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I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator

I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator

Run your pizza shop up front and handle shady business out back. Help hand-crafted NPCs with favors that never go as planned. Play solo or online co-op with up to four players and expand your operation across Hobarey Town. In this darkly comedic management sim - become that guy everyone knows.

Released Sep 25, 2026 Developer Bunch'o'Nerds Platforms Windows SimulationCo-opCookingCrimeCharacter Customization
View on Steam ↗ $9.74 (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 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-09-25.

89.3%positive494 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“Can you add a feature in the settings that clears all entities? Because my friends bought like 500 dough and now the world doesn't launch”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“What I thought would be a scummy shop sim, ends up being another shop simulator with a mafia skin. Complete with the same old shop level stuff, though its far less annoying than other shop sims I have played. The game's pace is fast later on, but not so much that you can't keep…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Amazing Game and Amazing Devs, Literally no-lifed the game with my friends till my fingers were cramping making pizzas and suggested a QOL for a press to hold ingredients. Not only does a Dev respond but some time later they release a QOL update for that!”

— a player, Steam review · 10 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.

753all-time peak
0 250 500 204 avg · Apr 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.

33achievements
16.7%median completion
0.0%rarest: With Great Pizza Comes Great Responsibility
94.8% of players 94.8% of players 93.3% of players 92.1% of players 90.9% of players 90.2% of players 80.0% of players 65.2% of players 56.5% of players 47.1% of players 41.1% of players 29.0% of players 21.5% of players 19.0% of players 18.1% of players 17.6% of players 16.7% of players 13.9% of players 12.2% of players 12.1% of players 5.7% of players 4.5% of players 3.1% of players 2.3% of players 1.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.0% of players 94.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
94.8%Get Your Hands Dirty — Complete the first shady trade deal
94.8%I'm Just Here For The Pizza — Serve a pizza for the first time
93.3%Things Got Serious — Find out why you're here.
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%With Great Pizza Comes Great Responsibility — Try all bulk pizza order tasks
0.1%A Slice Of Another Dimension — Cook a Lucid Pizza
0.1%Ok. It's Done. Don't Wait For Post-Credits Scene. We Don't Have Any Budget Left. Hope to See You Again. Thank You, Bye! — Complete the main story

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.

$9.74−25% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$12.99base price
$9.74lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US9.74 USD−25%
EU10.11 EUR−25%
UK8.81 GBP−25%
Australia13.46 AUD−25%
Canada11.81 CAD−25%
Japan1,275 JPY−25%
Brazil35.99 BRL−25%
China39.00 CNY−25%

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

China≈$5.8 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US EU UK≈$12

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 26, 2026
1.02 Hotfix Arrived - Quest Reset Feature Added

Hotfix / Patch Notes Hey chefs! We’re dropping another round of updates aimed at fine-tuning game pacing, preventing sabotage spam, and making open-world quest management much cleaner. Here is what’s

Sep 26, 2026
New Gameplay Difficulty Modes, Balance Patch and Fixes

Hotfix - Patch Notes v1.0.1 Hey chefs! We’ve been closely monitoring all your reviews and community feedback following the 1.0 launch. To give players of all play styles a more flexible experience, we

Sep 25, 2026
I Know a Guy 1.0 is HERE!

I Know a Guy 1.0 is FINALLY HERE! Welcome back to Hobarey Town! Since our last update, we’ve been working overtime in the kitchen, the backroom, and deep down in the basement. Version 1.0 brings the u

Sep 08, 2026
I Know a Guy is Launching on September 25!

I Know a Guy 1.0 Arrives September 25. Things Are Getting Shadier. 🍕 Hey chefs! You opened a pizza shop. Made some deliveries. Met a few people. Did a few favors you probably shouldn’t put on your tax

Jul 16, 2026
V0.175 - Bug Fixes & Content Update

New Content 5 New Open-World Quest NPCs — Five townsfolk now have jobs for you, unlocking between shady levels 8–12: smuggling runs, a risky prison photo job, a lost evidence bag, and a big pizza deli

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresSimulation
Player tagsSimulation · Co-op · Cooking · Crime · Character Customization · First-Person · Economy · Singleplayer · Immersive Sim · Stealth · Capitalism · Building (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish *
Achievements33
Official sitehttps://www.bunchofnerds.studio/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or Intel Core i5-8400 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX580 Storage: 6 GB available space Sound Card: -