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King of Retail

Freaking Games · Iceberg Interactive · 2022-09-14

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 26, 2019 (Mac), Mar 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The store is your kingdom! Expand your humble boutique into a thriving business: hire the right staff, decorate your displays, and lure in customers. Even your wildest ideas can turn a profit. Why not start a business that sells only white T-shirts and ketchup? PCs and beans? Your rule, your rules!

2
playing now
88%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
49/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$25.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (169 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 71k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,556 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$30.28

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.02 at AllYouPlay (2026-04-06) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $30.99 · on sale 128 of 279 observed days · $4.47 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15915920192026Week of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3002026-08-11 18:00 — 28 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 30 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 20 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 16 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 30 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 30 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$30.86$5.792019-03-272026-08-302019-03-27 — best price $17.992020-11-05 — best price $13.492021-01-03 — best price $17.992021-03-04 — best price $17.992021-04-18 — best price $13.492021-06-21 — best price $17.992021-08-18 — best price $11.142021-10-25 — best price $17.992021-12-18 — best price $10.252022-03-07 — best price $13.492022-05-27 — best price $9.992022-08-19 — best price $12.592022-11-20 — best price $17.492023-01-21 — best price $24.992023-05-07 — best price $14.272023-08-07 — best price $14.992023-12-13 — best price $12.492024-02-24 — best price $25.992024-04-23 — best price $10.212024-07-11 — best price $25.992024-09-23 — best price $10.392024-12-12 — best price $11.692025-03-21 — best price $20.462025-07-03 — best price $24.992025-10-10 — best price $5.902025-12-09 — best price $30.192026-01-15 — best price $30.152026-02-20 — best price $6.492026-03-25 — best price $24.632026-04-27 — best price $6.492026-06-01 — best price $30.182026-07-04 — best price $29.742026-08-05 — best price $29.962026-08-30 — best price $6.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
51.6%
earned "Ka'ching"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, German, Danish, French, Dutch, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8451%32

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieCasualEconomySandboxTradingBuildingRelaxingStrategyCapitalismManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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