The Game Census
Forebearers cover art

Forebearers

Sandspire Interactive · 2019-04-12

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This city-building strategy game puts you as the chieftain of a tribe driven away from their homeland. Now you must rebuild and defend your tribe from both the elements and your old enemies.

Forebearers is an Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 to 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (48% of 109 reviews).

0
playing now
47%
positive of 109 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (20 reviews).
  • · Top 34% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 109 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2021-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320182026Week of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.992018-12-112023-01-302018-12-11 — best price $17.992018-12-17 — best price $19.992019-02-21 — best price $13.392019-02-25 — best price $19.992019-04-12 — best price $14.992019-04-19 — best price $19.992019-06-25 — best price $9.992019-07-10 — best price $19.992019-08-05 — best price $11.992019-08-12 — best price $19.992019-10-28 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $11.992019-12-19 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-03-02 — best price $11.992020-03-09 — best price $19.992020-04-20 — best price $11.992020-04-27 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-08-24 — best price $11.992020-08-31 — best price $19.992020-11-03 — best price $9.992020-11-10 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-02-13 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $5.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-05-16 — best price $9.992022-05-23 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992023-01-23 — best price $9.992023-01-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
90.4%
earned "Sustainability"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-12-17 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieStrategySimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

Players also track

Project AURASupreme Ruler UltimateLife is Feudal: Forest VillageAnother Brick in The MallMashinkyStartup CompanyAncient CitiesRise of Industry

Similarity via IGDB.