Base Building gameplay
Every paid Steam game tagged Base Building, ranked by our estimated lifetime revenue. 6,693 games in the catalog, 3,178 with a sales estimate.
Games
6,693
Active paid titles tagged
Total Gross
$12.3B
Sum of estimated lifetime revenue
Median
$8.1K
Half earn less, half more
Hit Rate
31.7%
1,006 games earned $100K+
Revenue share - top 5 vs rest
- 7 Days to Die 10.9%
- Sons Of The Forest 5.9%
- Valheim 4.0%
- Raft 3.4%
- Palworld 2.9%
- Other (3173 games) 73.0%
Top 25 earners
The highest-earning Base Building games by our estimator.
| # | Game | Released | Reviews | Peak CCU | Est. Units | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  7 Days to Die The Fun Pimps | 2024-07-25 | 403,084 | 124,449 | 29,828,216 | $1,341,971,438 |
| 2 |  Sons Of The Forest Endnight Games Ltd | 2024-02-22 | 325,034 | 198,477 | 24,052,516 | $721,334,955 |
| 3 |  Valheim Iron Gate AB | 2026-09-09 | 563,944 | 498,478 | 16,241,587 | $487,085,194 |
| 4 |  Raft Redbeet Interactive | 2022-06-20 | 380,691 | 100,474 | 20,938,005 | $418,550,720 |
| 5 |  Palworld Pocketpair | 2026-07-09 | 495,087 | 2,101,535 | 11,882,088 | $356,343,819 |
| 6 |  V Rising Stunlock Studios | 2024-05-08 | 138,081 | 150,645 | 9,791,925 | $342,619,456 |
| 7 |  Satisfactory Coffee Stain Studios | 2024-09-10 | 282,201 | 185,957 | 8,332,121 | $333,201,519 |
| 8 |  Schedule I TVGS | 2025-03-24 | 321,768 | 455,652 | 14,672,621 | $293,305,694 |
| 9 |  Fallout 76 Bethesda Game Studios | 2020-04-14 | 141,549 | 72,930 | 7,218,999 | $288,687,770 |
| 10 |  ARK: Survival Ascended Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games | 2023-10-25 | 120,618 | 98,047 | 6,373,055 | $286,723,744 |
| 11 |  ARK: Survival Evolved Studio Wildcard, Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, Virtual Basement LLC | 2017-08-27 | 780,613 | 247,292 | 16,073,980 | $240,948,960 |
| 12 |  Grounded Obsidian Entertainment | 2022-09-27 | 96,348 | 31,923 | 5,638,727 | $225,492,693 |
| 13 |  Subnautica 2 Unknown Worlds Entertainment | 2026-05-14 | 129,931 | 463,021 | 6,945,315 | $208,289,997 |
| 14 |  Subnautica Unknown Worlds Entertainment | 2018-01-23 | 383,002 | 51,220 | 6,894,036 | $206,752,140 |
| 15 |  Manor Lords Slavic Magic | 2024-04-26 | 93,307 | 170,000 | 5,100,000 | $203,921,538 |
| 16 |  Factorio Wube Software LTD. | 2020-08-14 | 236,725 | 118,166 | 4,631,576 | $162,105,160 |
| 17 |  RimWorld Ludeon Studios | 2018-10-17 | 249,449 | 95,796 | 4,490,082 | $157,107,969 |
| 18 |  Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, CaptureAge, Tantalus Media, Wicked Witch, Feral Interactive | 2019-11-14 | 183,968 | 38,725 | 4,415,232 | $154,488,968 |
| 19 |  House Flipper Empyrean | 2018-05-17 | 112,773 | 90,666 | 5,893,290 | $146,742,921 |
| 20 |  Frostpunk 11 bit studios | 2018-04-24 | 138,372 | 29,195 | 4,677,363 | $140,274,116 |
| 21 |  Squad Offworld | 2020-09-23 | 246,191 | 38,573 | 3,446,674 | $137,832,493 |
| 22 |  Scrap Mechanic Axolot Games | 2026-07-24 | 123,396 | 46,366 | 4,636,600 | $134,415,034 |
| 23 |  ICARUS RocketWerkz | 2021-12-03 | 69,491 | 52,305 | 3,544,041 | $123,899,673 |
| 24 |  Jurassic World Evolution 2 Frontier Developments | 2021-11-09 | 47,373 | 17,298 | 1,989,666 | $119,360,063 |
| 25 |  Enshrouded Keen Games GmbH | 2026-10-15 | 112,666 | 160,361 | 2,816,650 | $112,634,704 |
Releases per year
Is Base Building trending up or fading? Bars show new paid Steam releases with this tag each year. Green flecks are hits (≥$100K est. lifetime).
3
2010
11
2011
4
2012
8
2013
17
2014
38
2015
40
2016
55
2017
77
2018
94
2019
184
2020
255
2021
268
2022
381
2023
546
2024
752
2025
969
2026
Top upcoming
Highest-wishlist unreleased Base Building games.
| # | Game | WL Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Light No Fire Hello Games | 3 |
| 2 |  Kingmakers Redemption Road | 8 |
| 3 |  ARK 2 Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games | 11 |
| 4 |  Chronicles: Medieval Raw Power Games | 26 |
| 5 |  Railborn Washbear Studio | 27 |
| 6 |  Rooted Headlight Studio | 29 |
| 7 |  Ardem Techtive Games | 37 |
| 8 |  The Bustling World FireWo Games | 41 |
| 9 |  Dust Front RTS rtsDimon | 52 |
| 10 |  Frostrail FakeFish | 60 |
Top recent (12 months)
Highest-earning Base Building games released in the past year.
| # | Game | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | | $487,085,194 |
| 2 | | $356,343,819 |
| 3 | | $208,289,997 |
| 4 | | $134,415,034 |
| 5 | | $112,634,704 |
| 6 |  | $94,888,660 |
| 7 |  | $68,732,305 |
| 8 |  | $23,604,979 |
| 9 |  | $22,095,950 |
| 10 |  | $18,793,263 |