Genre SimulationReleased Nov 30, 2018

X4: Foundations

Developed and published by Egosoft
Estimated lifetime revenue
$16.18M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$11.64M
After Steam's 28% cut
Units sold
698.8K
≈ 23 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 30,429 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
30,429
Mostly Positive80% positive
Playing now
1,829
13-day peak 3,270 · low 1,776
New reviews, last 13 days
+115
≈ 9 a day since Oct 2

History

Oct 2 – Oct 15

30.4K30.4K30.3K30.3K
Oct 2Oct 8Oct 15

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Simulation →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Simulation games on Steam

Outearns 43% of them — below the group's median.

Median
$21.32M
120,475 reviews
Top 10% start at
$116.57M
This game
$16.18M
Fewest reviews of the group

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.

Developer
Egosoft
Publisher
Egosoft
Genre
Simulation
Released
Nov 30, 2018
Steam app ID
392160
Data updated
Oct 15, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.