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Border Pioneer

Yahzj Games · Yogscast Games · 2025-02-06

Steam

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 06, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 06, 2025 (Mac)

As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!

Border Pioneer is an Action and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $7.49, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 to 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 1890 reviews).

16
playing now
87%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (426 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–86k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,921 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.50 at Dreamgame (2025-06-02) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 89 of 119 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
35935920252026Week of 2025-02-06: 359 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

96142026-09-15 18:00 — 37 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 60 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 92 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 61 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 45 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 63 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 65 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 76 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 81 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 44 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 65 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 69 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 82 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 44 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 87 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 26 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 41 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
97637Feb 2025Aug 2026Feb 2025 — avg 976 · peak 2,750Mar 2025 — avg 288 · peak 868Apr 2025 — avg 137 · peak 405May 2025 — avg 82 · peak 251Jun 2025 — avg 45 · peak 132Jul 2025 — avg 46 · peak 121Aug 2025 — avg 178 · peak 542Sep 2025 — avg 103 · peak 482Oct 2025 — avg 93 · peak 293Nov 2025 — avg 60 · peak 163Dec 2025 — avg 92 · peak 259Jan 2026 — avg 88 · peak 221Feb 2026 — avg 62 · peak 207Mar 2026 — avg 71 · peak 245Apr 2026 — avg 52 · peak 122May 2026 — avg 72 · peak 222Jun 2026 — avg 43 · peak 117Jul 2026 — avg 37 · peak 107Aug 2026 — avg 48 · peak 117
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$4.502025-01-222026-09-282025-01-22 — best price $14.992025-02-09 — best price $13.492025-02-16 — best price $11.602025-03-08 — best price $14.992025-04-14 — best price $14.992025-06-02 — best price $4.502025-06-27 — best price $11.012025-07-11 — best price $11.892025-07-26 — best price $11.012025-08-07 — best price $9.742025-08-21 — best price $14.992025-09-10 — best price $14.062025-09-26 — best price $14.992025-10-04 — best price $8.652025-10-24 — best price $8.982025-11-03 — best price $8.542025-11-21 — best price $6.692025-11-28 — best price $14.992025-12-06 — best price $12.182025-12-18 — best price $5.612026-01-08 — best price $11.492026-01-18 — best price $7.492026-02-03 — best price $6.302026-02-24 — best price $14.992026-03-27 — best price $11.012026-04-20 — best price $11.492026-05-06 — best price $14.992026-05-16 — best price $7.492026-05-30 — best price $14.992026-06-20 — best price $6.232026-07-03 — best price $14.492026-07-15 — best price $11.892026-08-01 — best price $11.222026-08-13 — best price $7.502026-09-28 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
84.7%
earned "I'm ready"
6.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9402%50

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

Player tags

2DRTSActionCombatFantasyWargameColorfulMedievalStrategyRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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