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Job Simulator

Owlchemy Labs · 2016-04-05

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazon

ActionCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

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).

25
playing now
91%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (220 downloads)
4.06★
PlayStation Store rating (16,884 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Job Simulator trailer thumbnail

Job Simulator - Launch Trailer | PS VR

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 25 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 7% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 137k–328k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,461 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 4 of 9 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

10562026-09-15 13:00 — 34 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 90 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 40 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 31 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 78 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 29 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 17 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 71 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 54 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 68 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 105 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2300Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2016 — avg 84 · peak 181Nov 2016 — avg 53 · peak 179Mar 2017 — avg 90 · peak 212Jul 2017 — avg 82 · peak 173Nov 2017 — avg 82 · peak 225Mar 2018 — avg 98 · peak 275Jul 2018 — avg 124 · peak 252Nov 2018 — avg 121 · peak 334Mar 2019 — avg 139 · peak 390Jul 2019 — avg 230 · peak 5,757Nov 2019 — avg 111 · peak 378Mar 2020 — avg 90 · peak 310Jul 2020 — avg 88 · peak 174Nov 2020 — avg 72 · peak 177Mar 2021 — avg 80 · peak 239Jul 2021 — avg 92 · peak 171Nov 2021 — avg 72 · peak 212Mar 2022 — avg 79 · peak 223Jul 2022 — avg 88 · peak 170Nov 2022 — avg 66 · peak 210Mar 2023 — avg 70 · peak 221Jul 2023 — avg 77 · peak 158Nov 2023 — avg 66 · peak 232Mar 2024 — avg 74 · peak 241Jul 2024 — avg 72 · peak 164Nov 2024 — avg 59 · peak 231Mar 2025 — avg 56 · peak 205Jul 2025 — avg 53 · peak 120Nov 2025 — avg 52 · peak 177Mar 2026 — avg 44 · peak 152Jul 2026 — avg 43 · peak 102Aug 2026 — avg 40 · peak 105
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$11.992016-04-052026-09-282016-04-05 — 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 $19.992026-09-28 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

89222026-05-13 — 48 pageviews2026-05-17 — 40 pageviews2026-05-21 — 38 pageviews2026-05-25 — 34 pageviews2026-05-29 — 37 pageviews2026-06-02 — 46 pageviews2026-06-06 — 46 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-14 — 35 pageviews2026-06-18 — 55 pageviews2026-06-22 — 40 pageviews2026-06-26 — 45 pageviews2026-06-30 — 37 pageviews2026-07-04 — 43 pageviews2026-07-08 — 35 pageviews2026-07-12 — 42 pageviews2026-07-16 — 46 pageviews2026-07-20 — 47 pageviews2026-07-24 — 41 pageviews2026-07-28 — 38 pageviews2026-08-01 — 31 pageviews2026-08-05 — 40 pageviews2026-08-09 — 28 pageviews2026-08-13 — 83 pageviews2026-08-17 — 47 pageviews2026-08-21 — 37 pageviews2026-08-25 — 51 pageviews2026-08-29 — 45 pageviews2026-09-02 — 35 pageviews2026-09-06 — 48 pageviews2026-09-10 — 51 pageviews2026-09-14 — 53 pageviews2026-09-18 — 43 pageviews2026-09-22 — 32 pageviews2026-09-26 — 36 pageviews2026-09-30 — 36 pageviews2026-10-04 — 30 pageviews2026-10-08 — 39 pageviews2026-10-12 — 40 pageviews2026-10-13 — 44 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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