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TCG Card Shop Simulator

TCG Card Shop Simulator

OPNeon Games · released Sep 14, 2024

SimulationEarly AccessPCPlayStation 5, PlayStation 4Xbox Series X, Xbox OneNintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2

Open your own local game store. Stock shelves with the latest booster packs, or crack them and collect the cards for yourself. Set your own prices, hire staff, host events, and expand your card shop.

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EA
Early Access · not scored yet

A work in progress doesn't get a VGC Score. When 1.0 ships, it's scored completely fresh: we judge the game that ships, not the road there. Until then, here's how the Early Access run is going:

■Stable
97%
Recommend
94%
Now
61%
Player sentiment
2.0y
In EA
1
Updates 90d

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 300 sampled Steam reviews (283 positive / 17 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

Positive reviews don't converge on specific aspects.

What negative reviews complain about

  • Bugs & crashes24% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

82%

28 reviews

5-15h

95%

66 reviews

15-40h

98%

88 reviews

40-100h

95%

80 reviews

100h+

92%

38 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

Patch history

  1. 🃏TCG Card Shop Simulator 1.0 Release Date Annoucement🃏
    Aug 15, 2026
  2. Early access build 0.70.3
    Apr 23, 2026
  3. Early access build 0.70 - Tournament Update
    Mar 19, 2026
  4. Upcoming Update - Tournament
    Feb 25, 2026
  5. Early access build 0.66.6
    Jan 11, 2026
  6. Early access build 0.66.5
    Jan 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. Early access build 0.66 - Workers Skill Level, Bonus and More
    Jan 6, 2026
  8. Upcoming Update - Workers Update and New Shelf
    Dec 18, 2025
  9. Early access build 0.65.4
    Nov 30, 2025
  10. Early access build 0.65 - Workers Update and Bulk Donation Box
    Nov 29, 2025
  11. Branch to rollback to 0.62
    Nov 11, 2025
  12. Early access build 0.63
    Nov 8, 2025
  13. Early access build 0.62.3
    Oct 23, 2025
  14. Early access build 0.62 - Scanner Order
    Oct 21, 2025
  15. Upcoming Update - Scanner Order
    Oct 14, 2025
  16. Early access build 0.61.5
    Oct 7, 2025
  17. (0.61) Real-Life Tetramon Plushies!
    Sep 23, 2025
  18. One year anniversary and upcoming update!
    Sep 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  19. Early access build 0.60 - Card Grading
    Aug 23, 2025
  20. Upcoming Update - Card Grading
    Jul 28, 2025
  21. Early access build 0.52 - Shop Decoration
    Mar 24, 2025
  22. Upcoming Update - Shop Decoration and Customization
    Mar 11, 2025
  23. (0.51) TCG Card Shop Simulator X Ultra PRO
    Jan 20, 2025
  24. Upcoming Update - Shop Expansion and New Items
    Dec 9, 2024
  25. Early access build 0.50.4
    Dec 4, 2024
  26. Early access build 0.50.3
    Nov 28, 2024
  27. Early access build 0.50.2
    Nov 26, 2024
  28. Early access build 0.50.1
    Nov 22, 2024
  29. Early access build 0.50 - Customers Trade Cards
    Nov 21, 2024
  30. Upcoming Update - Customers Trade Cards
    Nov 4, 2024
  31. Early access build 0.49.2
    Oct 28, 2024
  32. Early access build 0.49.1
    Oct 27, 2024
  33. Early access build 0.49
    Oct 26, 2024
  34. Early access build 0.48
    Oct 22, 2024
  35. Early access build 0.47
    Oct 16, 2024
  36. Early access build 0.46
    Oct 9, 2024
  37. Early access build 0.45
    Oct 7, 2024
  38. Early access build 0.44
    Oct 4, 2024
  39. Early access build 0.43
    Oct 3, 2024
  40. Early access build 0.42
    Oct 2, 2024

…and 21 earlier patch announcements.