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Founders' Fortune cover art

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.

21
playing now
80%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$21.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 21 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 16% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,187 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 66 of 100 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

6152026-08-11 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 34 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 29 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 21 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 42 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 36 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 38 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 61 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 19 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 29 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$21.99$5.492019-07-192026-08-302019-07-19 — best price $18.002021-01-09 — best price $19.792021-02-02 — best price $21.992021-02-26 — best price $19.682021-03-21 — best price $19.682021-04-18 — best price $21.992021-05-25 — best price $19.682021-07-08 — best price $21.992021-10-04 — best price $16.492021-11-26 — best price $15.392022-02-03 — best price $21.992022-04-08 — best price $13.192022-05-28 — best price $21.992022-07-25 — best price $10.992022-10-01 — best price $10.992022-11-29 — best price $21.992023-02-03 — best price $10.992023-04-01 — best price $21.992023-06-26 — best price $21.992023-08-28 — best price $10.992023-11-02 — best price $10.992023-12-21 — best price $6.592024-02-13 — best price $17.492024-03-20 — best price $8.792024-05-16 — best price $21.992024-06-30 — best price $16.162024-07-26 — best price $5.502024-09-12 — best price $5.492024-11-14 — best price $5.492025-01-13 — best price $21.992025-03-28 — best price $21.992025-06-16 — best price $21.992025-09-01 — best price $21.992025-11-04 — best price $21.992026-01-15 — best price $5.492026-03-19 — best price $5.492026-04-30 — best price $5.492026-06-02 — best price $21.992026-07-20 — best price $21.992026-08-30 — 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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