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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Branches

Depots

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Every appinfo change SteamRaw has observed, grouped by changelist. Tags, features, languages, builds, depots, prices and any other key Steam publishes. Tracking since at least 12 September 2026 05:16 UTC (estimated from the earliest recorded change; the exact first fetch was not stored).

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Full appinfo as delivered by Steam PICS, changenumber 38418753. Also at /api/app/4970570/raw.

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