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Idol Manager

Glitch Pitch · PLAYISM · 2021-07-26

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Jul 27, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 25, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Aug 25, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Aug 25, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 27, 2021 (Mac), Jul 27, 2021 (Linux)

Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary.

Idol Manager is a 2021 Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 4107 reviews).

30
playing now
88%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (469 downloads)
4.32★
PlayStation Store rating (154 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Idol Manager is a business simulation game developed by Glitch Pitch and published by Playism. It was initially released on Microsoft Windows on 27 July 2021, with the ported versions of Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 available on 25 August 2022.

Trailer

Idol Manager trailer thumbnail

Idol Manager - Launch Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 130 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (838 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 82k–185k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,107 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2024-09-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
73573520212026Week of 2021-07-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

84192026-09-15 14:00 — 74 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 33 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 51 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 70 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 59 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 58 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 59 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 38 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 32 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 42 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 33 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 26 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 30 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 35 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 34 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 31 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 48 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 22 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 26 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 46 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 28 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k31Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 1,200 · peak 2,920Oct 2021 — avg 196 · peak 664Dec 2021 — avg 173 · peak 393Feb 2022 — avg 124 · peak 306Apr 2022 — avg 107 · peak 229Jun 2022 — avg 94 · peak 234Aug 2022 — avg 81 · peak 153Oct 2022 — avg 75 · peak 156Dec 2022 — avg 117 · peak 263Feb 2023 — avg 67 · peak 137Apr 2023 — avg 68 · peak 121Jun 2023 — avg 66 · peak 154Aug 2023 — avg 84 · peak 196Oct 2023 — avg 47 · peak 85Dec 2023 — avg 82 · peak 167Feb 2024 — avg 56 · peak 93Apr 2024 — avg 52 · peak 99Jun 2024 — avg 58 · peak 131Aug 2024 — avg 67 · peak 164Oct 2024 — avg 46 · peak 101Dec 2024 — avg 65 · peak 126Feb 2025 — avg 49 · peak 105Apr 2025 — avg 48 · peak 105Jun 2025 — avg 55 · peak 129Aug 2025 — avg 62 · peak 166Oct 2025 — avg 41 · peak 96Dec 2025 — avg 43 · peak 92Feb 2026 — avg 33 · peak 78Apr 2026 — avg 31 · peak 69Jun 2026 — avg 34 · peak 80Aug 2026 — avg 36 · peak 80
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992021-07-272026-08-062021-07-27 — best price $17.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $15.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-05-21 — best price $15.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $13.992022-12-10 — best price $19.992023-01-16 — best price $13.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-06-30 — best price $11.992023-08-14 — best price $19.992023-12-02 — best price $11.992024-01-15 — best price $19.992024-05-25 — best price $11.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-18 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-02-05 — best price $19.992025-04-13 — best price $9.992025-06-04 — best price $19.992025-07-31 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-17 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-08-06 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6042026-05-29 — 16 pageviews2026-06-02 — 28 pageviews2026-06-06 — 20 pageviews2026-06-10 — 24 pageviews2026-06-14 — 13 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 14 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-04 — 16 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 8 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 15 pageviews2026-08-05 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 21 pageviews2026-08-13 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 10 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 19 pageviews2026-09-10 — 12 pageviews2026-09-14 — 13 pageviews2026-09-18 — 9 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 9 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
80.2%
earned "A place to blow off steam"
32.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,0771%102
PS5 (PlayStation)2039%62
PS4 (PlayStation)8311%62
Switch (Nintendo)170%0

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

CuteAnimeIndieComedyEconomyRomanceModdableStrategyNonlinearManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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