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Foundation

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App ID 690830
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Polymorph Games
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 31971813
Last Record Update 29 October 2025 – 16:38:15 UTC ()
Release Date 31 January 2025 – 15:02:49 UTC ()
😎 83.75%
21k reviews
589
In-Game
🏙️ City Builder 🖥️ Simulation 🏰 Medieval 💡 Strategy 🧱 Sandbox

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

Additional Information

Developer Polymorph Games
metacritic_name Foundation
metacritic_score 84
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/foundation?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Polymorph Games
Store Release Date 31 January 2025 – 15:02:56 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://bsky.app/profile/foundationgame.bsky.social
https://discord.gg/foundation
https://www.facebook.com/foundationgame/
https://www.instagram.com/polymorphgamesofficial/
https://www.reddit.com/r/foundationgame/
https://x.com/foundationgame
https://www.youtube.com/polymorphgames/
Primary Genre Simulation (28)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 31 January 2025 – 15:02:49 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 4 April 2025 – 16:39:14 UTC () (1743784754)
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Detected Technologies (?) Wwise SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 24 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7876943
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Early Access Release Date 1 February 2019 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 1 August 2017 – 16:12:03 UTC (), in changelist #3248022

Supported Languages

27 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Swedish Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes
Vietnamese Yes Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes Yes
Thai Yes Yes Yes
Ukrainian Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes
Danish Yes
Dutch Yes
Finnish Yes
Norwegian Yes
Hungarian Yes
Romanian Yes
Arabic Yes
Greek Yes

Tags

🏙️ City Builder 🖥️ Simulation 🏰 Medieval 💡 Strategy 🧱 Sandbox 💼 Management 📊 Resource Management 🧘 Relaxing 🏠 Building 🌫 Atmospheric 🏦 Economy 🌱 Indie 🏠 Base Building 👤 Singleplayer 🛖 Colony Sim 🌍 Open World 🌲 Survival 🌐 RTS 🧞 Choices Matter 🐤 Early Access

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

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timestamp14 October 2025 – 13:51:41 UTC

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228988 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2019 Redist No size
690831 Windows Foundation Content 5.39 GiB 2.56 GiB
3482250 Windows DLC 3482250Foundation Guivre Garden 20.13 MiB 9.49 MiB

Total size on disk is 5.41 GiB and total download size is 2.57 GiB.

Total size on disk is 5.39 GiB and total download size is 2.56 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 19689256 22 August 2025 – 13:57:49 UTC
early_access_1_9 Early Access Last Build (1.9) 17199741 31 January 2025 – 14:33:28 UTC
modding_preview Modding Preview 1.0 17641016 7 March 2025 – 21:12:51 UTC
previous_build [Previous Build] If sometings goes wrong with the default build 17490850 13 March 2025 – 17:53:24 UTC

Other

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baselanguages English
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privatebranches 1
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