Ludography
69/100
Players76 ratings
81/100
Critics3 reviews
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Metacritic37 critic reviews
82/100
Metacritic usersuser score
79/100
GameFAQsJust Right
3.8/5
Player reviews
83% positive14,430 reviews
Steam Deck
Playable
Runs on
Windows, Mac
Price
US$29.99

Where to get it

Endless Legend cover

2014 · 4X · Indie

Endless Legend

Another sunrise, another day of toil. Food must be grown, industries built, science and magic advanced, and wealth collected. Urgency drives these simple efforts, however, for your planet holds a history of unexplained apocalypse, and the winter you just survived was the worst on record. A fact that has also been true for the previous five.

Released
18 September 2014
Platforms
WindowsmacOS
Genres
4XIndieRole-playingStrategyTurn-based strategy
Developers
—
Publishers
Iceberg Interactive
Series
Endless
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Fantasy4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Country
France
Age ratings
ESRB TPEGI 12
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat
16hmain story267hcompletionist

About

Endless Legend is a turn-based 4X fantasy-strategy game developed by Amplitude Studios and published by Iceberg Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in September 2014. The purpose of the game is to dominate the world of Auriga with one of the fourteen races/factions through either diplomacy or war while developing new technologies, exploring new lands and founding new cities.

Endless Legend is the second game made by Amplitude Studios in their Endless series of titles, following Endless Space. A sequel, Endless Legend 2, was announced in January 2025.

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Gameplay

Endless Legend is a turn-based 4X strategy game, in which players take control of a fantasy faction to establish an empire through exploration, conquest, diplomacy and research. The game is set in the land of Auriga, with the layout of its landmass and ecosystems being randomized per game, represented on a model-like map made up of a hexagonal grid.

The map is populated with a variety of terrain, each made up of biomes within the world which have effects on the player's units. Tiles and their layout are all randomly generated to create a unique playable world with each separate playthrough.

Reception

Endless Legend received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Metacritic gathered an average rating of 82 out of 100 based on 35 reviews for the PC version. and GameRankings gathered a score of 83% based on 20 reviews.

PC Gamer US gave it an 89 out of 100: "Amplitude Studios has created another astounding story-driven game, that really has taken the best bits of RTS, RPG, and 4X, drawing much from Endless Space, and spun it differently for every faction". IGN commented: "It combines style, substance, and setting into a marvelous overall experience for both empire management and tactical combat", giving it an 8.3 out of 10. GameSpot warned of passive and weak AI but remarked that "Endless Legend's driving forces are so thoroughly executed that it serves as an imperfect, but well worthwhile step in the series, and hopefully a sign of things to come", giving it an 8 out of 10.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows18 September 2014Worldwide
macOS18 September 2014Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Included in
Endless Legend: Definitive Edition
Downloadable content
Endless Legend: Monstrous TalesEndless Legend - InfernoEndless Legend: Echoes of AurigaEndless Legend: Forgotten Love Add-onEndless Legend: The Lost TalesEndless Legend: Shifters
Expansions
Endless Legend: GuardiansEndless Legend: ShadowsEndless Legend: SymbiosisEndless Legend: Tempest

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