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STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator

TERNOX · 2023-07-17

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

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.

90
playing now
95%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator trailer thumbnail

STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator Trailer

≈5,284 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 90 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 5% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 65k–147k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,257 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.99-30%

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 41 of 89 observed days · $0.30 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

116332026-09-15 00:00 — 54 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 52 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 76 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 45 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 62 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 85 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 49 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 46 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 65 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 59 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 49 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 63 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 71 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 42 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 116 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 102 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 66 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 111 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 110 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 43 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 109 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 90 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 33 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 90 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2086Jul 2023Aug 2026Jul 2023 — avg 35 · peak 104Aug 2023 — avg 10 · peak 30Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2023 — avg 13 · peak 37Dec 2023 — avg 27 · peak 118Jan 2024 — avg 32 · peak 98Feb 2024 — avg 25 · peak 64Mar 2024 — avg 46 · peak 228Apr 2024 — avg 33 · peak 87May 2024 — avg 25 · peak 64Jun 2024 — avg 22 · peak 59Jul 2024 — avg 42 · peak 98Aug 2024 — avg 32 · peak 100Sep 2024 — avg 22 · peak 57Oct 2024 — avg 23 · peak 66Nov 2024 — avg 20 · peak 43Dec 2024 — avg 23 · peak 63Jan 2025 — avg 35 · peak 78Feb 2025 — avg 20 · peak 42Mar 2025 — avg 23 · peak 45Apr 2025 — avg 23 · peak 74May 2025 — avg 39 · peak 99Jun 2025 — avg 29 · peak 56Jul 2025 — avg 28 · peak 60Aug 2025 — avg 155 · peak 626Sep 2025 — avg 97 · peak 185Oct 2025 — avg 65 · peak 154Nov 2025 — avg 67 · peak 208Dec 2025 — avg 143 · peak 441Jan 2026 — avg 208 · peak 622Feb 2026 — avg 99 · peak 202Mar 2026 — avg 172 · peak 441Apr 2026 — avg 155 · peak 530May 2026 — avg 103 · peak 295Jun 2026 — avg 66 · peak 192Jul 2026 — avg 89 · peak 211Aug 2026 — avg 118 · peak 391
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$6.692023-07-172026-10-142023-07-17 — best price $8.992023-08-29 — best price $9.992023-10-21 — best price $9.992023-12-20 — best price $7.492024-01-15 — best price $9.992024-04-03 — best price $7.492024-05-24 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-10-16 — best price $9.992024-11-13 — best price $6.992024-11-26 — best price $6.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-01-25 — best price $9.992025-03-03 — best price $9.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-05-19 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $6.992025-08-07 — best price $6.992025-09-11 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-17 — best price $6.992026-01-14 — best price $6.992026-02-12 — best price $6.992026-03-11 — best price $6.992026-04-14 — best price $7.492026-05-02 — best price $9.992026-06-17 — best price $9.992026-08-12 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $9.992026-09-08 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $6.992026-09-18 — best price $6.992026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-09-28 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $6.992026-10-13 — best price $6.992026-10-14 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-04-29 (Steam store data)

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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