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Indie Dev Story
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A free-to-play simulation/clicker about quitting your job to release indie games, with rough execution and a short playtime of about two hours.

Vibe Clicker
A satirical idle clicker about evolving from graduate to Vibe Lord via clicking, automation, and resource management, with multiple endings and mostly positive reviews.
2025-07-24
- Comedy
- Indie

Simulator

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Game Builder Tycoon

A compact casual tycoon sim about running an indie game studio, with mixed player feedback and roughly two-hour reviewer playtimes.

2024-09-30

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Business

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Idle Game Simulator

A humorously minimalist idle game where you watch numbers rise with no interaction, playable in a few hours.

2024-07-17

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GameDev Life Simulator 🎮🕹

A roughly six-hour single-player indie simulation of a game developer's work and daily routine, covering industry workings and the challenges of solo development.

2023-02-18

Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Laptop Tycoon

Build and run a laptop company in this single-player tycoon sim, but reviewers warn of slow research and a lack of updates, with playtimes averaging under four hours.

2021-10-29

Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Business

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Dev Guy

A brief comedic indie adventure about a developer racing the clock to rebuild and publish his game overnight.

2015-05-20

Adventure
Indie

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Game Dev Simulator

A short casual simulation about working at a game dev studio, completing tasks and uncovering a heartfelt story.

2026-04-14

First person
Comedy
Indie
Simulator
Sandbox
Virtual Reality

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CGENcore

A free-to-play clicker/idle simulation about earning crypto to buy tech and conquer the world, with a basic repetitive loop reviewers found bland and short-lived.

2019-02-16

Indie
Simulator

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Game Dev Life

A casual single-player tycoon sim about building a game studio from scratch, with positive early-access reviews and a median reviewer playtime of about 4.6 hours.

2025-12-04

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Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding)

A single-player idle clicker with a coding theme, where you mash keys to spawn code; casual and humorous, with rough early-access edges and roughly 6–12 hours of play.

2026-07-14

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Gamer Career Tycoon

A short casual career sim about streaming and esports in the 2000s, with gear upgrades and dual career paths.

2018-03-29

Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Dev Inc

A free-to-play game-dev sim in early access with mixed reviews, short playtimes, and a focus on in-depth studio management.

2021-08-07

Indie
Simulator