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Reading Simulator cover art

Reading Simulator

Shoho Games · 2017-12-29

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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

Read all the literary classics in this simulated library experience!

Reading Simulator is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Mixed (54% of 97 reviews).

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

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (14 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
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.