Bryce Clark, game director of Poppy Playtime, has 23,000 hours on Steam

Bryce Clark is the game director for Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5, having joined Mob Entertainment in 2023 as lead technical artist after a two-decade career that included stints at 343 Industries and Blizzard. He grew up on DOS games and cites the 1994 fantasy RTS Dominus as his favourite childhood title.

Clark's Steam account shows about 23,000 hours accumulated over 18 years, with roughly 20 games topping 250 hours each. His highest playtimes include Rocket League at 745 hours, Ark: Survival Evolved at 651 hours, and 7 Days to Die at 538 hours, spanning competitive, survival craft and exploration genres.

He typically plays three to six games at once to study the market and explore different genres. Recent favourites are Aethus, which he likens to Subnautica in its exploration and narrative feel, Strange Antiquities, and the real-time economic MMO Prosperous Universe; he has also been playing Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!, Cairn, and Forza Horizon 6.

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