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X4: Foundations playtime stats
67 tracked Steam players have spent 7.8 years in X4: Foundations, 1,021 hours each on average; the median player has 12 hours. The top 10% have 264 hours or more, while 22% are still under two hours, inside Steam's refund window. Over the last 30 days 0.1% of active players played it, 20 hours in all, most of all on Thursdays. A typical day of play lasts 10 hours. It is the most played game for 1 of its players. Its players also play Kenshi, Stellaris and Elite Dangerous.
Total playtime
= 68,393 hours total
across 67 players
Avg per player
median 12h
Avg day of play
per player, on days they play
Loyalty
of its players' Steam time · top game for 1 player
New players
first played it in the last 30 days
Achievements
avg unlocked · 1 player at 100%
X4: Foundations over time
UTC days. Each line is scaled to its own range; hover a day for the values. Today is still in progress.
Trend
last 30 days vs the 30 beforeShare of active players
2 players of 1,548
0.1%
Share of hours played
20h in 30 days
0%
Hours per player
in the last 30 days
10h
Shares, not raw counts: we track more players every week, so raw totals mostly show our own growth.
Weekday pattern
avg hours, UTCBusiest on Thursdays, 598% above an average day.
Hours played per day
all tracked players, UTC days · hover a dayDays played
2
Tracked playtime
20h
Avg per day
10h
Biggest day
20h
Oct 15
Most players
1
Oct 6
Favorite day
Thursday
Top players
Full leaderboard →- 1
WoogieMonsutā
61,453h - 2
Clinkar
1,771h - 3
Soviet Jesus
1,187h - 4
SodomistSlayer
994h - 5
Ozone385h - 6
Bohno
366h - 7
The Mother Hawke
330h - 8
Michael Fox
219h - 9
Kouros Bartel154h - 10
LaRoso142h
How long players stay
lifetime hours per player- Under 1h10 (15%)
- 1–10h18 (27%)
- 10–50h18 (27%)
- 50–100h8 (12%)
- 100–500h9 (13%)
- 500h+4 (6%)
22% of players have under 2 hours, inside Steam's refund window.
Top countries
by tracked players- United States26 players5.3% of its players
Canada5 players7.7% of its players- United Kingdom3 players3% of its players
- Australia2 players3.8% of its players
Switzerland2 players18% of its players- Guam1 player100% of its players
Players also play
from its players' most played games, updated nightly
Kenshi36% also play it
Stellaris57% also play it
Elite Dangerous43% also play it
RimWorld57% also play it
Dyson Sphere Program21% also play it
No Man's Sky57% also play it
Starbound36% also play it
Space Engineers36% also play it
Arma 343% also play it
Total War: WARHAMMER III29% also play it
Farming Simulator 2221% also play it
Fallout 7621% also play it