Foundation
Fair · Strategy · 2025
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $34.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.84/hr
- Reviews▼
- 87% of 24,408
- Critics
- 84 players 3 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 10% Strategy
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Monetization
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $18.02 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 19h
- To 100%
- 58h 3.1x the story
- Achievements
- 56
Price and sales
- Sales
- 65 on record
- Typical cut
- 25% off
- Steam low
- $20.99 October 2026
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1,563 now
- Recent reviews
- 87% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 2% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 91% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
77% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
65 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 25 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 10 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Banished ($19.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Founders' Fortune ($21.99, scores 36).
More about Foundation
14 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2025 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 46 percent of the 976 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (unlock); the score docks it lightly for that.
Finishing takes 19 hours; clearing it takes 58, which is 3.1 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely between Nov 10 and Nov 23, at about $20.99 (40% off). Predictions like this were right 78% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks. Its own discounts have started about 45 days apart.
Discounted in 6 of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 20 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
As a veteran gamer with many city/colony builders under my belt I am actually blown away by foundation. I wish I gave it a spin sooner but grabbed it with the Harvest Fest DLC release. I'm only 40 hours in an I cant put it down. This game has it all. It is time for Manor Lords to collect dust for a great while. Truly in love with this charming game.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Foundation is a relaxing medieval city builder that looks great and is perfect for a one-day speedrun session. What I liked: Very pleasant visuals, the world looks cozy and alive Interesting organic path generation, roads form naturally where villagers walk Nice, soft color palette that's easy on the eyes Great for a single-day speedrun, you can get a lot done in one sitting What I didn't like: The UI is clunky and...
confusing as shit . idk if im playing wrong or if its that confusing and not easy to follow. would be fun if *idea * of how its played would work .
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GTX 960 / R9 290 - 3 GB Video Memory. Windows only.
Cite this score
Foundation scores 59/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/690830/foundationReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.