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Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 03:23 UTC | 14 |
| 6 Nov, 03:21 UTC | 22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchJune 2026 | 250 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onSeptember 2026 | 39 | 16% | Loses players fast (better than 30% of 9,248 other games) |
| 12 months onJune 2027 | — | — | Not over yet |
Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab kept 16% of the average players it had at its launch in June 2026 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab is a semi-idle desktop simulation game about academic life. Keep a tiny lab in the corner of your screen while you work, study, or relax. Recruit graduate students, apply for research projects, publish papers, purchase equipment, and build your own research team.
Players By Month| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 18 | +1 | +2.9% | 31 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 23 Oct) | 17 | −22 | −56.3% | 25 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 39 | −6 | −13.6% | 118 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 46 | +2 | +4% | 177 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 44 | −207 | −82.5% | 127 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 250 | — | — | 1,014 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.
