Base Building gameplay
Every paid Steam game tagged Base Building, ranked by our estimated lifetime revenue. 6,198 games in the catalog, 2,773 with a sales estimate.
Games
6,198
Active paid titles tagged
Total Gross
$10.1B
Sum of estimated lifetime revenue
Median
$13.7K
Half earn less, half more
Hit Rate
34.2%
948 games earned $100K+
Revenue share - top 5 vs rest
- 7 Days to Die 5.7%
- Valheim 4.7%
- Palworld 3.5%
- V Rising 3.4%
- Satisfactory 3.3%
- Other (2768 games) 79.5%
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 | 400,969 | 124,449 | 12,831,008 | $577,267,050 |
| 2 |  Valheim Iron Gate AB | 2026-09-09 | 550,081 | 498,478 | 15,842,333 | $475,111,567 |
| 3 |  Palworld Pocketpair | 2026-07-09 | 488,579 | 2,101,535 | 11,725,896 | $351,659,621 |
| 4 |  V Rising Stunlock Studios | 2024-05-08 | 137,196 | 150,645 | 9,791,925 | $342,619,456 |
| 5 |  Satisfactory Coffee Stain Studios | 2024-09-10 | 279,560 | 185,957 | 8,371,850 | $334,790,282 |
| 6 |  Sons Of The Forest Endnight Games Ltd | 2024-02-22 | 320,323 | 198,477 | 10,250,336 | $307,407,577 |
| 7 |  Manor Lords Slavic Magic | 2024-04-26 | 91,731 | 170,000 | 7,650,000 | $305,882,308 |
| 8 |  Schedule I TVGS | 2025-03-24 | 316,242 | 455,652 | 14,420,635 | $288,268,494 |
| 9 |  ARK: Survival Ascended Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games | 2023-10-25 | 117,796 | 98,047 | 6,373,055 | $286,723,744 |
| 10 |  ARK: Survival Evolved Studio Wildcard, Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, Virtual Basement LLC | 2017-08-27 | 777,871 | 247,292 | 16,073,980 | $240,948,960 |
| 11 |  Subnautica 2 Unknown Worlds Entertainment | 2026-05-14 | 127,497 | 463,021 | 6,945,315 | $208,289,997 |
| 12 |  Subnautica Unknown Worlds Entertainment | 2018-01-23 | 380,263 | 51,220 | 6,844,734 | $205,273,573 |
| 13 |  Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, CaptureAge, Tantalus Media, Wicked Witch, Feral Interactive | 2019-11-14 | 182,409 | 38,725 | 5,622,883 | $196,744,676 |
| 14 |  Factorio Wube Software LTD. | 2020-08-14 | 234,774 | 118,166 | 5,317,470 | $186,111,450 |
| 15 |  Raft Redbeet Interactive | 2022-06-20 | 378,685 | 100,474 | 9,088,440 | $181,677,916 |
| 16 |  Enshrouded Keen Games GmbH | 2024-01-24 | 105,695 | 160,361 | 4,439,190 | $177,523,208 |
| 17 |  RimWorld Ludeon Studios | 2018-10-17 | 246,435 | 95,796 | 4,435,830 | $155,209,692 |
| 18 |  House Flipper Empyrean | 2018-05-17 | 111,883 | 90,666 | 5,893,290 | $146,742,921 |
| 19 |  Frostpunk 11 bit studios | 2018-04-24 | 137,419 | 29,195 | 4,645,149 | $139,308,019 |
| 20 |  Squad Offworld | 2020-09-23 | 243,510 | 38,573 | 3,409,140 | $136,331,509 |
| 21 |  Scrap Mechanic Axolot Games | 2026-07-24 | 122,846 | 46,366 | 4,636,600 | $134,415,034 |
| 22 |  Fallout 76 Bethesda Game Studios | 2020-04-14 | 140,725 | 72,930 | 3,095,950 | $123,807,041 |
| 23 |  Grounded Obsidian Entertainment | 2022-09-27 | 95,846 | 31,923 | 2,427,678 | $97,082,843 |
| 24 |  Windrose Kraken Express | 2026-04-14 | 52,792 | 210,934 | 3,164,010 | $94,888,660 |
| 25 |  Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition World's Edge, Relic Entertainment, Forgotten Empires, Climax Studios | 2021-10-28 | 95,682 | 64,911 | 2,105,004 | $84,179,110 |
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
37
2015
40
2016
55
2017
76
2018
93
2019
173
2020
229
2021
222
2022
328
2023
470
2024
678
2025
710
2026
Top upcoming
Highest-wishlist unreleased Base Building games.
| # | Game | WL Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Light No Fire Hello Games | 2 |
| 2 |  Kingmakers Redemption Road | 8 |
| 3 |  ARK 2 Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games | 12 |
| 4 |  Chronicles: Medieval Raw Power Games | 31 |
| 5 |  Rooted Headlight Studio | 32 |
| 6 |  Railborn Washbear Studio | 33 |
| 7 |  Ardem Techtive Games | 41 |
| 8 |  The Bustling World FireWo Games | 44 |
| 9 |  Dust Front RTS rtsDimon | 55 |
| 10 |  KYORA Pugstorm | 59 |
Top recent (12 months)
Highest-earning Base Building games released in the past year.
| # | Game | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | | $475,111,567 |
| 2 | | $351,659,621 |
| 3 | | $208,289,997 |
| 4 | | $134,415,034 |
| 5 | | $94,888,660 |
| 6 |  | $80,719,151 |
| 7 |  | $73,443,621 |
| 8 |  | $38,231,027 |
| 9 |  | $31,929,603 |
| 10 |  | $29,042,856 |