The Last Sideran

About This Game

The Last Sideran is a fast 2D arcade shoot 'em up about survival, defiance, and the last light of a vanished people, with sci-fi visuals and select stylized 3D elements.

You play as Zenia, the last Sideran. Her people are gone, but the machines built to watch and control them still remain: the Spikes, relentless hunters that fill the screen with danger. Gather star essence to stay alive, chase it into risky spaces, and seize weapon power-ups when a run gives you the chance.

Four modes share the same tight arcade core; play it as a campaign, a pure score chase, or a race against a draining clock.

Career

Zenia's story unfolds across five chapters as you climb levels, survive key encounters, and defeat bosses. Unlock ships, uncover the truth about the Siderans and the Spikes, and follow her all the way to Rebirth.

New Game+

Finish Career and begin again at Level 7 with everything you earned, pushing beyond Rebirth into the run's hardest stretch.

Arcade

The original score-chasing run. No story gates, no permanent upgrades — just escalating stages and how far your reflexes carry you.

Essence Rush

Time is Zenia's life. The clock drains every second you fly; star essence buys it back and every hit takes it away. No shields, no extra lives, and a score table of its own.

Unlock New Ships

Every run starts with the Navy Interceptor. Collect star essence to unlock five more ships, each with its own weapons and combat style. When you reach a new stage, your ship changes to a random unlocked one. The game goes through the full lineup before repeating a ship. Across the six ships, you'll use forward lasers, shotgun blasts, dual cannons, support drones, explosives, and more.

Career Mode

Zenia's story unfolds as you reach major milestones, survive key encounters, and defeat bosses. Push farther to uncover the truth about the Siderans, the Spikes, and what remains after the fall.

Features

• Fast 2D arcade shoot 'em up with hand-drawn sci-fi artwork and a retro-futuristic edge

• Play as Zenia, the last surviving Sideran

• Four modes: Career, Arcade, Essence Rush, and New Game+

• A five-chapter story told across Career, from her Assessment to Rebirth

• Gather star essence to survive, recover, and push deeper into each run

• Grab weapon power-ups and turn survival into a fight

• Six unlockable ships with distinct weapon styles

• Boss fights, story scenes, and milestone unlocks

• Choose your starting lives, including a one-life Ironman challenge

• Separate score tables per mode, with online leaderboards planned post-launch

• Full controller support

• Steam Cloud progression sync across Windows, macOS, and Linux

• English and Spanish language support