Games like A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish
If A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish is your kind of game, the closest matches are Covid Simulator, Age Of GoldFarmers and WTF Is Wrong With You? — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish: A satirical life-sim about surviving a biology PhD — run experiments, dodge scooping, manage your advisor, and try to graduate with your sanity (mostly) intact.
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Covid Simulator
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Top pick for A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
COVID SIMULATOR is an outbreak simulation that visualizes how quickly Covid-19 spreads, becoming a disaster. The game is an open sandbox where you can add (or remove) Covid mandates and see what happens! Create your workplace, enact your mandates, and roll the dice with your workers.
Age Of GoldFarmers
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Second-strongest match for A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
Age of Gold Farmers is a black comedy sim about a NEET youth surviving on in-game currency. After failing at life, he discovers "gold farming." Grind for items, track market prices, and grow your channel—all while dodging your parents' glares and managing your health.
WTF Is Wrong With You?
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Third-strongest match for A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
Have you ever wondered WTF Is Wrong With You? Well, so have we... Let's find out together, shall we?
Trolley Problem, Inc.
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Ranked #4 for A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
高三最后300天
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Ranked #5 for A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
《高三最后300天》是一款以2020年代中国普通公立高中为背景的横屏互动叙事生活模拟游戏。从距高考300天开始，选择主角的性别、选科方向与住校或走读身份，安排每周计划，在早读、晚自习、考试、宿舍和回家路上作出决定。你的选择会改变六科学习状态、精力与压力，也会影响承诺能否兑现、同学之间如何相处，以及某段关系最终停在友情还是继续靠近。故事将经过月考、换座、寒假、百日誓师、一模、二模、毕业照和三天高考，直到查分、填报志愿与收到录取结果。高分不是唯一答案；通关后重新开始，你还能带着有限的记忆，试着改变那些真正放不下的遗憾。
WTF Do You Know?
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Ranked #6 for A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
We just have one question for you... "WTF Do You Know?" I think it might be time for us to find out...
PhD Simulator
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Ranked #7 for A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
PhD Simulator is a text-based strategy and life simulation game about doctoral study. Spend limited energy on research, papers, journal choices, and your advisor while managing stress, health, and unexpected events. Finish your dissertation and face the final review. How wold you manage your PhD?
Net Worthless
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Ranked #8 for A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
A satirical life-and-money sim. One turn is one month: budget your hours, work the job, ride the market, outlive inflation and your own decisions. Pick a character and make their dream come true. Or at least don't die trying.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish on Steam right now. Shares Casual with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~50% under A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish
- How much does A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish cost?
- A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish are Covid Simulator, Age Of GoldFarmers, WTF Is Wrong With You?.
- Who developed A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish?
- A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish was developed by Jiri Koubek, Chih Ting Koubkova Yu and published by Jiri Koubek.
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