What if you could drag a bar chart until your boss stopped yelling at you? That’s the idea behind Pocket Boss, a strange, satirical puzzle game revealed during Day of the Devs. It’s part remote job sim, part spreadsheet fever dream, and it’s surprisingly addictive.
You don’t control a character. You control charts. Pie graphs, line graphs, and bar graphs become your way to navigate the corporate grind. Every level is a new day at work, and every problem comes with a deadline, pressure, and a little passive-aggressive feedback from your boss.
Tasks might ask you to increase “growth,” hide losses, or pump up numbers that aren’t quite real. And yes, that means you’re massaging the data to get the results your team wants to see. It’s funny, weird, and maybe a little too real.
The game is short on purpose. It lasts about 30 to 60 minutes, and plays like a bite-sized career meltdown. Between puzzles, you chat with your boss, make awkward decisions, and try to stay employed while stretching the truth across clean, animated charts.
It’s got the same offbeat energy as Plug & Play and Kids, and that’s no accident. Pocket Boss is made by the same creator, Mario von Rickenbach, along with Langfilm and published by Playables. The style is minimalist. The pacing is tight. And the humor cuts deep.
A demo’s already live, and the full game is headed to PC soon. Whether you’ve worked a day job or just love clever puzzles with bite, this one’s ready to mess with your metrics.
This time, the chart is the boss.
Edited by
Kevin Fernandes
