In Schedule 1, you’ll go from being a small-time dealer to a drug lord, and luckily without any harmful consumption or crime. The simulation is currently making real giants look small on Steam.
Schedule 1 comes with a simple art style and somewhat clumsy animations, but that obviously doesn’t get in the way of great gameplay. The drug dealer simulation has been very well received on Steam and can easily keep up with the games of large studios, even though Schedule 1 is the project of a solo developer.
Player numbers, reviews, sales
Last Sunday, according to the tracking platform SteamDB, Schedule 1 reached around 414,150 concurrent active players on Steam. That’s already enough for the top 30 most-played titles on Valve’s platform.
Looking at the player numbers for on SteamDBover the last 24 hours, the simulation is even in fourth place, behind current games like Monster Hunter Wildsand long-running Steam favorites like Naraka: Bladepoint, Marvel Rivals and GTA 5
In the release week of March 25, 2025, Schedule 1 even made it onto the SteamDBcalculatedtop seller listand and made more sales than the usually leased by Counter-Strike 2 list position 1.
The user ratings complete the picture of success, because they are at 98 percent positive The game is currently in early access on Steam and costs just under $20, However, there is a free demo to try out the game.
What does the developer say?
TVGS or Tyler is asked by a user on Reddit how it feels when all the work pays off. The solo developer explains that it is “fantastic, but also quite overwhelming” He never expected such a reaction to his game.
Of course, he doesn’t want to sit back and do nothing.His next goal is to release patches to fix the biggest bugs, followed by the first content updates.
