While playing a game, one of the characters said (the text is in English and
the voice is in Japanese):

  * 君はずっと働きずめだったから、今日はもう寝な。

My conjecture is that the correct written form is 働きずめ, but is that correct?
Is it 働きづめ or 働きずめ? Moreover, are there any other words constructed with that
same suffix?
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働きづめ or 働きずめ? Where does that suffix come from?
No, it's not correct.

When you break that down, it's 働{はたら}き+詰{つ}め. So, it must be with
つ+濁点{だくてん}(゛) - づ.

The method is called 連濁{れんだく}. I'll leave the explain to
[wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku) and question/answer that I
linked in comment at OP.

There's much more like this one, such as:

  * 生{い}き辛{づら}い = 生{い}きる+辛{つら}い
  * 磯釣{いそづ}り = 磯{いそ}+釣{つ}り
  * 折{お}り鶴{づる} = 折{お}り+鶴{つる}
  * 寿司詰{すしづ}め = 寿司{すし}+詰{づ}め
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