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Idol Manager

Idol Manager

Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary.

Released Jul 26, 2021 Developer Glitch Pitch Publisher PLAYISM Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Visual NovelEconomyManagementRomancePoint & Click
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

87.4%positive4,115 reviews
Recommended · 349 found this helpful

“- Starts a 3-member idol group with the ambition :repeat_from_here - Releases new singles at a relaxed pace - Sells live event tickets at a reasonable price - Accepts every job thinking it will automatically bring money - Stuff goes haywire immediately - Everything I do leads to…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 319 found this helpful

“Playing this makes me realize why YAGOO decided to shift his vision from an idol company to an entertainment company, cause damn am I always bankrupt! 10/10 need more superchats!”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 133 found this helpful

“I lured the simps and opened up my streaming for the girls, charging them 1 yen per month and waited for it to reach 200,000 subscribers then changing it to 99,999,999 yen. I now have 21 trillion yen and I can buy japan Would buy USA next, 10/10”

— a player, Steam review · 116 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

2,920all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 1.2k avg · Aug 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 2026-10-20.

102achievements
19.3%median completion
0.6%rarest: No stone unturned
80.2% of players 76.8% of players 75.7% of players 73.8% of players 72.1% of players 68.6% of players 66.5% of players 64.9% of players 63.1% of players 62.2% of players 61.7% of players 60.4% of players 56.5% of players 54.7% of players 53.9% of players 52.9% of players 52.5% of players 52.1% of players 50.8% of players 49.9% of players 46.7% of players 46.5% of players 45.8% of players 44.0% of players 41.9% of players 41.8% of players 41.4% of players 38.5% of players 37.9% of players 32.7% of players 32.6% of players 31.0% of players 29.6% of players 28.5% of players 27.0% of players 26.6% of players 26.5% of players 23.7% of players 23.6% of players 23.5% of players 23.1% of players 23.0% of players 22.5% of players 22.1% of players 22.0% of players 22.0% of players 21.8% of players 20.6% of players 20.0% of players 19.5% of players 19.3% of players 19.3% of players 19.2% of players 19.0% of players 18.7% of players 18.7% of players 17.8% of players 17.8% of players 16.9% of players 16.6% of players 80.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
80.2%A place to blow off steam — Built a break room
76.8%Worst deal ever — Negotiations didn't go so well
75.7%Redundant employees — Hire more than one staffer of the same type
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%No stone unturned — Your CG collection is complete
0.7%Forever young — You celebrated an important anniversary
1.1%Where do I know that name from? — You learned something from an old associate.

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 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-23
US19.99 USD
EU16.79 EUR
UK15.49 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan1,980 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$7.6 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-30 08-19 09-08 09-28 10-20

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 01, 2022
Idol Manager now Available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®4, and PlayStation®5

Idol Manager on consoles (digital download) has just launched on Aug 25th! Thanks to our Steam community's positive feedback and support for the game, we were able to bring this title to consoles. We

May 20, 2022
Releasing August 25th for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®4, and PlayStation®5!

Idol Manager will be releasing globally digitally with a physical console version releasing in Japan! Low salaries, paparazzi lurking around for their weekly scoop, disharmony among your group are jus

Nov 24, 2021
Got bankrupted? Nominate Idol Manager as the Best Game You Suck At!

Hi all, If you're part of the 39.6% of players who ran out of money and needed to be bailed out by a generous sponsor, consider nominating Idol Manager in the Steam Awards for the Best Game You Suck A

Sep 21, 2021
v.1.0.6 Patch Notes

Gameplay Removing an idol from a room won't disable the auto practice setting in this room. However, the idol that you removed won't get picked up for any auto practice for 1 minute. Bugs Fixed: Idol

Aug 31, 2021
v.1.0.5 Patch Notes

UI Relationship notifications don't block event text anymore Bugs Fixed: BGM sometimes not looping Mods You can now set which voice your custom idols should use Use parameter "vo_default" (you can che

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsVisual Novel · Economy · Management · Romance · Point & Click · Strategy · Cute · Dark Comedy · Nonlinear · Simulation · Anime · Moddable (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil
Achievements102
Official sitehttps://idolmanager.net/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3 Processor: 2GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated video, 1 GB shared memory DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space