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SEO or Die

Start with a single website and build a sprawling online empire. Grow traffic, manage clients, expand your team, and survive fifteen years of internet evolution in a life sim and business management RPG where every decision can lead to fortune or failure.

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Release Date:

Q4 2026

Developer:

Zakhoda Oleksandr

Publisher:

Zakhoda Oleksandr

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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“SEO or Die is being developed by a solo developer in Kyiv, Ukraine. Early Access allows me to release the first playable version earlier and improve the game with feedback from players. The game depends heavily on balance, pacing, choices, writing, and management systems, so community feedback will help shape the story, interface, economy, and overall experience before the full release.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“The current plan is to keep SEO or Die in Early Access for approximately 6–12 months. This may change depending on player feedback, the amount of content added, and the time needed to improve balance, usability, and later parts of the game.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version will focus on the beginning of the journey: dorm life, first freelance jobs, first websites, early business decisions, and the core systems for time, energy, money, reputation, and project management. The full version is planned to include more career stages, more events, more characters, deeper long-term consequences, expanded business systems, later eras of the internet industry, and additional story content.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version is planned to include the opening part of the game, where the player starts in a 2011 dorm room and begins earning money online through freelance work and early website projects. Core systems such as weekly planning, energy, money, reputation, basic website management, messages, events, and early progression will be available, but many later systems and storylines will still be in development.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“The price may increase after Early Access as more content, systems, events, and later parts of the game are added. The Early Access price is intended to reflect the current amount of playable content while the game is still in active development.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Player feedback will be collected through Steam Discussions, reviews, and community posts. I am especially interested in feedback about pacing, balance, UI clarity, writing, choices, progression, and which parts of the game feel the most engaging. Community feedback will help decide what to improve, expand, or rework during Early Access.”

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Planned Release Date: Q4 2026

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About This Game

Start in a dorm room. Build an online business. Survive fifteen years of the internet.

SEO or Die is a life simulation, business management, and strategy RPG about building an online career from scratch during the rise of the modern internet.

Kyiv, 2011.

Before social media became everything. Before AI. Before influencers, short videos, and endless feeds.

Back when forums felt alive, websites were built by students at night, and earning your first dollar online felt almost impossible.

You are a student living in a small dorm room with an old laptop, almost no money, and no clear future.

What starts as a simple website and a few freelance jobs slowly becomes a journey through fifteen years of internet culture, technology, business, ambition, mistakes, and life-changing decisions.

Build websites. Find clients. Earn your first money online. Hire contractors. Automate your work. Scale your projects. Decide what kind of entrepreneur you want to become.

The internet changes.

You change with it.

Build your career from scratch

Create and manage websites from the ground up
Take freelance jobs and earn your first online income
Balance studies, work, health, relationships, and ambition
Manage your time, energy, money, and reputation
Hire contractors and build systems that scale
Experiment with different business strategies and opportunities
Grow from a student freelancer into a business owner

Life on the old internet

Browse forums full of arguments, opportunities, scams, and terrible advice.

Reply to clients. Read late-night messages. Follow internet trends. Search for your next opportunity hidden inside thousand-page discussions and forgotten communities.

Some people will help you.

Some will try to sell you shortcuts.

Some will change your life forever.

Every choice has consequences

A shortcut that helps you today may become a problem years later.

A client you ignore might return when you desperately need work.

A risky decision can bring fast money, but damage your reputation forever.

Your story is shaped not by one big moment, but by hundreds of small choices made over the years.

From survival to success

Your journey begins in a dorm room.

You have no audience. No team. No experience. No guarantees.

Over time you can improve your living conditions, attract visitors, earn money, build projects, hire people, and create businesses that continue growing even when you are not working.

Success is possible.

Failure is possible.

Burnout, bad decisions, failed projects, and missed opportunities are all part of the journey.

Four eras. Fifteen years.

2011–2015 · Dorm life, first websites, first online income, first mistakes
2015–2017 · Freelancing, growing ambitions, new opportunities
2017–2022 · Teams, responsibility, larger projects, bigger risks
2022–2026 · A changing world, difficult choices, and the future you build

Early Access

SEO or Die is being developed by a solo developer in Kyiv.

The Early Access version focuses on the beginning of the journey: dorm life, freelance work, first websites, early business decisions, and the foundations of a long career in the online world.

New systems, events, stories, mechanics, and later eras will be added throughout development.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some visual assets, store assets, localization drafts, and marketing materials for SEO OR DIE were created or enhanced with the assistance of generative AI tools.

All AI-assisted content was reviewed, edited, and integrated by the developer to match the game's final art direction, narrative tone, and quality standards.

The game does not use real-time AI generation during gameplay.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Graphics: Intel HD Graphics or equivalent
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 2 GB available space

Recommended:

OS: Windows 10 / 11
Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti / AMD equivalent
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 2 GB available space

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