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The House Always Wins

Toxic Studio · 2026-05-21

Steam

CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 21, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build a top-tier business solo or in co-op (1–4 players). Start from scratch, keep the slot machines spinning and deal with chaotic events like vandals and alien invasions. Grow your fortune and show everyone why the house always wins.

The House Always Wins is a Casual and Simulation game released in 2026, priced at $12.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 928 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

86%
positive of 965 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 230 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity down 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 29,137 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 965 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.04 at WinGameStore (2026-06-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 5 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28128120262026Week of 2026-05-21: 281 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$11.042026-05-212026-08-122026-05-21 — best price $11.692026-06-04 — best price $12.992026-06-08 — best price $11.692026-06-09 — best price $11.692026-06-10 — best price $11.692026-06-11 — best price $11.492026-06-12 — best price $11.692026-06-19 — best price $11.042026-06-20 — best price $11.042026-06-22 — best price $11.042026-06-23 — best price $11.492026-06-25 — best price $11.042026-06-27 — best price $11.042026-07-13 — best price $12.992026-07-14 — best price $11.492026-07-23 — best price $12.992026-08-12 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
96.4%
earned "Geese Are Not Welcome"
38.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed Input2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Polish…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-05-21, latest 2026-08-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7065%51

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

Census log

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

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