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Besiege cover art

Besiege

Spiderling Studios · 2020-02-18

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 18, 2020 (Linux), Feb 10, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 10, 2022 (Xbox One), Feb 18, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 12, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Dec 12, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!

Besiege is a $2.99 Indie, Simulation game released in 2020, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment (95% of 53116 reviews).

171
playing now
95%
positive of 53k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (76 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (118 downloads)
3.65★
PlayStation Store rating (342 ratings)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 67% recommend · from 11 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

171 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Besiege is a vehicle-building sandbox video game based around medieval siege engines, developed and published by Spiderling Studios. It was released for Windows, macOS and Linux in February 2020 at the conclusion of a five-year long early access phase. A console version for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S was released in February 2022, and an expansion pack titled The Splintered Sea was announced in April 2024. A version for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Switch was released on December 12, 2024. The game has received widespread praise, citing the wide range of experimentation available to players.

Trailer

Besiege trailer thumbnail

Besiege (Alpha Trailer)

≈945,360 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 171 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,823 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~228/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53,365 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at IndieGala Store (2025-04-15) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 36 of 56 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.8k2.8k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 502 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,797 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,354 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,311 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4261202026-09-15 12:00 — 183 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 191 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 138 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 285 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 279 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 212 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 238 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 312 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 232 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 356 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 333 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 224 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 228 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 380 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 259 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 218 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 298 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 213 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 170 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 332 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 273 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 141 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 171 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.7k200Feb 2015Aug 2026Feb 2015 — avg 3,675 · peak 6,638Jun 2015 — avg 1,017 · peak 2,213Oct 2015 — avg 743 · peak 2,161Feb 2016 — avg 872 · peak 1,873Jun 2016 — avg 834 · peak 1,638Oct 2016 — avg 609 · peak 1,266Feb 2017 — avg 617 · peak 1,139Jun 2017 — avg 506 · peak 995Oct 2017 — avg 478 · peak 961Feb 2018 — avg 477 · peak 850Jun 2018 — avg 477 · peak 802Oct 2018 — avg 460 · peak 962Feb 2019 — avg 437 · peak 784Jun 2019 — avg 380 · peak 715Oct 2019 — avg 333 · peak 693Feb 2020 — avg 2,185 · peak 11,120Jun 2020 — avg 525 · peak 965Oct 2020 — avg 439 · peak 1,093Feb 2021 — avg 470 · peak 746Jun 2021 — avg 330 · peak 636Oct 2021 — avg 283 · peak 509Feb 2022 — avg 343 · peak 552Jun 2022 — avg 751 · peak 4,063Oct 2022 — avg 242 · peak 455Feb 2023 — avg 269 · peak 497Jun 2023 — avg 248 · peak 464Oct 2023 — avg 205 · peak 381Feb 2024 — avg 246 · peak 528Jun 2024 — avg 540 · peak 2,043Oct 2024 — avg 311 · peak 739Feb 2025 — avg 548 · peak 1,517Jun 2025 — avg 494 · peak 3,582Oct 2025 — avg 252 · peak 534Feb 2026 — avg 361 · peak 701Jun 2026 — avg 600 · peak 3,130Aug 2026 — avg 306 · peak 542
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
27272026-09-222026-10-102026-09-22: 27 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 3 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 7 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 9 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 15 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 8 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-202026-10-142015-01-20 — best price $6.992015-08-28 — best price $5.942015-12-07 — best price $7.992016-05-08 — best price $7.992016-11-29 — best price $7.992017-02-04 — best price $3.992017-07-05 — best price $7.992017-12-18 — best price $4.792018-03-26 — best price $6.992018-09-14 — best price $5.992019-01-24 — best price $9.992019-10-07 — best price $9.992020-03-12 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $5.992021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-21 — best price $14.992023-05-27 — best price $14.992024-02-05 — best price $14.992024-06-02 — best price $14.992024-07-29 — best price $14.992024-09-18 — best price $14.992024-10-24 — best price $14.992024-11-16 — best price $14.992024-12-11 — best price $3.742025-01-20 — best price $2.242025-02-07 — best price $14.992025-03-17 — best price $2.272025-04-29 — best price $14.992025-05-24 — best price $14.992025-07-02 — best price $3.002025-08-01 — best price $14.992025-08-29 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-11 — best price $1.492025-12-15 — best price $3.002026-01-13 — best price $3.002026-02-24 — best price $14.992026-08-12 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

117152026-05-29 — 34 pageviews2026-06-02 — 38 pageviews2026-06-06 — 34 pageviews2026-06-10 — 34 pageviews2026-06-14 — 36 pageviews2026-06-18 — 28 pageviews2026-06-22 — 100 pageviews2026-06-26 — 73 pageviews2026-06-30 — 42 pageviews2026-07-04 — 35 pageviews2026-07-08 — 40 pageviews2026-07-12 — 29 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-20 — 32 pageviews2026-07-24 — 22 pageviews2026-07-28 — 19 pageviews2026-08-01 — 22 pageviews2026-08-05 — 19 pageviews2026-08-09 — 32 pageviews2026-08-13 — 21 pageviews2026-08-17 — 16 pageviews2026-08-21 — 30 pageviews2026-08-25 — 21 pageviews2026-08-29 — 15 pageviews2026-09-02 — 25 pageviews2026-09-06 — 31 pageviews2026-09-10 — 20 pageviews2026-09-14 — 27 pageviews2026-09-18 — 27 pageviews2026-09-22 — 39 pageviews2026-09-26 — 30 pageviews2026-09-30 — 26 pageviews2026-10-04 — 21 pageviews2026-10-07 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

23102026-09-30 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-09-30 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-01 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
55.1%
earned "Pyromaniac"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Leaderboards4 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2024-05-24, latest 2026-06-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)31,9970%54
Windows (Xbox)2,3845%36
PS5 (PlayStation)21817%30
PS4 (PlayStation)2114%30
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvELogicFlightPuzzleRobotsPhysicsSandboxBuildingMedievalModdable

Census log

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

Recent updates

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