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King of Retail
The store is your kingdom! Expand your humble boutique into a thriving business: hire the right staff, decorate your displays, and lure in customers. Even your wildest ideas can turn a profit. Why not start a business that sells only white T-shirts and ketchup? PCs and beans? Your rule, your rules!
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.
“Am enjoying this game immensely. Feel like there is so much more to do. Took me about the first 6 hours of play to understand all the moves but now it is great I must admit I am in my 70's and this is probably why it took me so long. To me I find the game addictive. If you get…”
— a player, Steam review · 777 hrs played“-> IRL complain about how corporations are greedy. -> Buy King of Retail. -> Play campaign until I create my own corporation. -> Ruthlessly efficient with everything. -> Only hire employees at the lowest they'll go. -> Fire employees who demand higher wages and replace them on…”
— a player, Steam review · 92 hrs played“loved the game, but I wish it was coop, even if it was just for the second player to help around the shop, I feel like it would push the game to a new level.”
— a player, Steam review · 71 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
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.
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Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). 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.
King of Retail 2 Demo is now Live!
Dear shoppers, Do you think you have what it takes to build a retail empire from scratch? Well, prove it at King of Retail 2! We’ve just launched the demo as part of Steam NEXT Fest, available to play
Here's what's coming to King of Retail 2!
Hello Retailers! I'm GunthorNC, Community Manager at Freaking Games, and I’ve got some thrilling news to share! As many of you know, we’re hard at work on King of Retail 2, a complete overhaul of the
Announcing King of Retail 2
Dear Retailers! I know it has been silent from me for far too long. A lot has happened, and i deeply apologize for not keeping you in the loop about the world of King of Retail, and i can understand t
I am sorry for the lack of communication
Dear Retailers! First of all, I will have to give all of you a very, very big apology for letting everything regarding King of Retail stay in the dark for so long. I know i have built up some expectat
King of Retail Spring Sale!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Casual · Simulation · Management · Immersive Sim · Design & Illustration · Sandbox · Building · Economy · Capitalism · Indie · Shop Keeper · Trading (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Danish, French, Dutch, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Achievements | 32 |
| Official site | https://www.kingofretail.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i3/AMD A4000 3.0 GHz Dual Core or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 660 series or AMD 7850 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space