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Microsoft Allegiance

Microsoft Allegiance

Allegiance is a team-based multiplayer space combat sim that seamlessly combines first-person space combat with a top-down-view perspective, real time strategy, and real time tactics. Team commanders build bases, research technology, and coordinate players to execute a wide range of strategies.

Released Sep 29, 2017 Developer Microsoft Game Studios Publisher ZapHop Games Platforms Windows Team-BasedFree to PlaySpace SimFPSRTS
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

79.1%positive187 reviews
Recommended · 156 found this helpful

“I've played Allegiance for ten years. I've seen it's highest highs and some of it's lowest lows. It's a flawed Epic similar to Dark Souls or Metroid Prime. It's a challenging game from a technical perspective, a knowledge perspective, and a social perspective a la Tribes, DOTA,…”

— a player, Steam review · 202 hrs played
Recommended · 43 found this helpful

“SUMMARY: Back in the days when Microsoft Game Studios was a real and active presence that gave us games like this, Mechwarrior 3, Outwars, and Crimson Skies, Allegiance was one of the first multiplayer oriented space sims to come out. Designed to work with the now defunct Zone…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 49 found this helpful

“this would be a fun game if you could get into a room that wasnt run by tyrants. seriously i spent 10 seconds looking at my menu and some options and i got booted for being AFK because someone started telling me what to do and apperently 10 seconds isnt quick enough this isnt…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

105all-time peak
0 25 50 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period 24 avg · Oct 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

20achievements
1.1%median completion
0.2%rarest: Win 100 Games
4.3% of players 3.9% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 4.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
4.3%Yeehaw, Jester's Dead! — Force an enemy pilot to eject.
3.9%Lights Out! — Kill an enemy probe. It's not personal, you just don't want them to see the bomber that's right behind you.
3.0%Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Get picked up in a Pod.
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%Win 100 Games — Win 100 Games
0.2%Kill 50 Miners — Kill 50 Miners
0.3%Beta Tester! — Played in one or more games during the pre-launch beta test between 9/5/17 and 9/16/17. Thanks for helping us shake out the bugs!

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 10, 2026
AC_20

Fixed: Chat size menu option and text margin padding AC_20 from Admiral Weeda: Retro booster Rate of consumption = -0.0005 (from -0.00075) Uses slightly more fuel per second than light boosters and le

Mar 10, 2026
AC_20

Fix from Student: Chat title update in menu and text margins AC_20 From Admiral Weeda: Retro booster Rate of consumption = -0.0005 (from -0.00075) Uses slightly more fuel per second than light booster

Mar 10, 2026
AC_20 + small patch from Student

Fixed: Chat size menu option and text margin padding AC_20 from Admiral Weeda: Retro booster Rate of consumption = -0.0005 (from -0.00075) Uses slightly more fuel per second than light boosters and le

Mar 29, 2025
25th Anniversary Map Update!

Here comes Spinoza with a major map update just in time for the Allegiance 25th Anniversary game!

Mar 22, 2025
Allegiance 25th Anniversary Game!

Allegiance is a quarter century old and remains unquestionably the best game available today. Congratulations to everyone involved past and present that contribute to keeping Allegiance alive, epic an

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresAction, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play
Player tagsTeam-Based · Free to Play · Space Sim · FPS · RTS · Competitive · Multiplayer · Action · Real Time Tactics · Wargame · PvP · 3D Fighter (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements20
Official sitehttp://www.freeallegiance.org
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Any i386 (Windows Compatible) processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Onboard (DirectX 7-9 Compatible) DirectX: Version 7.0 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: Any Additional Notes: A DirectX 7 version is available for legacy / compatibility issues.