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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You got in. Now survive it.
A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish is a satirical simulation of life as a biology PhD student — the real rhythm of grad school, not the movie version. Choose your field (cancer biology, evolution, or structural biology, each with its own risks and rewards), run experiments that might actually fail, and slowly build the data, the figures, and eventually the thesis that gets you out.
Balance the bench and your life — hunger, sleep, and sanity are real resources, and burnout is a genuine ending, not a metaphor
Navigate real relationships — your advisor's opinion of you, your labmates, and the ever-present threat of getting scooped
Write, submit, get rejected, revise, resubmit — the actual publishing cycle, predatory journals included
Multiple ways out — several distinct endings depending on how you played it, not just win or lose
Deadpan, research-accurate humor — written by people who've lived it
Not everyone graduates. Not everyone should.
The repetitiveness and frustration included, just a little sped up.
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- Genres: Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation
- Categories: Single-player, Family Sharing
- Supported Languages: English<strong>*</strong><br><strong>*</strong>languages with full audio support
- Last Checked: 2026-07-25T03:29:05.812Z
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