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Tiny Bookshop

neoludic games · Skystone Games · 2025-08-07

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 07, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 07, 2025 (Mac), Aug 07, 2025 (Linux), Aug 07, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 10, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Apr 10, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.

Tiny Bookshop is a Casual, Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2025, priced at $14.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 7516 reviews).

96%
positive of 7.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
27h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)
Tiny Bookshop is a shopkeeping simulation video game developed by Neoludic Games and published by Skystone Games. It is set in a fictional seaside town where the player manages a mobile bookshop. It was released on August 7, 2025 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Nintendo Switch. It was later released on the Xbox Series X and S and became available on Xbox Game Pass on Day 1.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 362 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~45/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,100 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 9,739 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 150k–338k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,516 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20252026Week of 2025-08-07: 1,045 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 673 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 428 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 264 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 457 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 438 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$13.992025-08-072026-08-132025-08-07 — best price $17.992025-08-21 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $16.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-04 — best price $15.992025-11-11 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-15 — best price $14.992026-01-22 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-10 — best price $19.992026-05-12 — best price $14.992026-05-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $13.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-06 — best price $14.992026-08-13 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

149442026-05-13 — 142 pageviews2026-05-16 — 102 pageviews2026-05-19 — 101 pageviews2026-05-22 — 86 pageviews2026-05-25 — 109 pageviews2026-05-28 — 92 pageviews2026-05-31 — 115 pageviews2026-06-03 — 71 pageviews2026-06-06 — 107 pageviews2026-06-09 — 76 pageviews2026-06-12 — 99 pageviews2026-06-15 — 69 pageviews2026-06-18 — 51 pageviews2026-06-21 — 67 pageviews2026-06-24 — 73 pageviews2026-06-27 — 67 pageviews2026-06-30 — 82 pageviews2026-07-03 — 83 pageviews2026-07-06 — 73 pageviews2026-07-09 — 133 pageviews2026-07-12 — 145 pageviews2026-07-15 — 105 pageviews2026-07-18 — 124 pageviews2026-07-21 — 81 pageviews2026-07-24 — 66 pageviews2026-07-27 — 64 pageviews2026-07-30 — 66 pageviews2026-08-02 — 109 pageviews2026-08-05 — 54 pageviews2026-08-08 — 77 pageviews2026-08-11 — 58 pageviews2026-08-14 — 62 pageviews2026-08-17 — 70 pageviews2026-08-20 — 57 pageviews2026-08-23 — 98 pageviews2026-08-24 — 97 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
90.2%
earned "Hobbyist Bookseller"
15.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2246%56
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,3885%56
Switch (Nintendo)2920%0
PS5 (PlayStation)15526%50

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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