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Music, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure
A love letter to the thrilling world of K-pop! In this life simulator, you're the manager responsible for scouting talent, organising schedules, creating budgets, planning social media, choosing music, and styling your idols.
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GamesCreedNamira NidhuJul 20264.6/5K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut works because it understands that becoming an idol is a marathon, not a sprint. Wisageni Studio’s work is a nice management simulator with endearing characters, significant progress, attractive presentation, and intelligent storytelling.
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PS4Blog.netJul 20268/10Do you have what it takes to take your trainees to the top of the charts?
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Push SquareSammy BarkerJul 20267/10I really enjoyed K-pop Idol Stories' glossy presentation and breezy introspection into the K-pop industry. There are better management and tycoon games out there, but if like me you're a little obsessed with K-culture, it's hard to look past this effort.
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Console CreaturesMatt SowinskiJul 20264/10K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut is a disjointed and buggy experience that doesn't reward you for your choices, instead grounding everything in RNG.
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WayTooManyGamesOliver ShelldingAug 20265/10I don’t understand the power of K-Pop, and K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut did nothing to entice me down that road. It’s a complex and interesting simulation game, sure, but it feels like it’s full of broken glass and really confusing notions that you can only justify/make peace with if you’re eyeballs deep in stanning. If you really want to know what it’s like to have a group of women gradually sell their souls and pretend you’re not the Devil incarnate, then definitely pick up this game, pretend you’re one of the good ones and go make fleeting stars out of strangers you may be grooming.
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