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Gabe Newell Simulator cover art

Gabe Newell Simulator

DIG Games · 2015-12-14

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 13, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In Gabe Newell Simulator you can manage Steam releasing and creating new games and also in the story mode you can play as Gaben and help him in his fight against other software house, talk with his employees and decide the fate of Half Life 3!

0
playing now
52%
positive of 688 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 688 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.51 at Steam (2017-12-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.78$0.512015-10-132026-08-112015-10-13 — best price $6.782015-11-05 — best price $2.992015-12-22 — best price $1.492016-01-18 — best price $2.982016-04-04 — best price $1.502016-07-04 — best price $3.002016-12-22 — best price $0.752017-07-05 — best price $3.002017-12-21 — best price $0.512018-07-05 — best price $3.002018-11-21 — best price $2.012019-01-03 — best price $3.002019-10-28 — best price $0.752020-01-02 — best price $3.002020-06-25 — best price $0.892020-08-31 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $1.492021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $0.982021-09-06 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $0.982022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-06-23 — best price $0.832022-10-24 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $1.042023-03-23 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $0.892024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-07-28 — best price $1.192026-08-11 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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Player tags

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Census log

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

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