Released Jun 7, 2026 $5.99 · −25% Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab

By HCL

Idler Casual 2D Desktop Companion Cute Relaxing Funny Pixel Graphics ColorfulManagementSingleplayer

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Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab is a game tagged Idler, Casual and 2D by HCL, released Jun 7, 2026. It has 162 Steam reviews (Very Positive). The Steam games most like it include Nearly Impossible Odds, Idlewood Outpost and Bao Bao's™ Cozy Laundromat.

Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab is a semi-idle desktop simulation game about academic life. Keep a tiny lab in the corner of your screen while you work, study, or relax. Recruit graduate students, apply for research projects, publish papers, purchase equipment, and build your own research team.

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Everything Steam lists for Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab · record updated 14 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID3894790

Release dateJun 7, 2026

Last change number40199782

Last record update14 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: HCL
Publisher: HCL
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Technologies: Unity detected

Windows macOS

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$5.99

On sale41 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$5.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked4 hours agoin 41 regions

Latin America (USD)$USD

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
25184599	public	Sep 8, 2026

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Price (US)
4779240	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
3894791	—	Windows	278.1 MB	64.3 MB	3952949987733719537
3894792	—	macOS	294.0 MB	72.1 MB	6665953435466214563

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25184599	Sep 8, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/ProfessorSimulator

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
ProfessorSimulator.exe		Windows
ProfessorSimulator.app		macOS

Space per player476.8 MB

Filesup to 100

Save locations2

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	HCL/ProfessorSimulator/Saves	*.json	All
WinAppDataLocalLow	HCL/ProfessorSimulator/Saves	*.bak	All

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Professor Simulator: Desktop Lab

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Latin America (USD)$USD

Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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