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Rest Area Simulator
Take over the gas station and convenience store at a roadside rest area and expand by purchasing new businesses. Manage a living world shaped by dynamic economy and random events. Upgrade your facilities, satisfy your customers, and play solo or with friends.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“⏱ Time Played: 5 hours 🎮 Gameplay: ★★★★☆ - ★★★★★ Brilliant game for relaxing and unwinding, you start on your own so there is a lot of running backwards and forwards from the store to the pumps but it doesn't take long to start gaining money and hiring employees 📖 Story: ★★★☆☆ -…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“loving this game so far. i do wish there was more interactive options for the car wash! and also an option for a security worker to chase down the thieves. theres alot in this game and im really enjoying it”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“Very nice game. Me and my friend Mats who works as a Gas Station employee says this is just how it is in real life, a lot to do and a lot of stress. He and I love it.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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 2026-09-26.
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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Minor Update
We have standardized the names used for cats and dogs in Rest Area Simulator to ensure a more consistent naming experience across the game.
🔧 UPDATE – Theft System, New Employees & Office Building
👋 Hello everyone! We're here with an update featuring several of the improvements we planned as part of our Phase 2 development. This update brings new employees, the Office Building, a completely rew
Devlog #4 – Theft System, Office Building & More
Hello everyone! It's been a little while since our last development update, so we'd like to share what we've been working on behind the scenes. While some of these features are still being polished, w
🔧 UPDATE – Calendar System, New Events & Broken Products
With this update, we've focused on expanding the new Phase 1 event system, improving broken product mechanics, and delivering various quality-of-life and atmosphere improvements. 📅 Calendar System & N
🔧 UPDATE – Cleaning, Employees & Economy
🧹 Cleaning System • Trash spawn rate reduced by 30% 👨💼 Employees & Management • Added health insurance for employees • You can now provide health insurance to employees with a one-time payment, reduc
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Online Co-Op · Co-op · Shop Keeper · Management · Sandbox · Economy · Life Sim · Inventory Management · Resource Management · Immersive Sim · Multiplayer (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · #category_contrast_controls · Custom Volume Controls |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish * , Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian * |
| Achievements | 28 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 - 64 Bit Processor: 2.5 Ghz Dual Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950 / AMD R9 270 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: Minimum system requirements target 60 fps at low graphics settings and 1920x1080 screen resolution. For co-op gameplay, a stable internet connection with at least 1 Mbps download and 0.5 Mbps upload speed is required.