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Game Dev Life

Pedro Verpha · 2025-12-04

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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.

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Release: 2025-12-04
Publisher: Pedro Verpha
Studio: Pedro Verpha

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