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Thought Experiment Simulator

HoHo Game Studio · Gamirror Games · 2024-07-22

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Jul 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 23, 2024 (Mac), Apr 17, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

This is a stupid game that might include Trolley Problem, Ship of Theseus, Brain in a Vat, Infinite Monkey, Sisyphus, Prisoner's Dilemma, Schrodinger's Cat, etc.

Thought Experiment Simulator is a 2024 Casual, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 723 reviews).

2
playing now
81%
positive of 723 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2h
to beat · completionist 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (221 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 29,753 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 723 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.42 at GameBillet (2025-09-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 44 of 60 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18518520242026Week of 2024-07-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$2.422024-07-222026-08-132024-07-22 — best price $4.992024-08-02 — best price $4.242024-08-20 — best price $4.382024-09-24 — best price $4.192024-10-09 — best price $4.492024-10-17 — best price $4.492024-11-15 — best price $4.492024-11-23 — best price $4.992024-12-03 — best price $4.592024-12-14 — best price $4.992025-01-03 — best price $2.992025-01-11 — best price $4.992025-01-18 — best price $4.992025-02-12 — best price $3.992025-03-06 — best price $3.992025-03-21 — best price $3.992025-04-09 — best price $2.482025-05-14 — best price $4.992025-06-18 — best price $4.992025-06-30 — best price $3.492025-07-17 — best price $2.992025-07-30 — best price $4.992025-08-08 — best price $3.492025-08-24 — best price $3.472025-09-17 — best price $4.842025-10-07 — best price $3.472025-10-27 — best price $4.992025-11-10 — best price $2.472025-11-18 — best price $3.892025-11-30 — best price $4.992025-12-19 — best price $2.992026-01-17 — best price $3.242026-02-11 — best price $4.192026-03-08 — best price $4.992026-03-16 — best price $4.992026-04-02 — best price $4.192026-04-21 — best price $3.892026-06-25 — best price $3.242026-08-13 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
62.2%
earned "Buridan's Ass"
28.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, French, Russian, German, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-07-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)41337%20

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

Player tags

2DNoirIndieMemesShortCasualComedyTrainsParody Dark Humor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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