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Basement

Basement

Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.

Released Nov 10, 2019 Developer Halfbus Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ManagementStrategyCrimeSimulationBase-Building
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

70.5%positive2,204 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“got boring quite quickly unfortunately, but besides that it was fun”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“super fun interesting game with low pc reqs, i play it at the uni”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Interesting concept but it is buggy, I cant even change the resolution in options. Hit boxes arent accurate and I need to fluff around to get the workers to do something as simple as going to a room sometimes. It is not the most intuitive UI out there. There are definite issues…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:01 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

4playing at last check
1124-hour peak
308all-time peak
0 50 100 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 70 avg · Jul 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

21achievements
1.5%median completion
1.0%rarest: Blockhead
45.6% of players 22.1% of players 17.4% of players 3.2% of players 2.3% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 45.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
45.6%Skilled hustle — Kenny figured out how to sell stuff
22.1%Herbal treatment — Healed using green
17.4%Raider — Captured all local neutral buildings
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%Blockhead — Didn't share with Sid
1.0%Locked wallet — Got rid of lots of stuff
1.0%Bitkillah — Removed a bunch of Investor's servers

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU16.79 EUR
UK15.49 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan2,050 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.5 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 04, 2021
Last hours of discount! 50% off

Don't forget to finish your purchase, the sale ends soon and you're still able to grab the Basement with 50% off!

Oct 22, 2020
Basement Soundtrack with Visualiser out now!

Hey all, feeding | ear, (a composer who did basement soundtrack) recently created a nice video with a full basement soundtrack and visualizer, go check it out.

Jun 25, 2020
50% off during Summer Sale

It's time for big sales, Steam Summer Sale is taking place NOW till July 9, enjoy summer, green and purple!

May 12, 2020
Last day of The Indie MEGABOOTH Going Away (for now) Sale!

Today is the last day of The Indie MEGABOOTH Going Away (for now) Sale! Go grab Basement with 40% off for yourself and/or your friend as a gift, cook green, we need more of it by the end of the week!

May 05, 2020
Basement is now 40% off with Inde MEGABOOTH Going Away (for now) Sale!

The Indie MEGABOOTH Going Away (for now) Sale! is featuring over 100 games of both old and new favorite IMB titles, including Basement . The sale will take place from May 5th through 12th. That’s an e

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsManagement · Strategy · Crime · Simulation · Base-Building · Resource Management · Building · Difficult · Dark Comedy · Sandbox · Pixel Graphics · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, Simplified Chinese
Achievements21
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://halfbus.co/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2+ Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: Direct X9.0c Compatible Card DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 150 MB available space