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STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator

STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator

Simulator of an 80s Japanese stock market businessman. Chill, catch a retro vibe and watch your profits grow in the text-based game STONKS-9800.

Released Jul 17, 2023 Developer TERNOX Publisher TERNOX, Gamersky Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Early AccessSimulationEconomyAnimeLife Sim
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-05)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

95.5%positive3,219 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 103 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13

Recommended · 74 found this helpful

“This game is impossibly unrealistic. You can actually make money and a beautiful woman will talk to you.”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 40 found this helpful

“> be me > dumbass > "hey its yoshiro, this company's stocks will go up" > buy said company's stocks > they go up > insta sell when they start falling > profit.jpg > "you're currently under investigation by le police" > ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.gif > lawyer costs a fortune > jail 10/10 game i…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 21 found this helpful

“gambling simulator, addictive, my first run last straight 15 hours lol. looking forward story mode release”

— a player, Steam review · 57 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.

626all-time peak
0 250 500 2024 2025 2026 208 avg · Jan 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 2026-09-05.

266achievements
22.2%median completion
0.2%rarest: Savior of the world 3
58.6% of players 54.3% of players 53.0% of players 49.5% of players 47.6% of players 47.0% of players 46.1% of players 44.7% of players 43.1% of players 42.5% of players 41.5% of players 40.7% of players 39.9% of players 38.1% of players 37.6% of players 36.3% of players 35.2% of players 34.5% of players 33.4% of players 32.6% of players 31.4% of players 31.0% of players 30.3% of players 29.6% of players 28.1% of players 26.9% of players 26.2% of players 26.0% of players 25.4% of players 24.9% of players 24.4% of players 24.1% of players 23.6% of players 22.4% of players 21.8% of players 20.8% of players 20.2% of players 19.3% of players 18.5% of players 17.3% of players 17.1% of players 16.5% of players 15.4% of players 14.7% of players 13.8% of players 12.1% of players 11.8% of players 10.7% of players 9.5% of players 8.7% of players 7.9% of players 7.4% of players 6.8% of players 6.3% of players 5.9% of players 5.4% of players 4.8% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 58.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
58.6%Profit Prodigy 1 — Get more than ¥1M net profit per month.
58.0%Cash Catcher 1 — Accumulate ¥5M on my account.
56.8%I don't have many friends 1 — Make 20 contacts.
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%Savior of the world 3 — Raise your charitable foundation to Level 50.
0.2%Savior of the world 2 — Raise your charitable foundation to Level 25.
0.4%Horse Whisperer 3 — Learn about a horse's unique trait 20 times.

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.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-09-05 20:23 UTC
$6.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-17
US9.99 USD
EU9.75 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil25.00 BRL
China42.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$4.9 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$12

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-22 08-02 08-13 08-24 09-05

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 04, 2026
Update 0.10.2.2: better poker, reset option and more

- Poker got more real rules: side pots - an all-in player can no longer win more than they covered (and your excess chips no longer vanish, which sometimes cost you the whole tournament), when everyon

Aug 30, 2026
Update 0.10.2.1: Better Steam Deck

• Controller + keyboard/mouse now work together: mouse (or Steam Deck touchpad) movement no longer flips button prompts to keyboard — prompts change only on a real press, and follow your pad type (PS/

Aug 27, 2026
Update 0.10.2.0: big-money fixes, achievements, companies

Thanks for your bug reports! This update focuses on long saves with huge fortunes, plus a batch of fixes you asked for. Huge fortunes • Companies worth over 1,000 trillion yen no longer crash in price

Aug 18, 2026
Update 0.10.1.4

- Stock splits and reverse splits no longer mess up your books: average purchase price, position stats and the regulator's records now convert correctly with the split, so your P&L and taxes stay hone

Aug 16, 2026
v.0.10.1.3: Bug Fixes

- Fixed a crash in the arcade minigame when your score exactly tied the lowest highscore entry. - Fixed a rare crash when visiting locations while returning to the main menu. - Fixed crashes caused by

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Simulation · Economy · Anime · Life Sim · Atmospheric · 1980s · Management · Text-Based · Time Management · Pixel Graphics · Retro (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Ukrainian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements265
Official sitehttps://stonks.jp
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 Processor: Dual Core CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 4-compliant onboard graphics DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 100 MB available space Sound Card: Any Additional Notes: Potat