# Base-Building indie games

> Steam user-tag slice, served by indielist (https://indielist.games). Review counts are from Steam; sales estimates use the white-box Boxleiter algorithm (approximate).

indielist tracks 94 base-building indie games, together holding 5,406,218 reviews at an average of 85% positive. The most reviewed is ARK: Survival Evolved with 579,725 reviews.

## Snapshot
- **Titles**: 94
- **Total Steam reviews**: 5,406,218
- **Average positive %**: 85%

## Base-Building games (by Steam reviews)
- [ARK: Survival Evolved](https://indielist.games/games/ark-survival-evolved-346110) — 579,725 reviews, 83% positive
- [Valheim](https://indielist.games/games/valheim-892970) — 453,243 reviews, 94% positive
- [Palworld](https://indielist.games/games/palworld) — 356,020 reviews, 94% positive
- [Subnautica](https://indielist.games/games/subnautica) — 333,409 reviews, 97% positive
- [Raft](https://indielist.games/games/raft) — 318,454 reviews, 93% positive
- [Schedule I](https://indielist.games/games/schedule-i-3164500) — 276,139 reviews, 98% positive
- [Satisfactory](https://indielist.games/games/satisfactory) — 229,233 reviews, 97% positive
- [RimWorld](https://indielist.games/games/rimworld) — 203,920 reviews, 98% positive
- [Factorio](https://indielist.games/games/factorio) — 191,921 reviews, 98% positive
- [Oxygen Not Included](https://indielist.games/games/oxygen-not-included) — 132,407 reviews, 97% positive
- [ASTRONEER](https://indielist.games/games/astroneer-361420) — 117,902 reviews, 92% positive
- [Frostpunk](https://indielist.games/games/frostpunk) — 112,529 reviews, 93% positive
- [Cult of the Lamb](https://indielist.games/games/cult-of-the-lamb) — 107,299 reviews, 96% positive
- [Scrap Mechanic](https://indielist.games/games/scrap-mechanic-387990) — 104,960 reviews, 92% positive
- [Subnautica: Below Zero](https://indielist.games/games/subnautica-below-zero-848450) — 97,825 reviews, 90% positive
- [ARK: Survival Ascended](https://indielist.games/games/ark-survival-ascended-2399830) — 97,619 reviews, 60% positive
- [Kenshi](https://indielist.games/games/kenshi-233860) — 95,556 reviews, 96% positive
- [House Flipper](https://indielist.games/games/house-flipper-613100) — 91,740 reviews, 94% positive
- [Enshrouded](https://indielist.games/games/enshrouded) — 90,532 reviews, 86% positive
- [This War of Mine](https://indielist.games/games/this-war-of-mine) — 88,747 reviews, 94% positive
- [Dyson Sphere Program](https://indielist.games/games/dyson-sphere-program) — 82,745 reviews, 97% positive
- [Fallout 76](https://indielist.games/games/fallout-76-1151340) — 77,075 reviews, 72% positive
- [Grounded](https://indielist.games/games/grounded-962130) — 74,210 reviews, 90% positive
- [Prison Architect](https://indielist.games/games/prison-architect-233450) — 73,414 reviews, 89% positive
- [State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition](https://indielist.games/games/state-of-decay-2-juggernaut-edition-495420) — 68,375 reviews, 83% positive
- [Foxhole](https://indielist.games/games/foxhole-505460) — 52,051 reviews, 80% positive
- [They Are Billions](https://indielist.games/games/they-are-billions-644930) — 50,973 reviews, 85% positive
- [Medieval Dynasty](https://indielist.games/games/medieval-dynasty-1129580) — 50,964 reviews, 90% positive
- [Forager](https://indielist.games/games/forager-751780) — 43,580 reviews, 90% positive
- [Hydroneer](https://indielist.games/games/hydroneer-1106840) — 27,976 reviews, 86% positive
- [Necesse](https://indielist.games/games/necesse-1169040) — 27,331 reviews, 93% positive
- [Gas Station Simulator](https://indielist.games/games/gas-station-simulator-1149620) — 27,184 reviews, 88% positive
- [Mindustry](https://indielist.games/games/mindustry-1127400) — 26,869 reviews, 96% positive
- [RuneScape: Dragonwilds](https://indielist.games/games/runescape-dragonwilds-1374490) — 25,263 reviews, 81% positive
- [SurrounDead](https://indielist.games/games/surroundead-1645820) — 25,078 reviews, 92% positive
- [Forts](https://indielist.games/games/forts-410900) — 24,805 reviews, 92% positive
- [Foundation](https://indielist.games/games/foundation-690830) — 23,820 reviews, 86% positive
- [Amazing Cultivation Simulator](https://indielist.games/games/amazing-cultivation-simulator) — 23,520 reviews, 86% positive
- [Tribes of Midgard](https://indielist.games/games/tribes-of-midgard-858820) — 23,145 reviews, 76% positive
- [Thronefall](https://indielist.games/games/thronefall-2239150) — 23,080 reviews, 96% positive
- [Soulmask](https://indielist.games/games/soulmask-2646460) — 21,697 reviews, 77% positive
- [Going Medieval](https://indielist.games/games/going-medieval-1029780) — 20,969 reviews, 89% positive
- [House Flipper 2](https://indielist.games/games/house-flipper-2) — 18,971 reviews, 87% positive
- [Nightingale](https://indielist.games/games/nightingale-1928980) — 17,957 reviews, 67% positive
- [Shop Titans](https://indielist.games/games/shop-titans-1258080) — 17,851 reviews, 78% positive
- [IXION](https://indielist.games/games/ixion-1113120) — 17,302 reviews, 79% positive
- [Breathedge](https://indielist.games/games/breathedge-738520) — 16,280 reviews, 82% positive
- [shapez](https://indielist.games/games/shapez-1318690) — 15,505 reviews, 96% positive
- [Chernobylite Complete Edition](https://indielist.games/games/chernobylite-complete-edition-1016800) — 15,354 reviews, 82% positive
- [ZERO Sievert](https://indielist.games/games/zero-sievert-1782120) — 14,922 reviews, 85% positive

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Source: indielist (https://indielist.games/games/by-tag/base-building)
Estimates are not official sales data. Methodology: docs/sales-algorithm.md.