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A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish cover art
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Released Aug 25, 2026

A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish

by Jiri Koubek, Chih Ting Koubkova Yu·published by Jiri Koubek·Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation

AI generated the artwork and code.

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A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish

Overview

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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.

SimulationCasualRPGLife SimPixel GraphicsDark HumorDark ComedyScienceImmersive SimTime Management

Summary

Playing now024h peak 0Steam · hourly
Steam followers6Tracking since Sep 23, 2026Steam · public
Steam reviews—No reviews yetSteam · public
Revenue—Too few reviews to estimate fromList price $7.99

AI disclosure

How AI is used

Source: Steam AI disclosure · checked Sep 24, 2026

GameDB AI label

AI in 2 of 8 areas
  • In-game AINot stated
  • CodeCore
  • ArtCore
  • Music & SFXNot stated
  • VoiceNot stated
  • WritingNot stated
  • TranslationNot stated
  • MarketingNot stated
CodeCore

AI generated the code.

ArtCore

AI generated the artwork.

Not used, per the developer
None
Not mentioned
In-game AIMusic & SFXVoiceWritingTranslationMarketing
Read the full disclosureQuoted from the Steam store page

The game used AI to generate artwork and code. We are biologists and we do research for living this is to show to others what its like.

CorePartialAssistPlaceholder

Players · followers

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Players online

Last 7 days, hourly · now 0 · 24h peak 0

012340

Steam followers

6 now · Daily snapshot of public Steam data

Collecting dataGameDB started tracking this game on Sep 23, 2026. The chart fills in as daily snapshots arrive; the latest reading is 6.

Released chart · Sep 18 – Sep 24

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#820

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Among 3,420 released games

#215

Trending · RPG

Among 668 released rpg games

#130

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Among 609 released games with AI in the code

#1183

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6 followers

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Jiri Koubek, Chih Ting Koubkova Yu

Developers on SteamPublished by Jiri Koubek

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Developer
Jiri Koubek, Chih Ting Koubkova Yu
Publisher
Jiri Koubek
Release
Released Aug 25, 2026
Price
$7.99Steam list price, US
Genres
Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Platforms
Windows
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