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STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator cover art

STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator

TERNOX · 2023-07-17

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: TBD (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Xbox One)

Simulator of an 80s Japanese stock market businessman. Chill, catch a retro vibe and watch your profits grow in the text-based game STONKS-9800.

STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator is an Indie, Simulation, and Early Access game released in 2023, priced at $9.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment (96% of 3115 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

151
playing now
96%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

151 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 151 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,025 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~128/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 18,172 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 62k–140k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,115 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99-30%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.69 at Steam (2025-08-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 26 of 52 observed days · $3.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24524520232026Week of 2023-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

377402026-08-11 19:00 — 47 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 63 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 43 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 62 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 54 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 48 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 89 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 80 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 40 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 102 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 107 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 96 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 205 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 121 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 105 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 377 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 309 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 157 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 345 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 209 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 117 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 221 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 146 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 112 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 188 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 128 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 135 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 223 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 151 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$6.692023-07-172026-08-302023-07-17 — best price $8.992023-08-22 — best price $8.992023-10-11 — best price $9.992023-11-20 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-01-15 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-04-25 — best price $9.992024-06-22 — best price $7.492024-07-16 — best price $7.492024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-10-08 — best price $9.992024-10-28 — best price $6.992024-11-17 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $6.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-01-24 — best price $6.992025-02-24 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $6.992025-04-16 — best price $6.992025-05-19 — best price $9.992025-06-10 — best price $6.992025-07-24 — best price $6.992025-08-15 — best price $9.992025-09-12 — best price $6.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-13 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $6.992026-02-20 — best price $7.492026-03-11 — best price $6.992026-04-11 — best price $9.992026-04-24 — best price $7.492026-05-25 — best price $7.492026-06-18 — best price $7.492026-08-12 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

702026-08-26 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 7 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
58.7%
earned "Profit Prodigy 1"
43.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Ukrainian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4210%266

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2D1980sAnimeRetroEconomyLife SimCapitalismManagementSimulationText-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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