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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Base Building on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of Base Building games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Days to Die | $457.9M | 275.4K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 2 | Satisfactory | $314M | 231.8K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 3 | Palworld | $231.3M | 374.6K | 94% | $20.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | $1.5M | 98% | 75% | $512.1M |
| 2025 | 102 | $1.7M | 94% | 63% | $710.1M |
| 2024 | 103 | $1.2M | 84% | 51% | $1.5B |
| 2023 | 54 | $927.2K | 83% | 44% | $131.9M |
| 2022 | 52 | $1.3M | 79% | 56% | $515.4M |
| 2021 | 56 | $941.6K | 79% | 48% | $505.5M |
| 2020 | 50 | $913.7K | 72% | 46% | $542.4M |
| 2019 | 36 | $2.3M | 78% | 69% | $438.8M |
| 2018 | 30 | $908.3K | 77% | 47% | $596.3M |
| 2017 | 23 | $2.6M | 74% | 52% | $189.1M |
| 2016 | 23 | $1.3M | 96% | 57% | $104.1M |
| 2015 | 27 | $1.1M | 74% | 52% | $110.4M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Base Building launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Sons Of The Forest |
| $200.9M |
| 314.8K |
| 88% |
| $29.99 |
| 5 | Raft | $194.6M | 320.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 6 | Schedule I | $182.2M | 281.5K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 7 | RimWorld | $176.6M | 243.1K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 8 | Squad | $166.3M | 240.3K | 81% | $39.99 |
| 9 | Subnautica | $162.4M | 376.9K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Factorio | $140.6M | 232.2K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 11 | Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | $103.1M | 180.6K | 95% | $34.99 |
| 12 | Frostpunk | $97M | 136.2K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 13 | ARK: Survival Evolved | $92.2M | 773K | 83% | $9.89 |
| 14 | ASTRONEER | $90.6M | 138.7K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 15 | Jurassic World Evolution 2 | $84.6M | 39.2K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 16 | Dune: Awakening | $81.5M | 77.6K | 71% | $49.99 |
| 17 | Oxygen Not Included | $74.8M | 142.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 18 | Subnautica 2 | $71.1M | 123.1K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 19 | Enshrouded | $65.6M | 91.7K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 20 | Scrap Mechanic | $63.1M | 118.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 21 | Fallout 76 | $63.1M | 77.5K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 22 | ICARUS | $62.8M | 53.2K | 75% | $34.99 |
| 23 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | $60.6M | 40.1K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 24 | Manor Lords | $60.3M | 89K | 84% | $25.99 |
| 25 | Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition | $60M | 94.6K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 26 | Grounded | $59.4M | 95K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 27 | House Flipper | $58.4M | 91.9K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 28 | Abiotic Factor | $57.4M | 57.3K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 29 | This War of Mine | $55.6M | 97.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 30 | Valheim | $54M | 538.1K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 31 | Cult of the Lamb | $53.9M | 126.4K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 32 | Prison Architect | $51.1M | 59.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 33 | Timberborn | $47.8M | 40.6K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 34 | State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition | $44M | 69.3K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 35 | Space Engineers | $43.6M | 100.2K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 36 | Subnautica: Below Zero | $42.7M | 107.8K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Age of Empires II (Retired) | $41.8M | 84.7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 38 | Dyson Sphere Program | $38.6M | 91.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 39 | Medieval Dynasty | $38.2M | 51.6K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 40 | Frostpunk 2 | $37.3M | 26.6K | 75% | $44.99 |
| 41 | Company of Heroes 2 | $33.9M | 68.6K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 42 | Stormworks: Build and Rescue | $31.4M | 59.2K | 90% | $24.99 |
| 43 | Windrose | $31.1M | 50.4K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 44 | Kenshi | $29.5M | 96.7K | 95% | $11.99 |
| 45 | Foxhole | $28.7M | 52.4K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 46 | V Rising | $28M | 109.6K | 89% | $15.74 |
| 47 | Farthest Frontier | $27.3M | 25K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 48 | Foundation | $26.1M | 24K | 87% | $34.99 |
| 49 | Jurassic World Evolution 3 | $25.5M | 12.4K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 50 | ATLAS | $25.4M | 42.9K | 47% | $29.99 |