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Academia : School Simulator

Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc · Paradox Interactive · 2021-01-28

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 08, 2017 (Mac)

Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

Academia : School Simulator is an Indie Simulation Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 3082 reviews).

10
playing now
86%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (119 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Academia : School Simulator trailer thumbnail

Academia : School Simulator #1 محاكي المدرسة

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 132 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 50,053 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 62k–139k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,082 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at GOG (2026-06-01) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 59 of 107 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
656520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4482026-09-15 14:00 — 30 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 23 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 26 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 44 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 22 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 23 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 21 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 18 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 24 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 33 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 28 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 28 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 15 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
960Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 11 · peak 35Feb 2018 — avg 22 · peak 60May 2018 — avg 21 · peak 43Aug 2018 — avg 39 · peak 224Nov 2018 — avg 17 · peak 36Feb 2019 — avg 36 · peak 200May 2019 — avg 28 · peak 76Aug 2019 — avg 29 · peak 74Nov 2019 — avg 41 · peak 102Feb 2020 — avg 45 · peak 103May 2020 — avg 68 · peak 195Aug 2020 — avg 41 · peak 96Nov 2020 — avg 45 · peak 115Feb 2021 — avg 96 · peak 280May 2021 — avg 53 · peak 124Aug 2021 — avg 34 · peak 74Nov 2021 — avg 30 · peak 69Feb 2022 — avg 31 · peak 65May 2022 — avg 88 · peak 289Aug 2022 — avg 49 · peak 105Nov 2022 — avg 31 · peak 75Feb 2023 — avg 33 · peak 74May 2023 — avg 38 · peak 94Aug 2023 — avg 29 · peak 58Nov 2023 — avg 27 · peak 67Feb 2024 — avg 24 · peak 54May 2024 — avg 29 · peak 66Aug 2024 — avg 25 · peak 52Nov 2024 — avg 22 · peak 47Feb 2025 — avg 24 · peak 62May 2025 — avg 20 · peak 50Aug 2025 — avg 18 · peak 41Nov 2025 — avg 17 · peak 42Feb 2026 — avg 21 · peak 57May 2026 — avg 16 · peak 40Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 77
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.992017-09-092026-10-152017-09-09 — best price $15.992018-09-15 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-10-19 — best price $15.992020-12-22 — best price $15.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-06-13 — best price $19.992022-07-22 — best price $11.722022-08-19 — best price $11.892022-10-19 — best price $17.482022-12-22 — best price $13.992023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-05-03 — best price $17.632023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $11.992024-01-05 — best price $19.992024-02-13 — best price $17.992024-04-08 — best price $16.992024-05-27 — best price $9.992024-07-14 — best price $19.992024-08-22 — best price $19.992024-09-27 — best price $10.002024-11-05 — best price $16.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-15 — best price $19.992025-04-20 — best price $17.992025-06-16 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-20 — best price $17.882026-03-19 — best price $8.082026-05-07 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $19.992026-09-10 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69.2%
earned "Freshman Zoner"
34.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, Japanese, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Thai…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9221%140

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyEconomySandboxBuildingStrategyTop-DownRealisticCapitalism

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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