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Academia : School Simulator

Academia : School Simulator

Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

Released Jan 28, 2021 Developer Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc Publisher Paradox Interactive Platforms Windows · Mac ManagementCity BuilderColony SimBase-BuildingSimulation
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

85.6%positive2,885 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“It´s like Prison Architect. Same idea, different ages.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“This game is right up my alley. I love tycoon games and I love games where I get to create schedules. I def recommend this one if you also like these types of games generally.”

— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“still my favourite school simulation type of game, find myself coming back to it after 4 years because the other alternatives just doesnt scratch the same itch”

— a player, Steam review · 46 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:31 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

22playing at last check
3324-hour peak
450all-time peak
0 100 200 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 96 avg · Feb 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

140achievements
15.7%median completion
0.6%rarest: Vending Machine Tycoon
69.2% of players 61.4% of players 57.4% of players 53.0% of players 50.4% of players 49.3% of players 45.5% of players 44.7% of players 43.9% of players 42.7% of players 41.9% of players 40.4% of players 39.3% of players 38.3% of players 37.0% of players 34.9% of players 34.0% of players 33.4% of players 32.6% of players 31.1% of players 28.9% of players 28.2% of players 28.0% of players 26.9% of players 26.4% of players 25.4% of players 24.4% of players 23.7% of players 22.6% of players 22.2% of players 19.0% of players 17.5% of players 17.2% of players 15.9% of players 15.9% of players 15.7% of players 15.7% of players 15.1% of players 14.8% of players 14.3% of players 13.0% of players 12.3% of players 11.4% of players 11.2% of players 10.3% of players 9.6% of players 8.9% of players 8.1% of players 7.6% of players 7.4% of players 7.1% of players 6.4% of players 6.0% of players 5.6% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.5% of players 3.7% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 69.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
69.2%Freshman Zoner — Create 5 zones in one school.
62.7%Sophomore Zoner — Create 10 zones in one school.
61.4%Bachelor Of Research — Research 5 items.
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Vending Machine Tycoon — Earn $100,000 from your vending machines.
0.6%Doctor Of Counseling — Set 1000 delinquents straight.
0.7%Vending Machine Owner — Earn $50,000 from your vending machines.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada26.99 CAD
Japan2,690 JPY
Brazil71.99 BRL
China98.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$14 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 28, 2025
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May 28, 2025
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Mar 31, 2025
Glyphica Typing Survival Update 4 : New Main Weapon, Evolutions, and Boss!

https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/35884729/c6173b5c3ce6e5b2f2b0bec98aea71aa30788e0f.gif We're excited to announce that Glyphica : Typing Survival, your new favorite roguetype (get it? get it?

Jan 31, 2025
Glyphica : Typing Survival Update 3 brings stats and leaderboards!

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Nov 27, 2024
Glyphica : Typing Survival Update 2 Released!

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsManagement · City Builder · Colony Sim · Base-Building · Simulation · Building · Capitalism · Economy · Strategy · Sandbox · 2D · Top-Down (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Turkish
Achievements140
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.academiagame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7,8,8.1,10 64-bit Processor: 2.0 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: onboard Storage: 400 MB available space