- TLS 1.2.2 is on Steam! - 26 June 2026
There's a new public update! Alt links available here: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2026/06/tls-122-public-release.htmlThis update finishes illustrating all plot scenes in Chapter 4 - not the affection scenes, which are our next goal. I hope this build will be nice and stable for a good while here while we work on that. Thanks for playing!
- TLS 1.2.0 is released! - 12 June 2026
New update for supporters on Patreon or SubscribeStar! Links and info here:https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2026/06/tls-120-released.html TLS 1.2.0- New illustrated scenes: Ivalan Ritual, The F-lord's Harem, Thenoursan Aftermath, Qum Roleplaying, Robin Hug, Varia x Uyae, Succubus Massage, Tertia Induction, Biyue Wingjob- Continuity corrections to Uyae's battle busts.- Many more bug fixes than you would expect, for a game that's been out this long.With this update, we have finally reached my goal of having all plot scenes in Chapter 4 fully illustrated. It also includes a considerable amount of secondary bug-fixing, as I hope to leave the game in as polished a state as possible by the time all the art is completed. Our next art goal will be to illustrate all of the remaining affection scenes.
- TLS 1.1.2 is on Steam! - 6 February 2026
There's a new public update! Alt links available here: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2026/02/tls-112-public-release.htmlNot much left to say about this one. We tried some things, some worked and some didn't, Eustrin is updated, etc. Most importantly, this one bundles all the reported issues since the 1.0.0 launch, so anyone playing in the interim will have a cleaner experience.As stated before, the plan is for the next major build (1.2.x) to be a major chunk of art.
- TLS 1.1.0 is released! - 23 January 2026
New update for supporters on Patreon or SubscribeStar! Links and info here:https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2026/01/tls-110-released.html TLS 1.1.0- Revamp for the Eustrin maps.- New fullscreen script with anti-aliasing settings.- New illustrated scenes: Death's Scene, Grynyth + Goddesses, Megail x Iris- All reported bugs and typos since the 1.0.0 release.The game may be fully launched, but I remain committed to TLS! This is the first of many post-launch updates. ^-^Originally I planned for this version to be a huge art update, illustrating all of Chapter 4's scenes, but plans have changed. Instead of waiting for that, I wanted to get out this update, because it has a number of important features as well as a variety of bug fixes that have been getting reported multiple times. Since it may be a little while, better to have everyone playing a newly polished version.The updates cou…
- The Last Sovereign 1.0.0 Official Launch! - 24 October 2025
Well, after many years in development, we're finally here. The game is complete, features like achievements are set, and the polishing is done. Of course I will continue to be on-hand for bugfixing, my supporters will keep funding more illustrations, and I can always be convinced to tweak something with a good enough argument, but this is the complete stage I have been working toward for years.New players: Feel free to dive in and enjoy! There are going to be a variety of celebrations of the game over the coming time, but I'll be trying to mark spoilers clearly.Old players: Thank you for following the game so long! This launch might be a fun time to boot up the game again, especially if you haven't seen all of the recent additions and QoL changes. If you are one of the people who don't review Early Access games on principle, I'd gladly take your review now!From this point on, I will be…
- TLS 0.81.4 + the Image Pack! - 16 October 2025
I haven't been making announcements for every minor build, but I've continued to fix bugs as we inch closer to version 1.0.0 (more on that later). The bigger news is that the image pack DLC is finally here!As requested from ages ago, this bundle of image content is now available without needing to join Patreon or any other site. This includes basically all of the custom art in the game, meaning all the scenes as well as battle images, but not assets like tiles or enemies.My basic philosophy with DLC for this game is that it shouldn't lock off any content or make the main game feel incomplete, so this is an optional addition for those who want it. If TLS is worth enough to you that you want to buy the image pack, or you want all of these images at their original resolution, feel free to grab the DLC! And if you do, reviews never hurt. ^-^We also have a couple of reminders. First, you hav…
- The Great TLS Demographic Survey 2025 - 7 October 2025
We're getting close to the official launch, everyone! I'm still doing some final polishing and fixing a few bugs caused by the new features, but we're closer every day. Along the way, we have time for some fun. ^-^Way back in 2017, I did a big demographics survey of TLS players. It was fun and I've always wanted to do so again, but since the first one took so much time, I promised myself I wouldn't spend time on it until I reached a good break point. So if you want to be counted among TLS players, vote for favorite characters, or give your opinion on a wide variety of things in the game, please click through: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-great-tls-demographic-survey-2025.htmlThis is just the beginning: I've also been analyzing the game data to get some fun statistics, ranging from the total number of words to map sizes to how much profanity Sarai uses. You'll be s…
- TLS 0.81.2 is on Steam! - 3 October 2025
There's a new public update! More info available here: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2025/10/tls-0812-public-release.html This update includes a sweeping set of fixes clearing out my list of QoL and other improvements. Full info in the version history page on the blog.If you have a Steam account, please consider leaving a review to help prepare the game for the big launch, as this will be a major chance for new players to find the game. I hear from some people who say they'll only review complete games as a matter of principle... if that applies to you, think about what you want to write, because TLS will be leaving Early Access soon!Of course I'll fix any reported bugs, and Annikath will continue illustrating scenes, but otherwise we should have a smooth path to the big release. Now it's more about timing and launching when I can support the release than any obstacles in deve…
- TLS 0.81.0 is released! - 26 September 2025
New update for supporters on Patreon or SubscribeStar! More info here:https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2025/09/tls-0810-released.html?zx=b221ac8ba0f0f3b7 TLS 0.80.1- Two new investments have been added that only appear in negative scenarios. These will never be optimal, but should make the investment system a bit more forgiving.- Ledger and investment returns windows have been overhauled, with fancier formatting and investments divided into tabs by location. No balance changes.- When considering an investment, an additional window will pop up giving Megail's thoughts and other information.- Three characters got new portrait/dialogue images to better match the art overall: Elleani, Tertia, and topless Simon.- Various random mobs have small amounts of added dialogue.- Two additional illustrations in the intro sequence.- The prologue now grants a book that can serve as a tutorial fo…
- TLS 0.80.6 is on Steam! - 25 July 2025
There's a new public update! More info available here: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2025/07/tls-0806-public-release.html It's finally time to release the postgame to everyone! It started out with quite a bit of content, and I added more based on suggestions from supporters, so there's a lot for everyone to enjoy. ^-^ One final run around the world you created, then the credits roll...I wish I could just bask in having reached this point, but unfortunately as many of you may already know, there's some trouble with payment processors lately. This probably isn't the best space to discuss that, but click through to the blog for more information.
- TLS 0.80.0 is released! - 20 June 2025
New update for supporters on Patreon or SubscribeStar! More info here: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2025/06/tls-0800-released-postgame-begins.html TLS 0.80.0 - The world has been fully updated for the postgame. This is the last major content update! - The SFW toggle has been fixed and restored, giving you the option to pixelate all NSFW images, including sprites, portraits, and battlers. - All remaining battle busts are complete: Sho, Antarion, Doom King (two versions!), Prison Simon, Orcent, Impaler, Grubbak, Implevon, Ralke, Balia's quest orcs (x4) - 16 new sex scenes - 4 new illustrated scenes: Yarra + Fuani, Orilise + Lynine, Reunited, and Wendis + WynnThis was a beast of an update, and it's going to be a beast to finish as well. We're going to handle this like the final battle: the update will remain supporter-only for an unknown amount of time. Not solely for bugfixing,…
- TLS 0.79.3 + DStP Last Call! - 26 March 2025
Well, I didn't want to do this, but the 0.79.2 version has a number of errors. >_
- TLS 0.79.2 is on Steam! - 21 March 2025
There's a new public update! More info available here: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2025/03/tls-0792-public-release-kickstarter.html As you can see, I am hoping that this is a big stable release that will last for a while. The only remaining achievement report is taken care of, the new sprites/battlers are polished, etc. If not, there's still time to fix it, but I hope this is solid. >_
- TLS 0.79.0 is released! - 14 March 2025
New update for supporters on Patreon or SubscribeStar! More info here: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2025/03/tls-0790-released.html This is an absolutely huge visual update, so I won't copy over everything now. It should be coming to Steam in a week, with an additional achievement fix. Meanwhile we have exciting news on the DStP Kickstarter for everyone: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sierralee/dont-save-the-princess We have passed 400% of our goal, and we only need to hit 450% in order to make every sex scene in the game fully animated! All of the money toward this goal will go to Annikath, so if you have appreciated her work and want to see her do more animations, this would support her directly, me indirectly, and DStP overall. ^-^
- TLS 0.78.2b Achievement Hotfix - 21 February 2025
I don't usually do this, but I've pushed live a Steam-only update. This one fixes the only three achievements that I know to be bugged: Yarra's maxing achievement. Altina's joining achievement, if she joins later. Orilise's library count and achievement. I had planned to wait and try to get 100% of bugfixes at once, but a TON of people are playing TLS right now, so I figured I might as well give a hotfix. ^-^ If any other achievements are bugged, just let me know and I'll get on them! Meanwhile, I'm trying something else exciting: a Kickstarter for one of my side projects: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sierralee/dont-save-the-princess This is a different sort of game than TLS, but it's another brick in the foundation of my career, so please consider following the project if you want to keep up with it!
- TLS 0.78.2 is on Steam - Achievements and Trading Cards! - 14 February 2025
Normally this is where I would link the blog, but this is actually a Steam-first update! Check out all the updates: TLS 0.78.0 All 169 achievements for Steam are now added and active. Over a hundred new attack animations added and thousands of changes made to the enemy database. Few balance changes, just an overhaul of the visuals. New sprites for certain characters: Aka, Robin, Uyae, Grynyth, Bertricia, Fheliel, Sarai, Tertia, Varia, Wendis. All sex animations have been updated to match. New battlers added: Mestan and Lilith. Sequence of new map images added to the intro. A significant number of busts thanks to Lamsey, culminating in the full Ardford council. I believe we have now changed all the major characters we plan to change. The custom LUK script has been modified yet again, this time hopefully insuring that enemies don't get any extra critical hit chance. Orilise now comments o…
- TLS 0.78.0 is released! - 7 February 2025
New update for supporters on Patreon or SubscribeStar! More info here: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2025/02/tls-0780-released.html There is a whole lot going on in this update, so check the blog post! One of the main pieces of work this finishes is the Steam content, so expect achievements and trading cards to be turned on in a week once this update goes public.
- TLS 0.77.2 is on Steam! - 13 December 2024
There's a new public update! More info available here: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2024/12/tls-0772-public-release.html This one took longer because I was trying to set things up specifically for you guys here! There's a whole epilogue for people to enjoy, but please do comment on the new Steam achievements. If they work properly, I will set up the whole list for the next update.
- TLS 0.77.0 is released - ten years of TLS! - 22 November 2024
New update for supporters on Patreon or SubscribeStar! More info here: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2024/11/tls-0770-ten-years-of-tls.html On November 22, 2014, I publicly released the first version of TLS, featuring the prologue. Now, exactly ten years later, I am posting the epilogue.
- TLS 0.76.3 is on Steam! - 25 October 2024
There's a new public update! More info available here: https://the-last-sovereign.blogspot.com/2024/10/tls-0763.html This one wraps up a ton of long-running pieces, from Yarra's harem list to the base library to the very last Shining Sword. Please enjoy!
