Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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: Simplified Chinese and English.

It has received 323 reviews of which 219 were positive and 104 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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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

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Nov. 2021
have fun playing this with the broken english
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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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Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.

Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 8.19€ on Steam.

Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story received 219 positive votes out of a total of 323 achieving a rating of 6.47.
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Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story was developed by DarkKnight and published by 2P Games.

Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story is not playable on MacOS.

Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story is not playable on Linux.

Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story is a single-player game.

Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story does not currently offer any DLC.

Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story does not support Steam Remote Play.

Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story.

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Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story
6.5
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Developer
DarkKnight
Publisher
2P Games
Release 24 Jun 2021
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