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Espresso Tycoon

DreamWay Games · PlayWay S.A. · 2023-06-07

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 07, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 28, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 28, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Espresso Tycoon - a coffee shop simulator. Create your brand, decorate the coffee shop, manage your employees, and take care of your customers. Use the 3D coffee editor to create coffee recipes, order supplies, and collect rating points. Build the whole coffee business and complete all the missions!

Espresso Tycoon is a 2023 Simulation, Strategy game priced at $2.79, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (84% of 1318 reviews).

30
playing now
84%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (28 downloads)
3.61★
PlayStation Store rating (105 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.79
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 133 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,318 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$8.54-55%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.79 at Steam (2026-08-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24924920232026Week of 2023-06-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3022026-09-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
16110Jun 2023Aug 2026Jun 2023 — avg 161 · peak 396Jul 2023 — avg 58 · peak 171Aug 2023 — avg 29 · peak 72Sep 2023 — avg 24 · peak 84Oct 2023 — avg 28 · peak 78Nov 2023 — avg 22 · peak 74Dec 2023 — avg 39 · peak 164Jan 2024 — avg 31 · peak 84Feb 2024 — avg 24 · peak 63Mar 2024 — avg 25 · peak 66Apr 2024 — avg 57 · peak 453May 2024 — avg 23 · peak 73Jun 2024 — avg 26 · peak 104Jul 2024 — avg 23 · peak 53Aug 2024 — avg 19 · peak 80Sep 2024 — avg 11 · peak 27Oct 2024 — avg 45 · peak 252Nov 2024 — avg 32 · peak 102Dec 2024 — avg 16 · peak 37Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 44Feb 2025 — avg 16 · peak 57Mar 2025 — avg 30 · peak 196Apr 2025 — avg 16 · peak 47May 2025 — avg 24 · peak 67Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 31Jul 2025 — avg 17 · peak 54Aug 2025 — avg 13 · peak 37Sep 2025 — avg 15 · peak 41Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 40Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 41Jan 2026 — avg 66 · peak 512Feb 2026 — avg 18 · peak 59Mar 2026 — avg 21 · peak 46Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 41May 2026 — avg 10 · peak 29Jun 2026 — avg 20 · peak 48Jul 2026 — avg 15 · peak 41Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 56
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.792023-06-072026-10-082023-06-07 — best price $17.992023-07-28 — best price $19.992023-10-06 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $14.392024-01-15 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-04-20 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-08-05 — best price $19.992024-11-08 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-22 — best price $8.792025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-09 — best price $6.992025-06-16 — best price $15.992025-07-24 — best price $6.992025-09-17 — best price $19.992025-10-17 — best price $5.592025-12-17 — best price $19.992026-01-16 — best price $3.992026-03-18 — best price $19.992026-04-17 — best price $3.392026-06-19 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $2.792026-09-10 — best price $18.992026-10-01 — best price $18.992026-10-08 — best price $8.54
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88.5%
earned "First Coffee Sold"
21.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9841%94
Xbox Series (Xbox)430%27
PS5 (PlayStation)412%28
PS5 (PlayStation)70%28

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

Player tags

3DCasualCookingSandboxBuildingStrategyEducationIsometricRealisticManagement

Census log

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

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