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Pet Shop Simulator

Games Incubator · 2024-06-21

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 12, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 05, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Run your own pet shop in Pet Shop Simulator! Find new homes for pets, thus fulfilling the dreams of your customers. Take care of the needs of animals by selling the right items and get involved in matters related to the pets' home life!

Pet Shop Simulator is a Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2024, priced at $3.44, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 333 reviews).

5
playing now
71%
positive of 333 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2.69★
PlayStation Store rating (55 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.44
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (75 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 29,219 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.7k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 333 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.25 at GameBillet (2026-07-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 72 of 79 observed days · $17.74 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
535320242026Week of 2024-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.252024-06-212026-10-152024-06-21 — best price $12.742024-07-16 — best price $14.502024-07-21 — best price $9.992024-07-26 — best price $9.992024-08-18 — best price $14.992024-09-08 — best price $12.582024-09-30 — best price $14.992024-11-05 — best price $12.582024-11-27 — best price $9.742025-01-01 — best price $9.592025-02-02 — best price $9.592025-02-16 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $6.272025-04-05 — best price $7.242025-04-25 — best price $14.992025-06-05 — best price $5.612025-06-27 — best price $7.042025-07-12 — best price $14.992025-07-28 — best price $6.002025-08-07 — best price $14.992025-08-29 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $4.202025-10-16 — best price $4.142025-10-22 — best price $5.472025-11-22 — best price $3.612025-12-25 — best price $4.632026-01-18 — best price $3.772026-02-18 — best price $4.092026-03-19 — best price $3.562026-04-07 — best price $3.332026-04-26 — best price $14.992026-05-17 — best price $14.992026-05-29 — best price $3.742026-06-12 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-07-24 — best price $2.252026-08-14 — best price $11.972026-09-24 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
84.1%
earned "New Hand on Deck"
24.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2144%21
Xbox Series (Xbox)220%21
PS5 (PlayStation)190%22

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

Player tags

DogCuteCasualBuildingColorfulLife SimAdventureEducationManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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