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Title: Pocket Boss turns corporate data manipulation into a puzzle game

Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:53:06 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/pocket-bos...

There's a new puzzle game in town, and this one tackles remote work and
corporate data manipulation. Pocket Boss is coming to Steam and the
developers just dropped a trailer during the Day of the Devs showcase event,
which is part of Summer Game Fest.

Pocket Boss casts players as an employee working remotely, trapped by the
whims of an ever-demanding boss. The game is primarily set inside of a chat
window, though the puzzle element kicks in when the aforementioned job
creator demands changes to data in order to maximize profits and erase
competitors.

When that happens, the perspective shifts to a minigame. There looks to be
plenty of different designs here. One game involves flinging a competitor's
market share off of the screen, while another has players navigate a physical
representation of the stock market without crashing. It's like a corporation-
soaked take on the WarioWare franchise.

The game is published by Playables, which is the studio behind the novel-
looking Time Flies and the interactive cartoon KIDS. We don't have a release
date for Pocket Boss just yet.

Playables

Of course, this is just one game announced during the beefy Day of the Devs
stream, and that's just one event of many throughout Summer Game Fest. It's a
good time to be someone who likes to read and watch trailers about upcoming
video games.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/pocket-bos...
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