I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$66Kest

grossAtFullPrice $66K · promo blend

Net to developer

$42Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

5,049▼ 98.7%

181 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$70K107% of LTD

5K units · $12.99 ASP

Confidence

low±18%

Based on 220 reviews collected over 1 month; English-dominant audience; Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

5,416107.3%

Tail · units

0-7.3%

Launch · gross

$70K

$70K107.3%

Tail · gross

$0-7.3%

Net to dev

$42K

$42K64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier S · ▼ 2 7d

DCBAS ●

Inbound

830

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

89%

→ 860

Score history · 30d retention

491 (14d ago)860 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator · 830 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 860

Schedule I270K reviews · 97% pos · TVGS · 2025

+5.3

Supermarket Simulator77K reviews · 92% pos · Nokta Games · 2025

+4.5

TCG Card Shop Simulator45K reviews · 96% pos · OPNeon Games · 2024

+4.5

Papa's Freezeria Deluxe12K reviews · 99% pos · Flipline Studios · 2023

+4.0

Big Ambitions12K reviews · 92% pos · Hovgaard Games · 2023

+3.8

Software Inc.7.4K reviews · 94% pos · Coredumping · 2015

+3.6

TCG Card Shop Simulator: Prologue5.6K reviews · 94% pos · OPNeon Games · 2024

+3.5

Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue5.4K reviews · 94% pos · President Studio · 2024

+3.5

Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe3.2K reviews · 98% pos · Flipline Studios · 2024

+3.4

Ale & Tale Tavern: First Pints4.7K reviews · 93% pos · Scienart Games · 2024

+3.4

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+43.0

03 I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

View all →

#1Schedule I

97%270K

#2Supermarket Simulator

92%77K

#3Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator

0%0

#6Farming Simulator 25

86%34K

#7TCG Card Shop Simulator

96%45K

#8Medieval Dynasty

90%42K

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

86.0%cohort 71%

203 pos · 33 neg

Total reviews

236tracked

236 crawled

Velocity · 30d

0 / dayest

3 this month

Steam-purchase rate

90.3%flat

9.7% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

9 languages · top 9 shown

ENEnglish

82.6%19586%

DEGerman

7.2%1776%

RURussian

3.8%989%

TRTurkish

2.1%5100%

SWSwedish

1.3%3100%

ESSpanish

1.3%3100%

PLPolish

0.8%2100%

CZCzech

0.4%1100%

FRFrench

0.4%1100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 22

77%positive

9.3% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 173

87%positive

73.3% of reviews

10-100h 41

88%positive

17.4% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 203Negative 33

233175117580

26·0426·05

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

236 reviews

Free product

5/ 236

2.1% of total100% positive

Early access

236/ 236

100.0% of total86% positive

Key activation

18/ 236

7.6% of total78% positive

Steam Deck

3/ 236

1.3% of total100% positive

Steam purchase

213/ 236

90.3% of total86% positive

Recommended

203/ 236

86.0% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

33/ 236

14.0% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

236/ 236

100.0% of total86% positive

220 reviews · 86% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.