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Little Big Workshop

Mirage Game Studios · HandyGames · 2019-10-17

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 24, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Oct 01, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 24, 2020 (Xbox One), Oct 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2019 (Mac), Jul 13, 2023 (iOS)

Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Little Big Workshop is a 2019 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive reviewLabel (84% of 3389 reviews).

24
playing now
84%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 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)

Little Big Workshop is a 2019 construction and management simulation video game developed by Mirage Game Studios and published by HandyGames. The player manages a factory, planning the production and overseeing their workforce whilst dealing with disruptions from a rival CEO. It was released on Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Apple TV. Upon release, the game received positive reviews on Microsoft Windows and mixed reviews on Xbox One.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (340 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 85k–203k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,389 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-03-11) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 81 of 117 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32032020192026Week of 2019-10-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

54122026-08-06 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 54 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 41 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-13 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-14 22:00 — 38 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 33 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 14 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 28 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 29 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 43 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992019-10-172026-08-302019-10-17 — best price $15.982020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-02-16 — best price $18.402020-05-11 — best price $19.992020-07-16 — best price $12.792020-09-10 — best price $19.992020-10-20 — best price $16.882020-12-03 — best price $19.992021-02-07 — best price $19.992021-03-23 — best price $13.992021-05-08 — best price $9.992021-07-03 — best price $15.992021-08-20 — best price $13.992021-10-25 — best price $11.992021-12-04 — best price $16.992022-02-05 — best price $19.992022-04-16 — best price $19.992022-07-05 — best price $10.002022-09-28 — best price $17.972022-11-29 — best price $15.792023-01-20 — best price $11.992023-04-20 — best price $6.492023-07-25 — best price $17.772023-11-02 — best price $19.992024-02-09 — best price $6.992024-05-10 — best price $19.992024-09-23 — best price $5.852024-11-27 — best price $3.992025-02-15 — best price $7.002025-05-14 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $15.972025-11-30 — best price $4.612026-04-01 — best price $19.992026-06-30 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2902026-05-13 — 10 pageviews2026-05-16 — 1 pageviews2026-05-19 — 7 pageviews2026-05-22 — 10 pageviews2026-05-25 — 2 pageviews2026-05-28 — 7 pageviews2026-05-31 — 4 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-09 — 5 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 2 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 29 pageviews2026-06-27 — 5 pageviews2026-06-30 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-06 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1 pageviews2026-07-18 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 5 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-02 — 0 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 2 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
85.3%
earned "Hi Steve!"
19.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,2211%49
PS4 (PlayStation)5,83511%37
Xbox One (Xbox)8187%36
Switch (Nintendo)50%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

3DCuteFunnyIndieEconomySandboxBuildingCraftingStrategyAutomation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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