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Gabe Newell Simulator

DIG Games · 2015-12-14

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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!

Gabe Newell Simulator is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2015, priced at $2.99, with an estimated owner count of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (52% of 692 reviews).

0
playing now
52%
positive of 692 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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 18% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 692 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 2 of 4 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

202026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50Oct 2015Oct 2023Oct 2015 — avg 5 · peak 37Dec 2015 — avg 2 · peak 12Feb 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 16Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 10Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 10Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 12Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 41Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-06-17 (Steam store data)

Player tags

FunnyIndieMemesActionComedyParody ShooterAdventureDifficultSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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