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Drug Dealer Simulator

Byterunners · Movie Games S.A. · 2020-04-16

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 16, 2025 (Xbox One), Apr 16, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 20, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW

Drug Dealer Simulator is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 21042 reviews).

58
playing now
86%
positive of 21k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
184
Nexus mods (274k downloads)
3.95★
PlayStation Store rating (708 ratings)
64/100
opencritic · weak · 14% recommend · from 14 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

58 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Drug Dealer Simulator is a 2020 simulation video game developed by Byterunners and published by Movie Games S.A. In the game, the player assumes the role of a drug dealer that must create and sell drugs, slowly creating a drug empire while avoiding local law enforcement. Players can use an in-game "mixing table" to combine a range of existing substances—from amphetamines to baking soda—into unique drugs. The game received mixed reviews from critics upon release, who criticized the game's mechanics, which were viewed as basic while lacking variety and challenge.

Trailer

Drug Dealer Simulator trailer thumbnail

Drug Dealer Simulator - Launch Trailer

≈425,807 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 58 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 462 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~58/week).
  • · Review velocity down 87% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,384 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 421k–947k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,042 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
IndieGala$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
GreenManGaming$3.28-84%
Microsoft Store$17.49-30%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.37 at Fortuna Digital (2026-08-18) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 138 of 176 observed days · $0.62 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.0k3.0k20202026Week of 2020-04-01: 2,964 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 420 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 890 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 684 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,656 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

150252026-09-15 12:00 — 64 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 109 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 50 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 106 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 150 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 50 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 76 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 122 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 78 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 70 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 113 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 69 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 50 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 87 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 74 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 32 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 80 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 105 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 40 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 87 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 127 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 45 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 58 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.7k81Apr 2020Aug 2026Apr 2020 — avg 3,734 · peak 7,520Jun 2020 — avg 543 · peak 1,399Aug 2020 — avg 219 · peak 413Oct 2020 — avg 226 · peak 512Dec 2020 — avg 152 · peak 302Feb 2021 — avg 342 · peak 786Apr 2021 — avg 234 · peak 459Jun 2021 — avg 240 · peak 520Aug 2021 — avg 216 · peak 427Oct 2021 — avg 357 · peak 770Dec 2021 — avg 254 · peak 491Feb 2022 — avg 696 · peak 1,581Apr 2022 — avg 379 · peak 736Jun 2022 — avg 332 · peak 894Aug 2022 — avg 329 · peak 683Oct 2022 — avg 238 · peak 513Dec 2022 — avg 814 · peak 2,246Feb 2023 — avg 280 · peak 562Apr 2023 — avg 333 · peak 750Jun 2023 — avg 288 · peak 662Aug 2023 — avg 303 · peak 625Oct 2023 — avg 289 · peak 673Dec 2023 — avg 354 · peak 824Feb 2024 — avg 366 · peak 837Apr 2024 — avg 375 · peak 857Jun 2024 — avg 397 · peak 1,258Aug 2024 — avg 242 · peak 563Oct 2024 — avg 189 · peak 429Dec 2024 — avg 213 · peak 441Feb 2025 — avg 190 · peak 374Apr 2025 — avg 233 · peak 549Jun 2025 — avg 97 · peak 203Aug 2025 — avg 81 · peak 154Oct 2025 — avg 88 · peak 185Dec 2025 — avg 95 · peak 191Feb 2026 — avg 105 · peak 218Apr 2026 — avg 101 · peak 213Jun 2026 — avg 84 · peak 166Aug 2026 — avg 86 · peak 147
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.372020-04-162026-10-142020-04-16 — best price $16.992020-12-08 — best price $19.992021-06-08 — best price $11.892021-10-02 — best price $11.992021-11-26 — best price $10.992022-01-08 — best price $19.992022-03-24 — best price $14.692022-06-20 — best price $7.992022-08-23 — best price $5.722022-11-28 — best price $4.932023-01-15 — best price $16.382023-03-20 — best price $5.592023-06-23 — best price $3.992023-08-14 — best price $19.992023-09-25 — best price $4.392023-11-14 — best price $3.682023-12-25 — best price $3.292024-02-16 — best price $3.202024-04-03 — best price $2.992024-05-27 — best price $19.992024-07-17 — best price $2.002024-09-26 — best price $1.992024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-02-05 — best price $1.992025-04-08 — best price $1.992025-08-04 — best price $1.592025-12-25 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-04-14 — best price $1.992026-05-18 — best price $1.492026-07-06 — best price $1.792026-08-10 — best price $1.792026-08-30 — best price $1.992026-09-19 — best price $1.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $3.28
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

157232026-05-29 — 49 pageviews2026-06-02 — 48 pageviews2026-06-06 — 43 pageviews2026-06-10 — 42 pageviews2026-06-14 — 51 pageviews2026-06-18 — 42 pageviews2026-06-22 — 157 pageviews2026-06-26 — 36 pageviews2026-06-30 — 59 pageviews2026-07-04 — 61 pageviews2026-07-08 — 69 pageviews2026-07-12 — 48 pageviews2026-07-16 — 37 pageviews2026-07-20 — 51 pageviews2026-07-24 — 45 pageviews2026-07-28 — 50 pageviews2026-08-01 — 40 pageviews2026-08-05 — 58 pageviews2026-08-09 — 53 pageviews2026-08-13 — 38 pageviews2026-08-17 — 41 pageviews2026-08-21 — 23 pageviews2026-08-25 — 33 pageviews2026-08-29 — 40 pageviews2026-09-02 — 25 pageviews2026-09-06 — 36 pageviews2026-09-10 — 42 pageviews2026-09-14 — 42 pageviews2026-09-18 — 31 pageviews2026-09-22 — 47 pageviews2026-09-26 — 35 pageviews2026-09-30 — 26 pageviews2026-10-04 — 44 pageviews2026-10-07 — 48 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
33%
earned "The sound of the beast"
5.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,4062%36
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3451%36

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

CrimeIndieActionSandboxTradingCraftingAdventureRealisticManagementOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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