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Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet

Airem · 2021-08-25

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shop Tycoon is a store simulator. Create a supermarket, sex shop, games store or a store with good Polish vodka. Place your logo, hire employees, expand your car fleet, build offices and parking lots, create a chain of stores and more!

2
playing now
77%
positive of 413 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.3k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 413 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.95-84%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.29 at Epic Game Store (2025-10-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720212026Week of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-12 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.292023-05-312026-08-182023-05-31 — best price $6.992023-07-20 — best price $0.592023-09-14 — best price $0.592023-10-28 — best price $0.592023-12-14 — best price $0.592024-02-09 — best price $0.892024-03-25 — best price $0.592024-05-14 — best price $1.192024-07-08 — best price $1.072024-08-22 — best price $1.072024-10-21 — best price $1.132024-12-12 — best price $1.132025-02-09 — best price $0.952025-03-28 — best price $0.592025-05-15 — best price $0.592025-07-17 — best price $0.592025-09-04 — best price $0.592025-10-20 — best price $0.292025-12-19 — best price $1.192026-02-03 — best price $0.652026-04-03 — best price $0.952026-05-18 — best price $0.952026-06-29 — best price $0.892026-08-18 — best price $0.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
63.4%
earned "Welcome!"
40.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input1 DLC

30 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Danish, Finnish…

Player tags

2DRTS2.5DCuteCartoonClickerEconomyColorfulStrategyIsometric

Census log

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

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