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Publish or Perish

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App ID 2800420
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Tapped Mango
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29310943
Last Record Update 1 June 2025 – 12:52:20 UTC ()
Release Date 21 May 2024 – 19:48:29 UTC ()
❓ 70.57%
10 reviews
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In-Game
😌 Casual 🖥️ Simulation 🧫 Life Sim 👻 Action Roguelike 💥 Bullet Hell

Publish or Perish is a game that simulates working in academia. In order to keep your job, you must publish scientific work. Reviewers are here to get you and all you can do is try to survive. Can you publish enough papers to enjoy tenure? (Contains practical advice for academics)

Additional Information

Developer Tapped Mango
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Tapped Mango
Store Release Date 21 May 2024 – 19:48:32 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/TappedMango
Primary Genre Casual (4)
Store Genres Casual (4), Simulation (28)
Steam Release Date 21 May 2024 – 19:48:29 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 1 June 2025 – 12:51:50 UTC () (1748782310)
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review_score 7
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, SteamworksNET SDK, UnityBurst SDK, UnityURP SDK, cURL SDK
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 22 January 2024 – 12:29:19 UTC (), in changelist #21998444

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

Tags

😌 Casual 🖥️ Simulation 🧫 Life Sim 👻 Action Roguelike 💥 Bullet Hell 🕹 Shoot 'Em Up 🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🏽 2D 👾 Pixel Graphics 😨 Dark ⛓ Dystopian 🏫 Education 🎭 Satire 🧞 Choices Matter 🎴 Deckbuilding 🌲 PvE 🎓 Tutorial 👤 Singleplayer

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Family Sharing Profile Features Limited

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp1 June 2025 – 12:52:17 UTC
Trailers
257142902 ↴
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
2800421 Windows 200.03 MiB 53.54 MiB
2800422 Windows 200.03 MiB 53.54 MiB
2800423 macOS 185.07 MiB 50.65 MiB
2800424 Linux 198.69 MiB 52.80 MiB

Total size on disk is 783.83 MiB and total download size is 210.52 MiB.

Total size on disk is 400.07 MiB and total download size is 107.08 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 18566175 22 May 2025 – 17:56:36 UTC
local (local server) Local Content Server 13262105 24 January 2024 – 17:13:12 UTC
development Development branch 18566175 22 May 2025 – 17:45:44 UTC
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