Games like PhD Simulator
If PhD Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are 在线教育开发实习生 Elearning Development Intern, Neo Capitalist - Stock Market Survival Simulator and World Diplomat — 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 PhD Simulator: 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?
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在线教育开发实习生 Elearning Development Intern
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Top pick for PhD Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with PhD Simulator.
An internship at an educational startup begins. No matter which computer is in front of you (inside or outside), you just need to, work and learn!
Neo Capitalist - Stock Market Survival Simulator
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Second-strongest match for PhD Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with PhD Simulator.
Trade by day. Eat, sleep, and survive by night. Lose everything with a single bad decision. Neo Capitalist is a financial survival roguelite where the richer you get, the harder the system fights back. Play in a realistic stock market simulation or in a dystopian cyber-punk world.
World Diplomat
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Third-strongest match for PhD Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with PhD Simulator.
Embark on a diplomatic journey to impact the world with skills and strategy.
100 for Justice
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Ranked #4 for PhD Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with PhD Simulator.
A text-driven political roguelite and life-management sim about building resistance across up to 100 lives. Choose a profession, survive monthly pressure, carry permanent legacies forward, oppose oppressive laws, organize aid, and return a fictional country to its people.
This Grand Life
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Ranked #5 for PhD Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with PhD Simulator.
A life simulator that leans heavily into the personal finance aspect. Pay taxes, take out mortgages, trade stocks, buy real estate, start businesses, or grind your way to victory as an employee.
Timeflow – Life Sim
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Ranked #6 for PhD Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with PhD Simulator.
This game will make you rich! Learn the basics of investment and life management. Your goal is to make your dream come true. You can make a career, buy real estate, run business, trade stocks, become a blogger, or make a fortune on an art market. Study, network, and plan your time for all of it.
Esports History
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Ranked #7 for PhD Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with PhD Simulator.
Esports History is an RPG sim where you start as a regular guy, and work your way up to the very top of esports. Defeat bosses in tournaments, make a name for yourself within the esports community, and become a real pro!
This Grand Life 2
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Ranked #8 for PhD Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with PhD Simulator.
A money-focused life simulator. Create characters with allergies and addictions. Manage their lives through financial booms and busts. Advance their careers, start a small business, invest in real estate and stocks - or roleplay a penniless hobo.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PhD Simulator.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 PhD Simulator.
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?
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 PhD Simulator.
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 PhD Simulator.
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 PhD Simulator.
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 PhD Simulator.
‘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 PhD Simulator.
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 PhD Simulator
- What games are most similar to PhD Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PhD Simulator are 在线教育开发实习生 Elearning Development Intern, Neo Capitalist - Stock Market Survival Simulator, World Diplomat.
- Who developed PhD Simulator?
- PhD Simulator was developed by Jia Games.
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