Foundation Price History and Player Count

Foundation

Steam app 690830

Foundation

Polymorph GamesMar 1, 2018Indie, Simulation, Strategy

$34.99 Very PositiveSteam Deck Playable
  • City Builder
  • Simulation
  • Medieval
  • Strategy
  • Sandbox
  • Management
  • Resource Management
  • Building
  • Relaxing
  • Economy
Playing now
1,113
Updated 3 minutes ago
24-hour peak
1,586
Last 24 hours
All-time peak
18,422
Feb 1, 2025
Avg this month
1,370
-33.27% vs last month
Steam reviews
86%
Very Positive

Data source: Steam Web APILast updated: How we collect this data

Foundation player count chart

No, Foundation is not dead. 1,113 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 1,586. Over the last 30 days its player count has been growing (up 165% on the month before).

History from Mar 1, 2018

Foundation monthly player count

MonthAvg. playersGain% GainPeak players
November 20261,370-683-33.27%2,855
October 20262,053+1,272+162.87%4,547
September 2026781-173-8.6%1,838
August 2026n/a+217+12.1%2,011
July 2026n/a+325+22.12%1,794
June 2026n/a-134-8.36%1,469
May 2026n/a-174-9.79%1,603
April 2026n/a-194-9.84%1,777
March 2026n/a-884-30.96%1,971
February 2026n/a-222-7.21%2,855
January 2026n/a-467-13.18%3,077
December 2025n/a-316-8.19%3,544
November 2025n/a+1,581+69.37%3,860
October 2025n/a-80-3.39%2,279
September 2025n/a-1,495-38.79%2,359
August 2025n/a+1,357+54.35%3,854
July 2025n/a+367+17.23%2,497
June 2025n/a-470-18.08%2,130
May 2025n/a-1,463-36.01%2,600
April 2025n/a-4,436-52.19%4,063
March 2025n/a-9,923-53.86%8,499
February 2025n/a+11,298+158.59%18,422
January 2025n/a+6,052+564.55%7,124
December 2024n/a+591+122.87%1,072
November 2024n/a-68-12.39%481
October 2024n/a+23+4.37%549
September 2024n/a+83+18.74%526
August 2024n/a-53-10.69%443
July 2024n/a-61-10.95%496
June 2024n/a-180-24.42%557
May 2024n/a-567-43.48%737
April 2024n/a+381+41.28%1,304
March 2024n/a-31-3.25%923
February 2024n/a-167-14.9%954
January 2024n/a+61+5.75%1,121
December 2023n/a+22+2.12%1,060
November 2023n/a+10+0.97%1,038
October 2023n/a-136-11.68%1,028
September 2023n/a+217+22.91%1,164
August 2023n/a-172-15.37%947
July 2023n/a+148+15.24%1,119
June 2023n/a-875-47.4%971
May 2023n/a+745+67.67%1,846
April 2023n/a-469-29.87%1,101
March 2023n/a-871-35.68%1,570
February 2023n/a+1,035+73.61%2,441
January 2023n/a+44+3.23%1,406
December 2022n/a-181-11.73%1,362
November 2022n/a-1,116-41.97%1,543
October 2022n/a+1,457+121.21%2,659
September 2022n/a+76+6.75%1,202
August 2022n/a+0+0%1,126
July 2022n/a+41+3.78%1,126
June 2022n/a-164-13.13%1,085
May 2022n/a-1,093-46.67%1,249
April 2022n/a+347+17.39%2,342
March 2022n/a-374-15.79%1,995
February 2022n/a-272-10.3%2,369
January 2022n/a+1,052+66.21%2,641
December 2021n/a+405+34.21%1,589
November 2021n/a-303-20.38%1,184
October 2021n/a-1,087-42.23%1,487
September 2021n/a+68+2.71%2,574
August 2021n/a+672+36.64%2,506
July 2021n/a-115-5.9%1,834
June 2021n/a+1,223+168.46%1,949
May 2021n/a-177-19.6%726
April 2021n/a-335-27.06%903
March 2021n/a-805-39.4%1,238
February 2021n/a+637+45.31%2,043
January 2021n/a+215+18.05%1,406
December 2020n/a-290-19.58%1,191
November 2020n/a+183+14.1%1,481
October 2020n/a+157+13.76%1,298
September 2020n/a-885-43.68%1,141
August 2020n/a+690+51.65%2,026
July 2020n/a+523+64.33%1,336
June 2020n/a-15-1.81%813
May 2020n/a-302-26.73%828
April 2020n/a-506-30.93%1,130
March 2020n/a-767-31.92%1,636
February 2020n/a+967+67.34%2,403
January 2020n/a+337+30.66%1,436
December 2019n/a+300+37.55%1,099
November 2019n/a+65+8.86%799
October 2019n/a+366+99.46%734
September 2019n/a-218-37.2%368
August 2019n/a-404-40.81%586
July 2019n/a+291+41.63%990
June 2019n/a+270+62.94%699
May 2019n/a-76-15.05%429
April 2019n/a-1,629-76.34%505
March 2019n/a-1,835-46.23%2,134
February 2019n/a+3,968+396800%3,969
March 2018n/an/an/a1

How many people are playing Foundation?

At this moment Foundation has 1,113 concurrent players on Steam. That makes it the #612 most played game on Steam at the moment. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 1,586 players. Today's peak is 43% below its 30-day average daily peak of 2,789.

Foundation player count history

Over the last 30 days Foundation averaged a daily peak of 2,789 players, up 165% compared with the 30 days before (1,054). Its highest point this month (4,547) is 18% above the same period last year (3,860). In its first month after release (Mar 1, 2018) it peaked at 1 players. Today's player count is 6% of its all-time peak of 18,422, set on Feb 1, 2025.

Best time to play Foundation

Based on the last 14 days, Foundation is busiest around 19:00 UTC (2 PM in New York) and quietest around 06:00 UTC (1 AM in New York), when about 58% fewer people are online. For the fastest matchmaking, play close to the peak hour.

Foundation players by hour and weekday

When Foundation has the most players online, by weekday and hour, shown in your time zone. Busy hours mean faster matchmaking and fuller servers; quiet hours are best for solo play.

BusiestSunday at 15:00 UTCabout 3,821 players on average
QuietestFriday at 05:00 UTCabout 1,003 players on average
Busy vs quiet3.8xmore players at the busiest hour
Fewer playersMore playersTimes in UTC. Hover or tap a cell.

Average players for each hour of the week over the last 28 days, from our Steam player counts.

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About Foundation

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

Developer
Polymorph Games
Released
Mar 1, 2018
Genre
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Steam Deck
Playable
Languages
17 languages

Screenshots

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Foundation price history

$34.99
price now (US)
$17.07
lowest recorded · no discount seen since Sep 2024
-30%
typical sale discount · 10 sales seen

Good time to buy? Probably wait for a sale. Foundation is at its full price of $34.99. It usually goes on sale for about 30% off (around $24.49), and the lowest we have recorded is $17.07.Next Steam sale: Steam Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. See the countdown

US price on Steam. Readings before Oct 13, 2026 come from archived copies of the Steam store page (Internet Archive), so short sales between copies can be missing. Checked daily.

Foundation price by region

RegionSteam priceIn USDIn EURvs US
United States$34.99$34.9931.17 EURbase
Euro area33,99€$38.1533.99 EUR+9%
United Kingdom£29.50$39.7035.37 EUR+13%
CanadaC$ 44.99$32.2128.70 EUR-8%
AustraliaA$ 50.95$35.6731.78 EUR+2%
New ZealandNZ$ 49.99$28.1025.04 EUR-20%
BrazilR$101,99$18.6616.62 EUR-47%
MexicoMex$ 389.99$20.9818.69 EUR-40%
Argentina (LATAM USD)$17.99$17.9916.03 EUR-49%
Poland139,99 zł$35.8031.90 EUR+2%
SwitzerlandCHF 38.99$47.6742.47 EUR+36%
Norway390,00 kr$41.9437.37 EUR+20%
Turkey (MENA USD)$17.99$17.9916.03 EUR-49%
Azerbaijan (CIS USD)$16.49$16.4914.69 EUR-53%
South AfricaR 315.00$19.1917.09 EUR-45%
India₹1,500.00$15.8814.15 EUR-55%
Indonesia cheapestRp 284 999$15.7714.05 EUR-55%
China¥128.00$19.2017.10 EUR-45%
Japan¥3,900$24.6121.93 EUR-30%
South Korea₩ 37,500$27.8924.85 EUR-20%

Converted with the European Central Bank reference rates of 5 Nov 2026. Steam sells each region's price only to accounts in that region.

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Foundation reviews over time

86% Very Positive86% of 24,542 Steam reviews are positiveRead reviews on Steam

Positive and negative Steam user reviews per month, from Steam's review history.

Foundation on Twitch

0
watching now
0
live channels
250
24-hour peak viewers
49
7-day average viewers

Twitch category "Foundation", sampled every 30 minutes since Oct 13, 2026. Most watched games on Twitch

Foundation Twitch viewers per day, last 90 days

Average viewers per day (line) and the highest count of each day (dotted line).

Best day: 24 Oct 2026, with a peak of 3,166 viewers and 315 on average.

Foundation streamers right now

Nobody in our samples.

Top Foundation streamers this week

  1. Pressea1,101
  2. 2DKiri207
  3. Gige136
  4. FireyToad43
  5. The50plusgamer41

Average viewers while live.

Top Twitch streamers across all games

Foundation achievements

Foundation has 56 Steam achievements. On average a player has unlocked 11.6% of them; the rarest, First Growth, is held by 0.2% of players.

  • ExpansionPurchase your first Territory77.4%
  • Your First ChurchBuild a Rustic Church68.0%
  • Do You Know How to Plant?Produce Cabbages51.1%
  • A Growing Village!Have a population of 100 or more47.8%
  • Spices of LifeStart a Trade Route42.6%
  • Room for One More?Build a Workplace Extension35.4%
  • Serf and TurfTax a Villager35.2%
  • Just this once... I promise!Earn Coins from the Levy Mandate32.9%
  • Calling a BanEnact an Edict27.5%
  • Hammer Time!Produce Tools25.9%
  • Sound the Trumpets!Complete a Military Mission25.7%
  • Happy Samhain!Complete a Harvest Festival21.7%
  • Happy as a LarkHave a Villager with 150% Happiness19.4%
  • Marching On!Form a Company17.0%
  • A Legend is BornPromote a Soldier to Knight10.7%
  • Me Want Pastry!Stock 100 Pastries9.7%
  • Bathing in GoldAmass 10,000 Coins8.4%
  • Ora et LaboraProduce a Monastic Meal8.2%
  • The Way of Saint JamesHost a Pilgrim7.9%
  • Ye Noble Black Prince!Hidden achievement7.5%
  • Via Commercii, Via DeiTrade 500 resources with Kinstone Abbey over 30 days6.6%
  • A Thriving City!Have a population of 500 or more6.3%
  • The Boar's Head FeastProduce a Tavern Meal6.2%
  • Young at HeartInvite the Elders to a Harvest Festival6.2%
  • Slaying GuivresHire a Theatre Troupe4.3%
  • A Fief Too FarOwn 30 Territories4.1%
  • Merchant PrinceUpgrade a Trade Route to Level 53.5%
  • The Big Cheese of Cheddar PalaceBuild a Great Hall worth 100 Labour Splendour3.0%
  • Hanseatic SpiritUpgrade all Trade Routes at least once2.6%
  • Revelry of PlentyComplete the Aspiration: A Granary of the Realm1.9%
  • Honi soit qui mal y pense!Successfully host a Company of Royal Knights1.7%
  • Egg TheoryBuild a Monastic Croft worth 50 Clergy Splendour1.7%
  • The Exchequer's HaulCollect 5,000 Tax Coins in a single month1.6%
  • Veni, Vidi, ViciComplete a Military Mission of Grade 31.4%
  • Divine ArchitectureBuild an Abbatial Church worth 100 Clergy Splendour1.4%
  • Michaelmas' Lucky GooseComplete a Harvest Festival with a score of 1,5001.3%
  • One of the PeopleComplete the Aspiration: A Prestigious Burg1.2%
  • Montjoie! Saint Denis!Deploy a Battalion to a Military Campaign1.1%
  • Prior of PlentyComplete the Aspiration: A Prosperous Priory1.0%
  • Feast of AbundanceComplete the Aspiration: A Granary of the Realm (Challenge rules or harder)1.0%
  • Salt Fish and PottageStock 400 War Rations0.9%
  • I 'ave 'un!Complete a Harvest Festival with a score of 1,500 (Challenge rules or harder)0.9%
  • The Gabelle GambitEnact all seven Taxes0.8%
  • Fit for a KingBuild Private Quarters worth 100 Kingdom Splendour0.8%
  • Dionysian CookbookAcquire all Festival Meal recipes0.8%
  • Feudal OverlordOwn at least 30 Territories (Challenge rules or harder)0.6%
  • TeloneumEnact the Merchandise Taxes Privilege (Challenge rules or harder)0.6%
  • CenturiaHave an army of 100 Combatants0.6%
  • Iron and OakComplete the Aspiration: A Mighty Stronghold0.6%
  • Civitas MaximaHave a population of 500 or more (Challenge rules or harder)0.5%
  • King MidasEarn 15,000 Coins within 30 days0.4%
  • The BurgomasterComplete the Aspiration: A Prestigious Burg (Challenge rules or harder)0.4%
  • Against All OddsComplete a Military Campaign (Challenge rules or harder)0.4%
  • Abbey of AbundanceComplete the Aspiration: A Prosperous Priory (Challenge rules or harder)0.4%
  • Steel and StoneComplete the Aspiration: A Mighty Stronghold (Challenge rules or harder)0.3%
  • First GrowthEnact the Seal of Prestige Privilege (Challenge rules or harder)0.2%

Global unlock rates from Steam, most common first.

Foundation DLC

Foundation has 3 DLCs and soundtracks on Steam, newest first.

DLCReleasedPrice (US)
Foundation: Harvest Festival ↗Oct 8, 2026$12.99
Foundation Guivre Garden ↗Jan 31, 2025$4.99
Foundation Soundtrack ↗Feb 1, 2019$4.99

Latest Foundation news and patch notes

Official announcements from the developer on Steam.

Foundation FAQ

Is Foundation dead?

No, Foundation is not dead. 1,113 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 1,586. Over the last 30 days its player count has been growing (up 165% on the month before).

How many people play Foundation?

1,113 people are playing Foundation on Steam right now. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 1,586 concurrent players.

What is the all-time peak player count for Foundation?

Foundation reached its all-time Steam peak of 18,422 concurrent players on Feb 1, 2025.

Is Foundation growing or declining?

Foundation is growing. Its average daily peak over the last 30 days was 2,789, up 165% compared with the previous 30 days.

When is Foundation most active?

Foundation usually has the most players around 19:00 UTC (2 PM in New York) and the fewest around 06:00 UTC (1 AM in New York).

How much does Foundation cost?

Foundation costs $34.99 on Steam in the US. Prices are checked daily and can differ by region.

What is the lowest price Foundation has been on Steam?

We have not seen Foundation discounted on Steam since September 2024, so the lowest US price we have recorded is its regular $17.07.

Is Foundation on sale right now?

No, Foundation is at its full price of $34.99 on Steam right now. In past sales it usually dropped about 30%, and the biggest discount we have seen is 40%.

Where is Foundation cheapest on Steam?

Of the 20 Steam regions we check, Foundation is cheapest in Indonesia at Rp 284 999, about $15.77 or 55% below the US price of $34.99. Steam only sells each regional price to accounts from that region.

Is Foundation good?

Steam players rate Foundation Very Positive: 86% of 24,542 reviews are positive.

When did Foundation come out?

Foundation was released on Steam on Mar 1, 2018.

Who made Foundation?

Foundation was developed by Polymorph Games.

Is Foundation still worth playing?

Foundation has a big, active player base on Steam today (1,113 playing right now), and players still rate it well (Very Positive).

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