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SteamWorld Build

The Station · Thunderful Publishing · 2023-12-01

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 01, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 01, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 01, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Dec 01, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Dec 01, 2023 (Xbox One), Dec 01, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.

SteamWorld Build is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 2268 reviews).

26
playing now
84%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
4.49★
PlayStation Store rating (490 ratings)
8.2h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

SteamWorld Build is a city-building dungeon crawling video game developed by The Station and published by Thunderful Publishing. An installment in the SteamWorld series, the game was released for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S in December 2023.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 203 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (665 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 45k–102k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,268 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$3.87-85%
Gamesplanet$4.17-83%
GOG$4.99-80%
GOG$4.99-80%
Humble Store$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.87 at Fanatical (2026-03-09) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 166 of 168 observed days · $2.12 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
51251220232026Week of 2023-12-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

65112026-09-15 00:00 — 43 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 28 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 52 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 45 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 48 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 64 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 37 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 18 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 41 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 48 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 21 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 34 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 58 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 31 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 32 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 24 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 32 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
38521Dec 2023Aug 2026Dec 2023 — avg 385 · peak 2,615Jan 2024 — avg 84 · peak 214Feb 2024 — avg 48 · peak 135Mar 2024 — avg 39 · peak 94Apr 2024 — avg 54 · peak 285May 2024 — avg 60 · peak 178Jun 2024 — avg 46 · peak 169Jul 2024 — avg 38 · peak 106Aug 2024 — avg 44 · peak 110Sep 2024 — avg 21 · peak 56Oct 2024 — avg 39 · peak 107Nov 2024 — avg 55 · peak 232Dec 2024 — avg 57 · peak 145Jan 2025 — avg 51 · peak 181Feb 2025 — avg 52 · peak 147Mar 2025 — avg 33 · peak 98Apr 2025 — avg 42 · peak 112May 2025 — avg 23 · peak 59Jun 2025 — avg 97 · peak 628Jul 2025 — avg 99 · peak 291Aug 2025 — avg 47 · peak 134Sep 2025 — avg 34 · peak 93Oct 2025 — avg 29 · peak 69Nov 2025 — avg 27 · peak 128Dec 2025 — avg 48 · peak 116Jan 2026 — avg 43 · peak 98Feb 2026 — avg 75 · peak 239Mar 2026 — avg 78 · peak 235Apr 2026 — avg 44 · peak 116May 2026 — avg 31 · peak 71Jun 2026 — avg 32 · peak 75Jul 2026 — avg 29 · peak 66Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 62
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$3.242023-12-012026-10-142023-12-01 — best price $23.992024-01-21 — best price $29.992024-02-20 — best price $22.492024-03-20 — best price $22.492024-04-16 — best price $17.492024-05-14 — best price $20.992024-06-17 — best price $12.492024-07-18 — best price $14.992024-08-16 — best price $24.992024-09-12 — best price $13.742024-10-18 — best price $12.502024-11-14 — best price $12.492024-12-12 — best price $12.492025-01-09 — best price $9.192025-02-06 — best price $17.992025-03-10 — best price $6.242025-04-17 — best price $7.492025-05-19 — best price $5.742025-06-20 — best price $4.742025-07-25 — best price $3.402025-09-04 — best price $6.242025-09-29 — best price $6.242025-10-23 — best price $10.492025-11-14 — best price $4.852025-12-04 — best price $29.992026-01-08 — best price $24.992026-02-03 — best price $24.992026-02-28 — best price $6.242026-03-25 — best price $24.992026-04-12 — best price $5.002026-05-11 — best price $3.742026-06-11 — best price $24.992026-07-30 — best price $24.992026-08-12 — best price $4.992026-08-31 — best price $4.992026-09-10 — best price $24.992026-09-20 — best price $5.002026-09-30 — best price $4.992026-10-10 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3862026-05-30 — 14 pageviews2026-06-03 — 19 pageviews2026-06-07 — 18 pageviews2026-06-11 — 17 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-19 — 15 pageviews2026-06-23 — 10 pageviews2026-06-27 — 38 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-05 — 14 pageviews2026-07-09 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 16 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 15 pageviews2026-07-29 — 12 pageviews2026-08-02 — 13 pageviews2026-08-06 — 15 pageviews2026-08-10 — 20 pageviews2026-08-14 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 19 pageviews2026-08-22 — 17 pageviews2026-08-26 — 30 pageviews2026-08-30 — 19 pageviews2026-09-03 — 27 pageviews2026-09-07 — 16 pageviews2026-09-11 — 21 pageviews2026-09-15 — 15 pageviews2026-09-19 — 16 pageviews2026-09-23 — 10 pageviews2026-09-27 — 18 pageviews2026-10-01 — 15 pageviews2026-10-05 — 8 pageviews2026-10-09 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
80.7%
earned "Mathematic"
26.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-12-01, latest 2024-04-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)7,4404%28
Steam (Steam)3,4236%28
PS5 (PlayStation)70225%29
PS4 (PlayStation)8444%29
Switch (Nintendo)790%0
PS4 (PlayStation)2737%29

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

CuteCasualEconomyWesternCartoonyColorfulRelaxingStrategyControllerManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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