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Pocket Academy

Kairosoft Co.,Ltd · 2022-06-12

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 07, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 22, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jun 29, 2011 (iOS), Jun 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 26, 2012 (Android), Nov 16, 2023 (Xbox One)

Make your dream school in this management simulation game! School got you down?

84%
positive of 222 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (55 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (63 reviews).
  • · Top 35% of 21,030 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.4k–10.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 222 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.87 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 15 of 17 observed days · $9.12 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020222026Week of 2022-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$2.872022-06-132026-09-262022-06-13 — best price $8.092022-08-08 — best price $7.912022-09-19 — best price $7.642022-11-11 — best price $7.192022-11-29 — best price $8.992023-01-05 — best price $8.992023-02-06 — best price $8.992023-03-23 — best price $8.992023-04-08 — best price $8.992023-05-25 — best price $8.992023-07-13 — best price $8.992023-07-29 — best price $8.992023-09-21 — best price $8.992023-11-28 — best price $8.992024-01-04 — best price $8.992024-01-15 — best price $8.992024-03-14 — best price $2.962024-03-23 — best price $3.502024-06-27 — best price $2.872024-08-15 — best price $4.492024-10-05 — best price $2.872024-11-27 — best price $3.412024-12-19 — best price $2.872025-02-11 — best price $9.592025-02-22 — best price $3.142025-03-13 — best price $3.142025-04-28 — best price $3.142025-06-26 — best price $3.232025-07-20 — best price $3.142025-09-29 — best price $3.232025-10-07 — best price $3.232025-12-18 — best price $3.232026-01-24 — best price $3.232026-03-12 — best price $3.322026-03-26 — best price $8.992026-05-28 — best price $8.992026-07-24 — best price $8.992026-09-26 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
81.8%
earned "Exciting school life starting from now."
15.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)30321%6
PS4 (PlayStation)13646%6
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4337%10
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

Player tags

CuteEconomyRomanceBuildingLife SimStrategyAdventureEducationColony SimDating Sim

Census log

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

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