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Beans: The Coffee Shop Simulator

Whitethorn Games · 2017-06-30

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 01, 2017 (Mac), Jul 01, 2017 (Linux)

Beans is a sardonic 'tycoon' simulation game about hipsters running a coffee shop replete with dismal puns, coffee, chiptunes, and mystery!

Beans: The Coffee Shop Simulator is a Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $4.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 187 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
67%
positive of 187 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (24 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 29,120 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 187 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 87 of 120 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.492017-07-012026-08-252017-07-01 — best price $4.992018-05-10 — best price $2.492020-05-21 — best price $4.992021-03-02 — best price $0.842021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-05-06 — best price $1.492022-07-09 — best price $4.992022-09-07 — best price $1.242022-11-21 — best price $2.392023-01-02 — best price $4.992023-03-19 — best price $4.992023-05-01 — best price $2.242023-06-05 — best price $4.992023-07-15 — best price $4.992023-08-18 — best price $3.922023-11-17 — best price $1.242024-01-18 — best price $0.992024-03-07 — best price $0.992024-04-16 — best price $3.922024-06-10 — best price $0.912024-07-12 — best price $0.742024-08-18 — best price $3.922024-09-30 — best price $0.742024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-02-13 — best price $0.492025-04-08 — best price $4.992025-05-28 — best price $4.992025-07-31 — best price $4.992025-09-25 — best price $4.992025-11-18 — best price $0.742025-12-25 — best price $4.992026-01-31 — best price $4.992026-02-28 — best price $4.992026-04-09 — best price $0.492026-05-07 — best price $0.752026-06-16 — best price $3.892026-08-03 — best price $0.842026-08-25 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
20.6%
earned "Double Double Take"
15.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-06-30 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieRetroCasualComedyClickerDark HumorManagementSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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