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Vacation Simulator

Owlchemy Labs · 2019-04-09

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 09, 2019 (SteamVR), Jun 18, 2019 (PlayStation VR), Apr 09, 2019 (Oculus Rift), Dec 12, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Apr 09, 2019 (Windows Mixed Reality), Dec 12, 2019 (Meta Quest 2)

The latest VR sensation from the creators of ‘Job Simulator’, now with free DLC! Welcome to Vacation Simulator: a rough approximation of VACATION inspired by real human NOT JOBBING. Reallocate your bandwidth and get ready to splash, s’more, snowball, and selfie your way to optimal relaxation.

91%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 27k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,067 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2025-09-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
858520192026Week of 2019-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$13.992019-04-092026-07-092019-04-09 — best price $29.992019-09-25 — best price $29.992019-12-03 — best price $29.992020-01-02 — best price $29.992020-01-27 — best price $29.992020-04-06 — best price $29.992020-07-09 — best price $29.992020-12-22 — best price $23.992021-02-11 — best price $23.992021-05-27 — best price $22.492021-06-24 — best price $20.992021-10-28 — best price $23.992021-11-24 — best price $22.492021-12-22 — best price $22.492022-01-27 — best price $22.492022-06-23 — best price $23.992022-07-18 — best price $22.492022-11-22 — best price $20.992022-12-22 — best price $22.492023-03-16 — best price $20.992023-06-29 — best price $22.492023-08-21 — best price $22.492023-11-21 — best price $17.992023-12-04 — best price $20.992023-12-21 — best price $19.492024-03-14 — best price $20.992024-06-27 — best price $20.992024-11-27 — best price $20.992024-12-19 — best price $20.992025-01-30 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-09-23 — best price $19.992025-12-02 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
57.4%
earned "Permission Granted"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsCaptions availableFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,0984%26
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)1,55118%27
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)1,3759%27
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)1,12310%27

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

Player tags

VRFunnyMemesCasualComedyRobotsSci-fiPhysicsSandboxSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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