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Job Simulator

Owlchemy Labs · 2016-04-05

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ActionCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 05, 2016 (SteamVR), Apr 05, 2016 (Windows Mixed Reality), Dec 05, 2016 (Oculus Rift), Oct 13, 2020 (Meta Quest 2), Oct 13, 2016 (PlayStation VR), Feb 22, 2023 (PlayStation VR2)

In a world where robots have replaced all human jobs, step into the "Job Simulator" to learn what it was like 'to job'.

Job Simulator is an Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 5436 reviews).

24
playing now
91%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Job Simulator: The 2050 Archives,, is a virtual reality simulation video game developed and published by Owlchemy Labs for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Apple Vision Pro, Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3, in which players participate in comical approximations of real-world jobs. A sequel, Vacation Simulator, was released in 2019 and has a completely different premise.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 335 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 136k–326k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,436 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2023-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
969620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9292026-08-06 23:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 60 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 70 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 69 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 67 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 26 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 68 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 92 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 31 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 73 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 33 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 20 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 68 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 41 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 61 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 27 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$11.992016-04-052026-07-092016-04-05 — best price $39.992017-04-10 — best price $29.992017-10-23 — best price $19.992018-04-19 — best price $17.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-10-15 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $17.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $14.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $13.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $13.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $14.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-07-18 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-12-04 — best price $13.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $13.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-09-23 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $13.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

102212026-05-13 — 48 pageviews2026-05-16 — 51 pageviews2026-05-19 — 39 pageviews2026-05-22 — 51 pageviews2026-05-25 — 34 pageviews2026-05-28 — 26 pageviews2026-05-31 — 43 pageviews2026-06-03 — 45 pageviews2026-06-06 — 46 pageviews2026-06-09 — 34 pageviews2026-06-12 — 34 pageviews2026-06-15 — 40 pageviews2026-06-18 — 55 pageviews2026-06-21 — 46 pageviews2026-06-24 — 42 pageviews2026-06-27 — 44 pageviews2026-06-30 — 37 pageviews2026-07-03 — 39 pageviews2026-07-06 — 46 pageviews2026-07-09 — 43 pageviews2026-07-12 — 42 pageviews2026-07-15 — 46 pageviews2026-07-18 — 34 pageviews2026-07-21 — 46 pageviews2026-07-24 — 41 pageviews2026-07-27 — 35 pageviews2026-07-30 — 38 pageviews2026-08-02 — 27 pageviews2026-08-05 — 40 pageviews2026-08-08 — 36 pageviews2026-08-11 — 89 pageviews2026-08-14 — 92 pageviews2026-08-17 — 47 pageviews2026-08-20 — 29 pageviews2026-08-23 — 47 pageviews2026-08-24 — 42 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
52.1%
earned "Cubicle Cowboy"
29.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsCaptions availableVR SupportSteamVR CollectiblesFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,02914%11
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)9,81141%12
PS4 (PlayStation)9,39043%12
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)4,18944%12

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

VRFunnyMemesCasualComedyHorrorRobotsPhysicsSandboxSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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