Deadful Leningrad: Developer Life Simulator (2026)

Deadful Leningrad: Developer Life Simulator cover

Developer: Fork in Eye
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation
Rating: 3.8 of 5, 21 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 55 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A tense, absurd survival sim where you scavenge for resources in a grim early-2000s CIS city, tackling tasks in any order to barely scrape by.

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What players say

Players describe a short, parody action-adventure about a game developer in a Russian provincial town, completing fetch-quests across an empty city while fighting bandits and police. There is disagreement: some find it funny and relaxing for the low price, while others call it a barebones, buggy asset flip with unrealized potential.

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