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Founders' Fortune

Dionic Software · 2020-12-18

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

Founders' Fortune is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $21.99, with Very Positive (80% of 2189 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

28
playing now
80%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (4.5k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$21.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (175 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,189 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.51 at GreenManGaming (2026-06-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $21.99 · on sale 99 of 133 observed days · $0.98 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14014020192026Week of 2019-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4652026-09-15 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 23 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 30 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 23 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 15 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 46 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 30 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 22 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 25 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 21 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 21 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 20 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30212Jul 2019Aug 2026Jul 2019 — avg 302 · peak 659Oct 2019 — avg 69 · peak 167Jan 2020 — avg 38 · peak 79Apr 2020 — avg 31 · peak 72Jul 2020 — avg 45 · peak 125Oct 2020 — avg 32 · peak 179Jan 2021 — avg 258 · peak 524Apr 2021 — avg 120 · peak 252Jul 2021 — avg 88 · peak 199Oct 2021 — avg 37 · peak 91Jan 2022 — avg 50 · peak 113Apr 2022 — avg 34 · peak 82Jul 2022 — avg 59 · peak 125Oct 2022 — avg 85 · peak 295Jan 2023 — avg 36 · peak 77Apr 2023 — avg 79 · peak 183Jul 2023 — avg 40 · peak 82Oct 2023 — avg 33 · peak 82Jan 2024 — avg 49 · peak 126Apr 2024 — avg 31 · peak 89Jul 2024 — avg 31 · peak 66Oct 2024 — avg 23 · peak 57Jan 2025 — avg 23 · peak 55Apr 2025 — avg 20 · peak 40Jul 2025 — avg 18 · peak 40Oct 2025 — avg 21 · peak 55Jan 2026 — avg 21 · peak 54Apr 2026 — avg 17 · peak 39Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 62
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.99$5.492019-07-192026-10-142019-07-19 — best price $18.002021-01-11 — best price $21.992021-02-04 — best price $17.592021-03-03 — best price $21.992021-03-26 — best price $21.992021-04-26 — best price $17.592021-06-03 — best price $19.682021-08-14 — best price $21.992021-11-01 — best price $21.992022-01-14 — best price $14.732022-03-11 — best price $16.162022-05-17 — best price $19.682022-07-07 — best price $21.992022-09-20 — best price $21.992022-11-23 — best price $10.992023-02-03 — best price $10.992023-04-03 — best price $21.992023-06-29 — best price $10.992023-09-05 — best price $21.992023-11-21 — best price $8.792024-01-11 — best price $16.162024-02-27 — best price $8.792024-04-25 — best price $8.792024-06-11 — best price $6.592024-07-11 — best price $5.492024-08-19 — best price $5.502024-10-25 — best price $5.502025-01-02 — best price $21.992025-03-24 — best price $5.492025-06-05 — best price $5.492025-09-01 — best price $21.992025-11-05 — best price $21.992026-01-18 — best price $21.992026-03-27 — best price $5.492026-05-08 — best price $5.492026-06-13 — best price $17.492026-08-27 — best price $5.492026-09-12 — best price $21.992026-09-28 — best price $5.492026-10-14 — best price $5.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
44.6%
earned "No more kicking trees"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Czech…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2923%20

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

IndieEconomySandboxBuildingCraftingMedievalStrategySurvivalColony SimManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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