A Cyberpunk Pawn Shop Sim Just Sold 200,000 Copies Before Lunch

A pawn shop with a body count

Probably Stolen comes from Questing Goose Studio and publisher tinyBuild, and it landed on Steam on October 28. The pitch: you inherit a storefront on the lower levels of a bankrupt orbital station, and you make rent by buying, inspecting, crafting, and reselling whatever comes through the door — water, chemicals, guns, salvage, and plenty of items nobody asked where you got. The shorthand people keep using is "Cyberpunk 2077 meets Papers, Please," and honestly, that tracks.

The numbers are the real headline

This is a debut release from a small studio, and it sold around 200,000 copies in its first few hours. Concurrent players passed 80,000 within 90 minutes of launch and later peaked above 86,000, which pushed the game to #2 on Steam's global top sellers chart. The groundwork was already laid by the free demo, which pulled in more than 660,000 players and a 98% positive rating during Steam Next Fest, plus over 500,000 wishlists before launch day even arrived.

What you're actually doing

• Pick a starting role — gunsmith, chemist, water merchant, farmer, fence, or a shopkeeper who's already nearly broke
• Craft and price goods, then decide which customers you actually trust
• Juggle faction loyalty while station security sniffs around your inventory
• Try to buy out your own shop before rising rent buries you

Customers range from a security officer hunting for evidence to a revolutionary looking for leverage, and the game tracks multiple endings depending on how much the job turns you into someone worse.

Should you buy it

At $17.99 during its launch discount (down from $19.99), and sitting at 97% positive across more than 2,200 reviews, Probably Stolen is an easy recommendation if you liked the moral haggling of Papers, Please but wanted more crafting and a lot more neon. It's for anyone who enjoys management sims with real stakes attached to every transaction, less so if you want a relaxing, low-pressure shop sim — here, every sale can get you raided.