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Bum Simulator

Ragged Games · 2023-05-12

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 16, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 24, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Dec 13, 2024 (Xbox One), Jun 24, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Bum Simulator is a sandbox game bursting with inappropriate humor and memorable characters. You live on the streets of Bumsville. Do you have what it takes to adapt, survive and become an urban legend?

Bum Simulator is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 4872 reviews).

88
playing now
88%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
3.94★
PlayStation Store rating (941 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

88 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Get a job or get revenge! You live on the streets. What will you do? Adapt and survive? Take revenge on those responsible? Become an urban legend? Get a job and start over? Countless possibilities await!(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Bum Simulator trailer thumbnail

Bum Simulator - Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 88 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 425 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~53/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 97k–219k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,872 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.39 at Steam (2026-07-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 27 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42242220212026Week of 2021-08-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

25542026-09-15 13:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 23 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 27 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 255 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 91 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 88 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1718Sep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 146 · peak 543Nov 2021 — avg 21 · peak 51Jan 2022 — avg 26 · peak 63Mar 2022 — avg 14 · peak 42May 2022 — avg 17 · peak 41Jul 2022 — avg 14 · peak 52Sep 2022 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2022 — avg 11 · peak 32Jan 2023 — avg 13 · peak 37Mar 2023 — avg 20 · peak 61May 2023 — avg 171 · peak 1,115Jul 2023 — avg 41 · peak 96Sep 2023 — avg 22 · peak 74Nov 2023 — avg 17 · peak 50Jan 2024 — avg 110 · peak 877Mar 2024 — avg 31 · peak 84May 2024 — avg 77 · peak 824Jul 2024 — avg 36 · peak 81Sep 2024 — avg 29 · peak 88Nov 2024 — avg 21 · peak 52Jan 2025 — avg 23 · peak 58Mar 2025 — avg 26 · peak 65May 2025 — avg 17 · peak 52Jul 2025 — avg 47 · peak 224Sep 2025 — avg 26 · peak 77Nov 2025 — avg 66 · peak 175Jan 2026 — avg 35 · peak 84Mar 2026 — avg 32 · peak 85May 2026 — avg 18 · peak 70Jul 2026 — avg 21 · peak 49Aug 2026 — avg 58 · peak 170
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.392021-08-262026-10-142021-08-26 — best price $16.192021-12-01 — best price $17.992022-01-27 — best price $14.392022-05-23 — best price $17.992022-08-11 — best price $17.992022-11-22 — best price $11.692023-01-05 — best price $17.992023-03-16 — best price $8.992023-05-19 — best price $17.992023-08-11 — best price $8.992023-10-11 — best price $17.992023-12-21 — best price $8.992024-01-13 — best price $17.992024-03-14 — best price $7.192024-04-19 — best price $17.992024-06-27 — best price $8.992024-08-08 — best price $17.992024-10-26 — best price $8.992024-12-04 — best price $17.992025-01-02 — best price $17.992025-03-05 — best price $7.192025-03-20 — best price $17.992025-06-01 — best price $5.932025-07-10 — best price $17.992025-08-17 — best price $19.992025-11-15 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-27 — best price $4.792026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-30 — best price $4.592026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $4.392026-09-09 — best price $19.992026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
75.1%
earned "Our Daily Bread"
22.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,74611%105
PS5 (PlayStation)61730%34
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4197%33
PS5 (PlayStation)31023%34
PS4 (PlayStation)7135%34
PS4 (PlayStation)2917%34
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

FunnyMemesActionComedySandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureRealistic

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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