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Academia : School Simulator

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App ID 672630
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Paradox Interactive
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 28976607
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 08:37:39 UTC ()
Release Date 28 January 2021 – 14:39:19 UTC ()
😎 82.45%
2k reviews
34
In-Game

Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

Additional Information

Developer Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc
metacritic_name Academia : School Simulator
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Paradox Interactive
eulas
0 ↴
id672630_eula_0
nameAcademia : School Simulator EULA
urlhttps://store.steampowered.com//eula/672630_eula_0
version1
Store Release Date 8 September 2017 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/academiaschoolsimulator/
https://x.com/academia_game
https://www.youtube.com/squeakywheel/
Primary Genre Simulation (28)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 28 January 2021 – 14:39:19 UTC ()
Original Release Date 8 September 2017 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1504854000)
Store Asset Modification Time 24 March 2022 – 16:52:30 UTC () (1648140750)
library_assets
library_capsuleen
library_heroen
library_logoen
logo_position ↴
pinned_positionCenterCenter
width_pct100
height_pct100
review_score 8
review_percentage 85
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, UnityBurst SDK, UnityEntities SDK, UnityHybridRenderer SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 6 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8506022
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Early Access Release Date 8 September 2017 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 3 July 2017 – 08:05:53 UTC (), in changelist #3145492

Supported Languages

13 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
German Yes
Russian Yes
French Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes
Italian Yes
Polish Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes
Thai Yes
Turkish Yes

Tags

💼 Management 🏙️ City Builder 🛖 Colony Sim 🏠 Base Building 🖥️ Simulation 🏠 Building 🤑 Capitalism 🏦 Economy 💡 Strategy 🧱 Sandbox 🏽 2D 🗺️ Top-Down 😃 Funny 🧸 Cute 🌱 Realistic 🎨 Colorful 👪 Family Friendly 🛠️ Moddable 🏫 Education 🕹️ Old School

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Assets

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header_image
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library_assets_full
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library_hero ↴
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logo_position/height_pct100
Assets
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page_background_pathapp/672630
timestamp16 September 2024 – 14:47:08 UTC
Trailers
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User File System

Key Value
quota 1000.00 MiB (1048576000)
maxnumfiles 1000
savefiles
0 ↴
rootWinAppDataLocalLow
pathSqueaky Wheel/Academia/Saves
pattern*.xml
rootoverrides
0 ↴
rootWinAppDataLocalLow
osMacOS
oscompare=
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pathtransforms/0/findSqueaky Wheel/Academia/Saves
pathtransforms/0/replaceunity.SqueakyWheel.Academia/Saves
1 ↴
rootWinAppDataLocalLow
osLinux
oscompare=
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/Squeaky Wheel/Academia/Saves *.xml
MacOS (Override) ~/Library/Application Support/unity.SqueakyWheel.Academia/Saves
Linux (Override) ~/.config/unity3d/SqueakyWheel/Academia/Saves
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