Bobble Shop Simulator
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Bobble Shop Simulator

Take control of your very own bobble head shop. Sell, buy, trade, and repair a large variety of bobble heads and related merchandise. Stock shelves, hire employees, and grow your business. Pay attention though, as these bobble heads sometimes have a mind of their own.

DEV: HypnotiK GamesPUB: HypnotiK GamesAppID 4069170
UPDATE PULSEevery ~1d·last 3d ago·11 recent on record

Is Bobble Shop Simulator still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$7.50

Development

Actively supported

Last heard from developers

3 days ago

Usual rhythm

every ~8 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

within normal range

The developers post roughly every 8 days and were last heard 3 days ago — within their normal range. Nothing we would call a substantial update has landed in six months, though the developers have posted 18 times.

Two years of development

■ substantial ■ routine

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22 announcements · 0 substantial · 16 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

22 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsOct 1, 2026
Minor Update & News

Starting off with the minor update. There are some random crashes occurring for some players during the end of day process. As such we have reworked the saving process that kicks off at the end of the day which involved spawning a separate …

Community AnnouncementsAug 12, 2026
Patch 1.4.0

It's good to patch things up. In this patch we fix up the following: Trolley not saving correctly. Prices able to drop in to the negatives. Now prices have a min and max variance, and the further away prices get from original pricing the le…

Community AnnouncementsAug 7, 2026
Patch 1.3.1

Very minor patch this one. Fixed pricing of specific later game products not saving across sessions. Added the floral wallpaper textures which had accidentally been excluded.

Community AnnouncementsAug 6, 2026
Patch 1.3

A lot of rework for employees restocking has been completed. Employees can be assigned to stock items which you have not yet assigned prices, or to only stock items which you have set prices for. Employees restocking items with no assigned …

Community AnnouncementsJul 29, 2026
Update #3 July 29th

Still unable to replicate the bug causing saves to become corrupted. This is still a very rare occurrence and most likely already fixed. As a precaution we have automated the restoration of save backups, if they have been created since impl…

Community AnnouncementsJul 29, 2026
Update #2 July 29th

We were advised of a critical bug which causes save files to become corrupted. Unfortunately the bug is not yet able to be replicated, however it may be related to one of the bugs fixed in the previous release. We are actively trying to rep…

Community AnnouncementsJul 28, 2026
Updates July 29th

Some more minor bug fixes and a crash fix. Fixed the Bobble Stand Medium delivery causing a crash. Fixed sorting collections by price. Fixed UI bug showing "Sell" instead of "Place" in some instances when moving furniture around the store.

Community AnnouncementsJul 28, 2026
Updates July 28th

Few more bug fixes: Further changes to how customer dialogue is generated. Fix for payment logic where in rare cases the customer would provide less than they should. Fixed loading a store with a number of extensions divisible by 3. We are …

Community AnnouncementsJul 27, 2026
Update July 27th

Sound extra fixes for a glorious Monday! Fixed bug preventing loading a save with certain workbench configurations. Fixed bug allowing certain displays to be packed away while products are still on them. Fixed animations of certain items on…

Community AnnouncementsJul 26, 2026
Update July 26th (Aus Time)

Some quality of life improvements are being implemented.All rejoice! Credit card payment input.Entering a value such as 12.3 will automatically charge $12.30. No longer needing the extra 0 to be entered. This also means entering 177 will au…

Community AnnouncementsJul 25, 2026
Even More Stable!

Some more stability and bug fixes never hurt anyone! In this patch we address the following: * Random Crashes due to a divide by zero has been tracked down and fixed. * Picking up a bobblehead being targeted by an automated trapper no longe…

Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2026
Tablet Interactions

We have updated our tablet interactions so that they are click based, not focus based. Initially the intent for a focused based system was to mimic navigation of a tablet style system. Obviously this isn't great for something driven by a co…

Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2026
Feedback & Fix

So apparently customers did incorrectly take items off shelves which had yet to be priced. This is clearly not correct. An extra check to validate the price is set has been added to stop this insane behaviour! Other than that, it is clear t…

Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2026
Crash Fixes

Working off the assumption that the random crashes are caused by possible divide by zero errors, we have made some changes. Areas that could possibly result in a divide by zero, but have not in any of our testing, have had checks put in pla…

Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2026
Customer Reviews Fixed

Reviews from customers are much better when they can be read. All customer reviews now show up and are being translated as expected. Enjoy reading what your customers think of your store!

Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2026
Bugs Being Fixed

As bugs are reported, we are fixing. The two bugs fixed in this patch are: * Reloading a saved game has customers remain in store and also remain queued. Not leave the store with unpaid items. * Employees who are working as cashiers did cau…

Community AnnouncementsJun 2, 2026
Opening Soon - Bobble Shop Simulator

After a little over a year of development, Bobble Shop Simulator has a confirmed release date of July 24th!Yay, woot, hurrah, and so on!There are only a few remaining things left to ensure a smooth grand opening.First we have to finish crea…

Community AnnouncementsApr 16, 2026
Updated Bobble Shop Simulator Roadmap

The updated demo is released!There was a lot of feedback about the demo being 1 dimensional. So we added more content to the demo. You can now repair broken bobbleheads for customers, hire additional employees, sell furniture you no longer …

Community AnnouncementsFeb 24, 2026
Bobble Shop Simulator Roadmap

With the demo live, it's time to look to the future and what's in store for Bobble Shop Simulator!Here is our planned roadmap, if all goes well, so you know what to expect:

Community AnnouncementsJan 19, 2026
Play Test #2

Oh boy, it's finally happening!It's time for the second play test of everyone's favorite shop simulator involving bobbleheads, Bobble Shop Simulator!Be sure to join our Discord, and select the bobblehead role in the Welcome channel to gain …

Community AnnouncementsJan 1, 2026
Play Test Success!

HUGE thank you to everyone that played and reported bugs/feedback through our Discord. It's always good to see how others approach playing a game, as that's generally where the bugs lie.There have been several bug fixes implemented and chan…

Community AnnouncementsDec 19, 2025
Bobble Shop Simulator Play Test

Our first Steam play test is now live. Request access now and help us improve the Bobble Shop before the demo is released in February.The focus of this play test is:Performance Issues:How well does it run on older hardware or low power hard…