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SweatShop

DUCK · Sometimes You · 2016-07-22

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 22, 2016 (Mac), Jul 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 22, 2016 (Linux)

SweatShop is a incremental game where you're the owner of a sweatshop, you have to hire more staff to work for you and sell products to gain more money. Buy many different upgrades for your workers and make even more money than before.

SweatShop is a 2016 Casual Indie Strategy game priced at $0.49, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (46% of 446 reviews).

2
playing now
46%
positive of 446 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.49
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (60 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 29,977 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 446 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2016-11-23) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120162026Week of 2016-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5112026-09-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 34 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 21:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1211Jul 2016Aug 2026Jul 2016 — avg 15 · peak 167Nov 2016 — avg 10 · peak 399Mar 2017 — avg 31 · peak 373Jul 2017 — avg 53 · peak 518Nov 2017 — avg 18 · peak 204Mar 2018 — avg 12 · peak 218Jul 2018 — avg 5 · peak 86Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 52Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 126Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 15 · peak 381Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 33Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 78Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 20Jul 2021 — avg 18 · peak 306Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 77Mar 2022 — avg 24 · peak 103Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 238Nov 2022 — avg 10 · peak 142Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 411Jul 2023 — avg 12 · peak 68Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2025 — avg 1 · peak 2Jul 2025 — avg 1 · peak 9Dec 2025 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2026 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 64
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.99$0.492016-07-222026-08-242016-07-22 — best price $0.792016-11-23 — best price $0.492017-01-26 — best price $0.992017-07-05 — best price $0.992017-11-01 — best price $0.992018-02-05 — best price $0.692018-05-24 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $0.992019-01-24 — best price $0.992019-06-25 — best price $0.492019-12-01 — best price $0.592020-01-17 — best price $0.692020-05-07 — best price $0.592020-08-03 — best price $0.992020-11-28 — best price $0.592021-03-01 — best price $0.492021-07-26 — best price $0.492021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-04-04 — best price $0.542022-07-18 — best price $0.542022-11-18 — best price $0.542023-01-09 — best price $0.512023-03-27 — best price $0.512023-07-31 — best price $0.512023-12-11 — best price $0.492024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-07-15 — best price $0.492024-11-27 — best price $0.492025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-07-14 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-05-11 — best price $0.492026-08-24 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
5%
earned "Loyal Worker"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,35753%50

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

Player tags

IndieCasualClickerStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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