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X4: FOUNDATIONS

X4: Foundations has 3,451 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 6,577 and its all-time peak is 8,603. Data refreshes every 5 minutes from the official Steam Web API.

DEV · Egosoft2018

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.

Solid daily community. Plenty of people to play with right now.
Currently at 40% of the all-time peak of 8,603 players.
Last updated 7 weeks ago: 9.00 Public Beta 10 now available.

Playing now

3,451

24h peak

6,577

24h change

▼ 0.6%

Quick verdict

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ACROSS PLATFORMS

STEAMLIVE

Current

3.45K

24h peak

6.58K

All-time

8.60K

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