Base building games on Steam: market size, sales and what works
17 games on Steam carry the Base Building tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 131,394 reviews and 100% pass 1,000.
Games released per year
- 1 2015
- 0 2016
- 0 2017
- 3 2018
- 3 2019
- 1 2020
- 0 2021
- 1 2022
- 0 2023
- 3 2024
- 1 2025
- 4 2026
2026 is the year so far.
What games make
| Percentile | Reviews | Estimated owners |
|---|---|---|
| Median game | 131,394 | about 4.5M |
| Top 25% | 236,950 | about 6.3M |
| Top 10% | 298,395 | about 7.4M |
94% of games get over 50 reviews and over 70% positive. Owners are modeled from review counts, see how the estimates work.
Pricing
Median paid price $29.99
- Free 6%
- Under $5 6%
- $5 to $15 0%
- $15 to $30 59%
- $30 to $60 29%
- $60 and up 0%
Most reviewed Base Building releases of the last 24 months
Valheim
93% positive of 564,660
7.5M to 17M owners
$26.99
Schedule I
98% positive of 322,213
5.2M to 12M owners
$19.99
Subnautica 2
91% positive of 130,274
2.5M to 5.7M owners
$29.99
Timberborn
96% positive of 42,524
770k to 1.6M owners
$34.99
Pax Autocratica
91% positive of 4,394
83k to 190k owners
$29.99
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
No reviews yet
$27.99
BitCraft Online
No reviews yet
$15.99
BOXROOM
No reviews yet
$7.99
Upcoming Base Building games 2 on Steam
- Procession Engine Nov 10, 2026
- King's Haven Dec 4, 2026
- Railborn 2027
- Sanctuary: Shattered Sun August 2027
- Android Simulator Coming soon
- Astro World Coming soon
- Battledroid To be announced
- Be the Ruler: Britannia To be announced
- Cubox Coming soon
- Lysward To be announced
- Pact Coming soon
- Pit Fighter Tycoon Coming soon
Tags these games also carry
- Building 12
- Survival 12
- Strategy 10
- Colony Sim 9
- Simulation 9
- Singleplayer 9
- Management 8
- Sandbox 8
- Multiplayer 7
- Resource Management 7
What good store pages do
Medians across the 17 most reviewed Base Building games.
- Screenshots
- 17
- Trailers
- 3
- Description length
- 6,297 characters
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