Anime Shop Simulator Reviews: What 475 Steam Reviews Say
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What players like
- ✅ One shop for up to four friends in online co-op, plus PvP card battles using cards you pulled yourself
- ✅ Manga, figures and a playable card game in one shop sim; one forum player says no other game lets them sell manga
- ✅ Two hotfixes in three days, with the developer answering launch complaints about thieves, trash and achievements
- ✅ Cheaper than its closest comparison: $14.99 against $19.99 for TCG Card Shop Simulator
- ✅ Interface in 15 languages
What players complain about in launch week
- ❌ Crashes tied to employees, especially the restocker, until players found the shelf-placement workaround
- ❌ Too many customers and thieves in the first days, before you have staff or the bat (1.0.2 reduced both)
- ❌ No native controller support, and Steam Cloud is listed but saves do not sync
- ❌ Employees do not rank up when their XP bar fills, which many players read as a bug
- ❌ Some players call it a reskin of TCG Card Shop Simulator and feel it should have launched in Early Access
Why there is no score here
We report what Steam and the player base measure rather than scoring the game ourselves. Every row below has a date and a source.
Review counts change every day; these are snapshots from the date shown. The store widget and the review API count slightly different sets of reviews, so both are listed.
The numbers, with sources
| Signal | Value | When | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews, all languages | 345 positive, 130 negative (72.6%), Mostly Positive | 2026-09-14 | Steam review API |
| Steam reviews, English only | 190 positive, 64 negative (74.8%), Mostly Positive | 2026-09-14 | Steam review API |
| Store page widget | 438 reviews, 71% positive | 2026-09-14 | Steam store page |
| Critic score | None listed | 2026-09-14 | Steam store data has no Metacritic entry |
| Players online | 1,565 at last check; 3,463 peak since Sep 13 | 2026-09-14 | Steam API and SteamCharts |
| Wishlists before launch | 50,000+ | 2025-12-11 | Developer news post |
| Official Discord | 3,729 members | 2026-09-14 | Discord invite data |
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