The niche at a glance

Base Building on Steam: 4,162 released games, 1,093 in the last 12 months, 3,969 announced and still unreleased. Of the 2,052 released between three years and 90 days ago, the median has 26 lifetime reviews. 35% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 8%. Base Building is a Steam store tag, applied by the developer and refined by players; a game carries several tags at once, so niche counts overlap and do not add up to the size of the Steam catalogue. Data as of .

What releases end up with

lifetime reviews · released 3 years ago to 90 days ago · failures included2,052 releases
p101
p254
median26
p75236
p901,419
35% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $9.99 · 8% free-to-play

Releases per year

outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago, anything newer has not had time to gather reviews
2019
116median 251 · 9% under 10 reviews
2020
226median 80 · 22% under 10 reviews
2021
319median 39 · 30% under 10 reviews
2022
331median 43 · 26% under 10 reviews
2023
496median 35 · 28% under 10 reviews
2024
659median 28 · 33% under 10 reviews
2025
754median 27 · 35% under 10 reviews
2026
952median 22 · 38% under 10 reviews · 401 too fresh

Base Building × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Base Building at least 5 times · same window× setting× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Base Building ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Story Rich122468127.0% 20%–36%24.2%
ordinary ×0.37100 d
Dune: Awakening
The Planet Crafter
Pacific Drive
Dune: Awakening · The Planet Crafter · Pacific Drive
First-Person3251105925.2% 21%–30%24.2%
ordinary ×0.9596 d
Sons Of The Forest
Schedule I
Satisfactory
Sons Of The Forest · Schedule I · Satisfactory
Atmospheric3151145425.1% 21%–30%24.0%
ordinary ×0.79104 d
Sons Of The Forest
Subnautica 2
Core Keeper
Sons Of The Forest · Subnautica 2 · Core Keeper
Realistic204627325.5% 20%–32%23.8%
ordinary ×1.1398 d
Deadside
Starship Troopers: Extermination
Farthest Frontier
Deadside · Starship Troopers: Extermination · Farthest Frontier
Anime341422632.4% 19%–49%22.8%
avoided ×0.19111 d
Palworld
Mad Island
BM General Hospital
Palworld · Mad Island · BM General Hospital
Difficult561713728.6% 18%–41%22.8%
ordinary ×0.49140 d
Diplomacy is Not an Option
Ratopia
Last Train Home
Diplomacy is Not an Option · Ratopia · Last Train Home
Lore-Rich39149530.8% 19%–46%22.6%
ordinary ×0.63253 d
Age of Mythology: Retold
The Last Caretaker
SpaceBourne 2
Age of Mythology: Retold · The Last Caretaker · SpaceBourne 2
Cozy99394724.2% 17%–34%21.3%
cliché ×1.51128 d
Lightyear Frontier
Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻
I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
Lightyear Frontier · Tavern Manager Simulator 🍻 · I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
Horror80242723.8% 16%–34%20.3%
avoided ×0.33167 d
Sons Of The Forest
7 Days to Die
Subnautica 2
Sons Of The Forest · 7 Days to Die · Subnautica 2
Isometric184624520.1% 15%–26%18.8%
cliché ×2.97100 d
Thronefall
HumanitZ
Diplomacy is Not an Option
Thronefall · HumanitZ · Diplomacy is Not an Option
Voxel47158123.4% 14%–37%18.4%
cliché ×3.54203 d
7 Days to Die
Timberborn
Going Medieval
7 Days to Die · Timberborn · Going Medieval
Funny131394118.3% 13%–26%16.8%
ordinary ×0.5396 d
Scrap Mechanic
Escape From Duckov
Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Scrap Mechanic · Escape From Duckov · Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Cute296982817.2% 13%–22%16.6%
ordinary ×0.7599 d
Escape From Duckov
Rusty's Retirement
The Wandering Village
Escape From Duckov · Rusty's Retirement · The Wandering Village
Dark Humor49163620.4% 11%–34%16.4%
ordinary ×0.75166 d
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
The Walking Trade
Dungeon Tycoon
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check · The Walking Trade · Dungeon Tycoon
Violent44153720.5% 11%–35%16.1%
ordinary ×0.52372 d
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Frostpunk 2
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
Assassin’s Creed Shadows · Frostpunk 2 · Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
41 pairings cleared 20 releases; 14 more never reached 5 and are not listed. Compared against 6.6% for games that carry any tags at all.

About these numbers

“Adjusted” is the share pulled towards the catalogue with the weight of twenty releases: the top of any ranked list is optimistic (out of a hundred pairings one will show 35 % on 23 releases by luck alone), and the adjustment is what stops a small lucky group from leading. The band next to the raw share is the 95 % interval. This list is the same for everyone today; the second opinion is the description-based one on Pitch comps.