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Drug Dealer Simulator

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

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

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

133
playing now
86%
positive of 21k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

133 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 133 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 7% of 10,904 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 421k–946k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,025 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$1.79-91%
GreenManGaming$1.80-91%
GOG$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-90%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.37 at Fortuna Digital (2026-08-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 103 of 138 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

142472026-08-06 21:00 — 120 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 55 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 104 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 95 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 119 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 111 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 61 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 113 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 130 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 62 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 101 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 99 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 51 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 112 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 97 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 54 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 85 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 142 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 59 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 79 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 108 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 57 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 104 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 133 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 77 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 65 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 108 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 89 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 133 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.372020-04-162026-08-302020-04-16 — 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 $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

172222026-05-29 — 49 pageviews2026-06-01 — 43 pageviews2026-06-04 — 63 pageviews2026-06-07 — 60 pageviews2026-06-10 — 42 pageviews2026-06-13 — 32 pageviews2026-06-16 — 37 pageviews2026-06-19 — 39 pageviews2026-06-22 — 157 pageviews2026-06-25 — 78 pageviews2026-06-28 — 59 pageviews2026-07-01 — 48 pageviews2026-07-04 — 61 pageviews2026-07-07 — 67 pageviews2026-07-10 — 51 pageviews2026-07-13 — 43 pageviews2026-07-16 — 37 pageviews2026-07-19 — 54 pageviews2026-07-22 — 47 pageviews2026-07-25 — 44 pageviews2026-07-28 — 50 pageviews2026-07-31 — 47 pageviews2026-08-03 — 46 pageviews2026-08-06 — 42 pageviews2026-08-09 — 53 pageviews2026-08-12 — 29 pageviews2026-08-15 — 37 pageviews2026-08-18 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 23 pageviews2026-08-24 — 46 pageviews2026-08-26 — 45 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.

Player tags

CrimeIndieActionSandboxTradingCraftingAdventureRealisticManagementOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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