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King of Retail 2

Freaking Games · 2025-05-22

SteamEpic Games Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build a retail empire across dozens of locations with hundreds of employees. Design every inch of your stores with a deep building tool, then fine-tune pricing, staffing, and product mix to stay profitable. Scale up, customize everything, and manage the details that make or break your bottom line.

80%
positive of 328 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.6k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 328 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.99 at Steam (2026-07-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 16 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
454520252026Week of 2025-05-22: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$12.992025-05-222026-08-132025-05-22 — best price $19.992025-05-29 — best price $24.992025-06-26 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-08-28 — best price $18.742025-09-04 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-10-14 — best price $19.992025-10-21 — best price $24.992025-11-24 — best price $19.992025-12-01 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $18.742026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-01-19 — best price $18.742026-01-26 — best price $24.992026-01-27 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-03-31 — best price $14.992026-04-14 — best price $19.992026-05-14 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-30 — best price $12.992026-08-13 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Arabic, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Player tags

3DFunnyModernEconomyLife SimRelaxingRealisticCapitalismManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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