data requires memory, which colonists provide for achievements such as capturing new sectors, raising planet levels and reaching global population milestones.

Some planets are controlled by mechanical factions from long-dead civilizations. To free this territory, you need to unlock combat technologies, including weapons and armor. Metal alloys have different resistances to different types of damage. Later, you can produce living metals that regenerate after taking damage and combine them into alloys for greater damage resistance.

Customize the challenge

At the start of a game, you can adjust many options and enable or disable features. Peaceful mode removes enemies. Settings range from fast-paced, relatively easy play to higher difficulty levels where each choice and opportunity matters.