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Foundation

Polymorph Games · 2025-01-31

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 31, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

934
playing now
87%
positive of 24k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
62/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

934 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Foundation is a city-building video game developed and published by Polymorph Games for Windows. It entered open alpha in 2018, launched in early access on 1 February 2019, and was fully released on 31 January 2025.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 934 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,649 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~206/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 17,871 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 482k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,078 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$23.45-33%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $22.49 at Steam (2020-08-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 27 of 47 observed days · $0.96 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of February 2025 (#8)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.4k2.4k20192026Week of 2019-02-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,410 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 864 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 960 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k4432026-08-06 22:00 — 697 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 463 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 975 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 776 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 616 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1,098 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 890 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 637 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 1,340 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 814 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 447 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 979 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 679 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 480 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 903 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 645 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 443 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,265 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,267 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 576 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 961 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,205 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 735 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,327 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,332 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 656 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 841 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1,335 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 934 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$22.492019-02-012026-08-302019-02-01 — best price $26.992019-06-18 — best price $29.992019-09-06 — best price $29.992019-11-28 — best price $23.992020-01-31 — best price $23.992020-05-27 — best price $23.992020-10-02 — best price $23.992020-12-01 — best price $29.992021-02-05 — best price $29.992021-05-24 — best price $29.992021-10-27 — best price $23.992021-12-13 — best price $22.492022-02-14 — best price $23.992022-05-16 — best price $29.992022-07-18 — best price $23.992022-10-27 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-04-07 — best price $23.992023-07-04 — best price $29.992023-09-26 — best price $29.992023-12-21 — best price $22.492024-03-01 — best price $29.992024-04-26 — best price $29.992024-07-29 — best price $29.992024-09-10 — best price $29.992024-11-26 — best price $22.492025-03-20 — best price $34.992025-06-18 — best price $26.242025-09-25 — best price $24.492025-12-03 — best price $34.992026-02-04 — best price $34.992026-04-03 — best price $34.992026-05-31 — best price $34.992026-07-27 — best price $34.992026-08-30 — best price $23.45
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

90222026-05-30 — 51 pageviews2026-06-02 — 35 pageviews2026-06-05 — 62 pageviews2026-06-08 — 33 pageviews2026-06-11 — 36 pageviews2026-06-14 — 49 pageviews2026-06-17 — 26 pageviews2026-06-20 — 26 pageviews2026-06-23 — 28 pageviews2026-06-26 — 43 pageviews2026-06-29 — 31 pageviews2026-07-02 — 45 pageviews2026-07-05 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 72 pageviews2026-07-11 — 32 pageviews2026-07-14 — 67 pageviews2026-07-17 — 75 pageviews2026-07-20 — 75 pageviews2026-07-23 — 67 pageviews2026-07-26 — 66 pageviews2026-07-29 — 40 pageviews2026-08-01 — 35 pageviews2026-08-04 — 60 pageviews2026-08-07 — 42 pageviews2026-08-10 — 41 pageviews2026-08-13 — 36 pageviews2026-08-16 — 64 pageviews2026-08-19 — 55 pageviews2026-08-22 — 53 pageviews2026-08-25 — 52 pageviews2026-08-26 — 48 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5002026-08-26 19:15 — 4 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
77.3%
earned "Expansion"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,3351%45

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

IndieEconomySandboxBuildingMedievalRelaxingStrategyColony SimManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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