How many copies has Academia : School Simulator sold?

indielist estimates Academia : School Simulator has sold between 126,900 and 296,100 units (median 211,500), derived from its 2,820 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.

Who developed Academia : School Simulator?

Academia : School Simulator was developed by Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc and published by Paradox Interactive.

Who published Academia : School Simulator?

Academia : School Simulator was published by Paradox Interactive, developed by Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc. See Paradox Interactive's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.

When was Academia : School Simulator released?

Academia : School Simulator was released in 2021.

How many reviews does Academia : School Simulator have on Steam?

Academia : School Simulator has 2,820 Steam reviews, of which 86% are positive.

Is Academia : School Simulator worth playing?

Steam players rate Academia : School Simulator 86% positive across 2,820 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Academia : School Simulator

Jan 28, 2021 Indie $19.99

Developer Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc Publisher Paradox Interactive

Profile updated Jun 2026

School management sim gameplay anchors Academia : School Simulator, a 2021 indie game from Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc. Published by Paradox Interactive, it launched at $19.99 and has 2,802 Steam reviews marked mixed.

Academia : School Simulator is a 2021 Indie game developed by Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc and published by Paradox Interactive. On Steam it has gathered 2,820 player reviews, 86% of them positive, which counts as a very positive reception among indie titles in the Indie category. The game is available on mac, windows, and launched at $20. The pairing of developer Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc with publisher Paradox Interactive is one of the studio-publisher relationships indielist tracks, letting players find comparable games and letting developers and investors study how Indie projects reach the market. indielist's white-box method estimates its lifetime sales at roughly 127,000 to 296,000 units, with the full Boxleiter factor breakdown shown on this page rather than a single black-box figure. Within indielist's catalog of indie games mapped to their studios, publishers, and funding, Academia : School Simulator can be compared against similar Indie titles and benchmarked on review counts and estimated sales.

Reviews

2,820

Positive

86%

Steam appid

672630

Engine

Unknown

Players (snapshot)

Unavailable

Sales estimate

v1.0

127K to 296K

units (median: 212K)

≈ $1.4M to $3.4M modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)

127K median 296K

+ How is this calculated?

2,820 reviews × NB(75) = 211,500 median units

Factor	Adjustment
base	+50
year_2021	+15
price_$20	0
positive_86%	+10
final NB	75

Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].

Methodology & limitations

Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it, especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.

indielist estimates lifetime unit sales for Academia : School Simulator at roughly 127,000 to 296,000 copies, with a median around 212,000, derived from its 2,820 Steam reviews using a multi-factor Boxleiter method (version v1.0). That median maps to approximately $2.4M in net revenue after Steam's 30% cut, regional pricing, and refunds. Unlike black-box trackers, the full calculation is shown on this page: a base review-to-sales multiplier is adjusted for release year, launch price, review sentiment, studio size, and genre, and every adjustment is listed so developers, publishers, and investors can audit exactly how the figure was reached. The range itself reflects genuine uncertainty — review-to-sales ratios vary widely between games — so indielist publishes a low, median, and high band rather than a false-precision single number, and treats free-to-play, heavily discounted, and bundle-distributed titles as having wider error margins still.

Price history

8 observed days · window low $4.99

Across 8 observed UTC days from 2026-07-15 to 2026-07-22, the daily lowest tracked USD price across stores ranged from $4.99 to $19.99. The tracked-window low was $4.99 on 2026-07-17.

Real store observations · daily lowest tracked USD price across stores · missing days are not filled.

Where to buy

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Steam reference

$19.99 Buy
Fanatical -10%

$20.53 Buy
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Platforms

macwindows

Genres

IndieSimulation Strategy

Frequently asked questions

How many copies has Academia : School Simulator sold?: indielist estimates Academia : School Simulator has sold between 126,900 and 296,100 units (median 211,500), derived from its 2,820 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.
Who developed Academia : School Simulator?: Academia : School Simulator was developed by Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc and published by Paradox Interactive.
Who published Academia : School Simulator?: Academia : School Simulator was published by Paradox Interactive, developed by Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc. See Paradox Interactive's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.
When was Academia : School Simulator released?: Academia : School Simulator was released in 2021.
How many reviews does Academia : School Simulator have on Steam?: Academia : School Simulator has 2,820 Steam reviews, of which 86% are positive.
Is Academia : School Simulator worth playing?: Steam players rate Academia : School Simulator 86% positive across 2,820 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Players looking for games like Academia : School Simulator can compare it on indielist against semantically similar Indie titles such as Stardew Valley, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Project Zomboid, Undertale, ranked by shared tags and genre rather than by ad spend. On the developer side, Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc's other releases and Paradox Interactive's wider catalog are one click away, letting developers benchmark where Academia : School Simulator sits among a studio's body of work and how its publisher's portfolio performs. Because indielist maps studios, publishers, games, and funding into one connected graph, the same Academia : School Simulator page serves three audiences at once: players hunting their next Indie game, developers studying how comparable projects were positioned and what they sold, and investors tracing which teams and labels are active in the space. A machine-readable markdown mirror of this page is published at the same path with a .md suffix for AI assistants, and its review, price, and sales-estimate figures are refreshed on a schedule rather than frozen at launch.

Matched from shared Steam tags and primary genre. Review count breaks ties; it is not a personal recommendation score.