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Basement

Halfbus · 2019-11-10

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.

3
playing now
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Basement is a drug-dealing strategy game where you play a scientist who is forced to do illegal stuff in your basement. Actually it’s all about management. You build your own enterprise producing several types of drugs, find the right place to sell them, invite scientists and security, avoid federal agents and build the most effective company. You start in your own basement. Since the police has no interest in a small dealer, you have the chance to grow. Once your expansion becomes noticeable you’ll be allowed to sell at higher rates, get better workers, upgrade your production and access new(Storyline via IGDB)

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Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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