Pocket Academy
Fair · Strategy · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $8.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 11.4h
- Value
- $0.79/hr
- Reviews
- 84% of 222 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Make your dream school in this management simulation game! School got you down?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 246 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 34 discounts in the 4 years tracked, the median cut is 62 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 9 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 81 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Game Dev Story ($8.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Academia : School Simulator ($19.99, scores 36).
More about Pocket Academy
At 11.4 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
82% start to 6% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Sep 27, 20:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Simple but fun management sim where you manage a school. Had a 57% passing rate not to brag lol
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
It's fine. I didn't have much expectation for Pocket Academy at first, I think it is a fine game, but somehow I'm losing to it charm and spend 50 hours on it for 100% achievements. Seeing this little student running around doing things and asking thing, make it feel like you are getting old and feel responsible to support this young generation. From cozy beginning where you knew everyone, to become a massive...
I wasn't really a fan of this one. I've played a couple of other Kairosoft games and absolutely loved them, but this one was not for me. The dating simulator label is wildly misleading. It's a similar formula to the ones I loved, but this one just lacks something. It was a little more confusing and didn't hook me in right away like the others I've tried. I'm sure it's great for some, but it just wasn't for me.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Pocket Academy scores 60/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1921760/pocket-academyReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.