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The Last Muster concept art: colonial survivors with muskets and axes on a fogbound wharf as plague-infected townsfolk close in.
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The Last Muster

Co-op survival

Gravesend Harbor, 1775. The port is blockaded and the pox has turned the town. Six survivors fight from the wharves to the fort with axes and cutlasses, and a musket that fires once before it needs a long reload.

6Players
10Chapters
1775Gravesend
Early access beta What changed in 0.2.19
Genre
Co-op first-person survival
Players
1–6, empty seats filled by AI
Platforms
Windows
Status
Early access beta
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Join the muster

Build 0.2.19 is out for Windows. Fight through ten chapters with up to five friends, from the Wharves at night to the Fort at dawn. Empty seats are filled by the cast. Pick from six perks and four difficulties, find supplies along the way, and carry what you can into the next safe room.

This update dresses all ten chapters in new buildings, clutter, rooms and landmarks, finishes the Fort with First Light and the Mole, and adds friends dropping in mid-game, gamepad support, an accessibility tab, a second versus map and a first version of campaign versus. Read the 0.2.19 release notes.

Early access: expect it to break.

This is an unfinished game. Some landmarks are still stand-ins, some of the infected's moves are still being made, balance moves from build to build, and you will find bugs. Please play it anyway and tell me what went wrong: which chapter, what you were doing, and how many of you were playing.

  • Windows ZIP · 64-bit Windows 10/11 · 761.5 MB

    Unzip it anywhere and run the-last-muster.exe, no installer. It checks for updates when it starts. Compatible copies update automatically; if yours asks for the full build, download this ZIP. Everyone in your group should be on 0.2.19. Have Steam running before you start it if you want to play through Steam lobbies and invites; joining a friend by IP needs nothing. Windows will say it "protected your PC" the first time because the game is not signed yet: click More info, then Run anyway.

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  • Steam Windows · lobbies and invites

    The Steam release comes later. Until then friends play together from the zip.

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Release notes

What changed

The latest build, and the work still ahead. More from the workshop.

  • 0.2.19Windows beta

    A town built, a fort finished, friends at the door

    • The town: all ten chapters are dressed in new buildings, rooms, clutter and props, from Front Street’s shops to the Fort’s stone walls. Each chapter has a landmark to steer by, and the day chapters put their street lamps out.
    • The Fort: the finale is complete. After the Fire Ship comes First Light, then the last stand on the Mole, with their own sounds and lines.
    • The infected: the crowd can crouch and pounce at you from a few paces; shove it out of the air. The Physician carries a bone saw and has his own moves.
    • Drop in: a friend can join a game already under way and takes over one of the cast where they stand. The host picks the starting chapter in the lobby.
    • Versus: a second map, the Market Square, and a first version of campaign versus: up to four survivors play the chapters while up to four friends steer the specials against them, then swap.
    • Controls and settings: gamepad support with aim assist and pad prompts, and an Accessibility tab with subtitles, sound captions, text size, colour palettes, reduced motion and flashes, and hold toggles.
    • Around it: a music score that follows the fight, first-time hints, credits, and a “Report a problem” button that saves a report for you to send me. Companions get stuck less on the Wharves and the Shipyard.

    Still being built: some landmarks are stand-ins, campaign versus is still being finished, and balance keeps moving. Companions can still get stuck in places.

    Playing together: use 0.2.19 on every PC and have Steam running for lobbies and invites. The Windows ZIP is 761.5 MB. Start an existing copy to check for an update; if it asks for a full download, use the Windows button above.

The campaign

From the water to the walls

Ten chapters are available, from the Wharves to the finale at the Fort; the later ones are still being polished. Each chapter starts in a safe room; whoever reaches the next one carries what they hold into the following chapter.

  1. IThe WharvesThe quay, fish market and rope walk.
  2. IIThe ShipyardSawpits, a hull of bare ribs and the launch.
  3. IIIFront StreetThe King’s Arms and the market square.
  4. IVThe Meeting HouseCrooked lanes, the charnel house and the hill.
  5. VThe Mill StreamThe tannery, gristmill and mill dam.
  6. VIThe Salt MarshBoardwalks, salt works and fog.
  7. VIIThe Muster FieldThe causeway, muster ground and armoury.
  8. VIIILittle HarborThe Anchor, smugglers’ tunnels and the fog bell.
  9. IXThe BeaconSwitchbacks, the old battery and the summit.
  10. XThe FortThe quarry, garrison village, fort and mole.
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