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SIMULACRA 2 cover art

SIMULACRA 2

Kaigan Games · Soft Source · 2020-01-30

SteamGOG

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 11, 2019 (Android), Dec 12, 2019 (iOS), Jan 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.

SIMULACRA 2 is an Indie, Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $7.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (86% of 1688 reviews).

3
playing now
86%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$7.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 65 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (312 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 34k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,688 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-12-03) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 68 of 84 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27927920202026Week of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
553Feb 2020Aug 2026Feb 2020 — avg 55 · peak 317Apr 2020 — avg 19 · peak 61Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 17Aug 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17Oct 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2021 — avg 6 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 15 · peak 45Jun 2021 — avg 11 · peak 31Aug 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 26Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Feb 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Jun 2022 — avg 26 · peak 116Aug 2022 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 43Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 23Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$1.992020-01-302026-10-142020-01-30 — best price $7.192020-06-15 — best price $7.992020-10-12 — best price $7.992021-01-18 — best price $7.992021-05-01 — best price $7.992021-08-16 — best price $7.992021-11-01 — best price $7.992022-02-12 — best price $7.992022-07-07 — best price $7.992022-08-19 — best price $7.992022-09-15 — best price $3.202022-11-03 — best price $3.202022-12-05 — best price $3.192023-01-10 — best price $6.702023-02-17 — best price $3.122023-06-05 — best price $3.192023-09-11 — best price $3.192023-12-01 — best price $3.192024-02-27 — best price $3.192024-04-29 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.192024-09-02 — best price $3.192024-11-04 — best price $7.992025-01-08 — best price $3.192025-03-11 — best price $7.992025-04-22 — best price $2.392025-06-18 — best price $2.392025-09-29 — best price $2.392026-01-10 — best price $1.992026-04-15 — best price $1.992026-06-02 — best price $7.992026-08-12 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.992026-09-07 — best price $1.992026-09-15 — best price $1.992026-09-23 — best price $7.992026-10-01 — best price $1.992026-10-09 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
65.5%
earned "Initial Impressions"
25.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,77412%27

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

Player tags

2DFMVHorrorHackingSurrealDetectiveStory RichText-BasedExperimentalVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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