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Bookshop Simulator

Bookshop Simulator

Open your own bookshop! Order books, stock your shelves, and earn revenue. Use your profits to decorate, expand, and hire staff. Collect rare books that give powerful abilities. Adopt a cat to keep you and your customers company along the way!

Released Jul 20, 2026 Developer Blep Games Platforms Windows SimulationManagementEconomySingleplayerTrading
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

93.1%positive1,663 reviews
Recommended · 38 found this helpful

“Before I write this review, Let me say something some people don't know or understand There are 2 types of simulator games: 1. Hyper-realistic where you can manage every element to finally tune a store that takes hours to make progress in 2. A simulator that sells you the…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 27 found this helpful

“Love love love the game, for early access its damn awesome. The only thing I'd want other than more books and new locations for stores, is a way to store legendary and rare books. Let me put them in boxes and store them in storage rather than sitting on my store room floor in a…”

— a player, Steam review · 114 hrs played
Not recommended · 544 found this helpful

“I REALLY wanted to like this game, but I feel like whoever designed it has never been inside a bookstore, let alone run one. I know it is a game, and I know it is in Early Access, but I genuinely thought it would offer a completely different experience and go in a much more…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

1,375all-time peak
0 250 500 2026 393 avg · Jul 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

74achievements
21.7%median completion
2.3%rarest: England Storage
84.3% of players 79.8% of players 79.0% of players 78.6% of players 77.1% of players 75.9% of players 75.7% of players 72.7% of players 70.6% of players 69.7% of players 68.4% of players 67.7% of players 65.1% of players 59.3% of players 58.4% of players 57.1% of players 50.8% of players 50.4% of players 47.0% of players 44.3% of players 40.7% of players 38.4% of players 38.0% of players 36.3% of players 33.5% of players 30.6% of players 29.3% of players 28.5% of players 27.3% of players 25.9% of players 25.0% of players 24.7% of players 23.3% of players 23.2% of players 23.0% of players 22.3% of players 22.1% of players 21.7% of players 20.9% of players 20.2% of players 20.2% of players 19.3% of players 17.6% of players 17.3% of players 17.0% of players 14.6% of players 13.3% of players 13.0% of players 12.8% of players 12.8% of players 12.2% of players 12.0% of players 11.8% of players 11.7% of players 10.9% of players 10.8% of players 10.6% of players 10.5% of players 10.3% of players 9.7% of players 84.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
84.3%Your First Books — Purchase your first books
79.8%What does this do? — Activate your first legendary book
79.0%Cashier — Check out 25 customers yourself
Rarest badges of honor
2.3%England Storage — Buy all storage expansions in The Cotswolds
2.4%Oooo, shiny! — Receive your first mythical book
2.4%England Shop — Buy all store expansions in The Cotswolds

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US19.99 USD
EU20.49 EUR
UK17.75 GBP
Australia28.50 AUD
Canada23.99 CAD
Japan2,200 JPY
Brazil67.99 BRL
China77.00 CNY

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

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$24

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Sep 13, 2026
Patch 1.1.1258

Change Log 1.1.1258: Fixed: - Save migration breaking loading in a certain case - New bookshelves not showing for clients in Multiplayer - Scanner not showing UI on first unboxing - Coffee cup crashes

Sep 12, 2026
Update 1.1

Hey everyone! Update 1.1 is now live! This update brings a huge expansion to the Steam Workshop capabilities, new legendary books, new bookcases, and more! Workshop Expansion: The workshop tool has be

Aug 18, 2026
Patch 1.0.1233

Change Log 1.0.1230 Fixed: - Clients will now be rewarded achievements when connected to a host in Multiplayer - Issue with Location switching clearing certain data - Teleporter losing legendaries - C

Jul 21, 2026
Patch 1.0.1224

Change log 1.0.1224: Fixed: - Stop board game material properly shows now - Door in Paris is now properly solid - Lyon pathing issues causing teleporting NPCs should be fixed - Magazine shelf should a

Jul 20, 2026
1.0 Update

Hey everyone! Update 1.0 is here! There's a lot packed into here with some rather large updates so let's just get started with the rundown. Multiplayer: Multiplayer has come to Bookshop Simulator! Up

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Adventure, RPG, Simulation, Sports
Player tagsSimulation · Management · Economy · Singleplayer · Trading · Parody · Capitalism · Cozy · Cats · Funny · Life Sim · 3D (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Korean
ControllerFull support
Achievements74
Official sitehttps://www.bookshopsimulator.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel i5 3550 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space