Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story

From nobody to famous game producer in 3 years: that’s the journey you will live! Experience the trials and tribulations of game development in this life simulation game: live through the process of founding a small team and learning how to work together to develop a successful game.

Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story is a simulation, cute and story rich game developed by DarkKnight and published by 2P Games.
Released on June 24th 2021 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 319 reviews of which 217 were positive and 102 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story into these genres:

Simulation Cute Story Rich Singleplayer Casual Life Sim Time Management Management Visual Novel Dating Sim Anime Comic Book Survival Drama Emotional Funny Game Development Romance Economy Capitalism

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS: Windows7 SP1 or Windows8.1 or Windows10
Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 or equivalent
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 or equivalent
Storage: 800 MB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2021

have fun playing this with the broken english

Feb. 2021

这个游戏还是挺好玩的，npc有各自的故事和背景，互动了会慢慢了解他们，独立开发者前期需要从零开始（各种意义上）的艰难也表现得蛮好的，玩的时候是EA游戏，所以有一些bug什么的在所难免，期待完整版的游戏还有后续的DLC等

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8.19€

6.5

217

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Developer

DarkKnight

Publisher

2P Games

Release 24 Jun 2021

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