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Idol Manager

Glitch Pitch · PLAYISM · 2021-07-26

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

43
playing now
88%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

43 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 43 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 10% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 82k–185k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,106 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 7 of 14 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

5302026-08-07 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 48 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 51 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 49 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 50 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 50 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 43 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 26 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 48 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 31 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 42 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 46 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 46 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 44 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 43 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

6032026-05-29 — 16 pageviews2026-06-01 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 12 pageviews2026-06-07 — 49 pageviews2026-06-10 — 24 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-19 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 14 pageviews2026-06-25 — 21 pageviews2026-06-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 16 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 16 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-25 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 10 pageviews2026-08-06 — 20 pageviews2026-08-09 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 10 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 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.

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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