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Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 14 Nov, 17:52 UTC | 159 |
| 13 Nov, 17:51 UTC | 125 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
Player Retention| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchJuly 2026 | 393 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onOctober 2026 | 129 | 33% | About average (better than 63% of 9,242 other games) |
| 12 months onJuly 2027 | — | — | Not over yet |
Bookshop Simulator kept 33% of the average players it had at its launch in July 2026 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Players By Month| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 140 | +3 | +2.5% | 253 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 | 136 | −99 | −42.2% | 286 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 236 | −96 | −28.9% | 791 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 331 | −61 | −15.7% | 905 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 393 | +221 | +128.8% | 1,376 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 172 | −47 | −21.6% | 335 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 219 | −50 | −18.5% | 455 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 269 | +35 | +14.8% | 538 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 234 | +26 | +12.4% | 609 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 208 | −16 | −7% | 465 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 224 | +19 | +9.3% | 547 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 205 | −28 | −12.2% | 444 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 233 | +13 | +5.7% | 537 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 221 | −93 | −29.6% | 459 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 314 | — | — | 589 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months up to October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.
Bookshop Simulator Open your own bookshop! Order books, stock your shelves, and earn revenue. Use your profits to decorate, expand, and hire staff. Collect rare books that give powerful abilities. Adopt a cat to keep you and your customers company along the way!
