The Game Census
Reading Simulator cover art

Reading Simulator

Shoho Games · 2017-12-29

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 29, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Read all the literary classics in this simulated library experience!

0
playing now
54%
positive of 97 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 63% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 97 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-02-15) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.492017-12-302026-05-252017-12-30 — best price $0.592018-02-19 — best price $0.992018-05-07 — best price $0.492018-07-05 — best price $0.992018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-01-04 — best price $0.992019-02-04 — best price $0.492019-04-01 — best price $0.992019-06-26 — best price $0.492020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-07-20 — best price $0.992020-10-29 — best price $0.492020-11-23 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-01-18 — best price $0.992021-03-01 — best price $0.492021-04-26 — best price $0.992021-06-25 — best price $0.492021-08-09 — best price $0.992022-04-04 — best price $0.492022-05-16 — best price $0.992022-07-18 — best price $0.492022-08-29 — best price $0.992022-12-22 — best price $0.492023-03-23 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.752026-03-02 — best price $0.992026-04-06 — best price $0.752026-05-25 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DFunnyMemesCasualComedyRelaxingEducationIlluminatiSimulationExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.