Game Dev Tycoon

Greenheart Games

4.8

160K reviews

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About this game

Welcome to Game Dev Tycoon. In this business simulation game you start your own game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games, research new technologies to boost your business and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

Create games your way

Your success depends on your creativity and willingness to experiment. What topics and genres go well together? Should your Action game focus more on engine optimization or on quest design? The decisions you make during the development of your games will have a major impact on the ratings you receive.

Grow your company

Once you have successfully released a few games you can move into your own office and forge a world-class development team. Hire staff, train them and unlock new options.

Features

🕹 Start a game development company in the 80s
✍ Design and create games
💡 Gain new insights through game reports
👁 Research new technologies
⚙ Create custom game engines
🏢 Move into bigger offices
👩🏽‍💻 Forge a world-class development team
🔬 Unlock secret labs
📈 Become a market leader
💚 Gain worldwide fans
🥇 Unlock achievements

The full game has many more features which are not listed here to prevent spoilers.

The mobile version introduces

☠ A super-difficult (but optional) pirate mode
📰 An updated storyline
👩‍🍳 New topics for even more varied games
📱 New UI optimized for phones and tablets

A game with 💚

Game Dev Tycoon does not contain any in-app purchases or ads. Enjoy!

Updated on

Sep 4, 2023

Data safety

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Data is encrypted in transit

Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.8

150K reviews

Hu Man

September 13, 2024

Truly an amazing game! So many different combinations to choose from, it ensures every playthrough is unique. The game has a fair share of trail and error, but it's fun discovering the combinations and what does and doesn't work well. My biggest gripe is the sequel system, I'd prefer to be able to put my games into 'series' and have spinoffs that aren't necessarily sequels (and have them grouped as a series on my game overview). The game timeline menu could use an overhaul regardless.

3 people found this review helpful

Brayden McArthur

September 15, 2024

Nearly perfect, but their algorithm, no matter how well thought out, severely limits replayability. If early on you make the best possible game, it's a nightmare to make good games again. It "sets the bar" for good games and you have to top it. This sucks when you spend the time to get good at the game only to have it punish you. There's no sense of "I finally figured out the game!" Instead, you just get confused why everything you learned stops working next playthrough. The algorithm is bad.

2 people found this review helpful

Larry Gregg

September 5, 2024

I'm a simulation lover. I've just made it to the first business upgrade lvl. This is a simple game in appearance only. Being a game developer isn't as easy as making characters and building a castle..this game is nuanced so that you need to pay attention. Taking notes couldn't hurt. I love the challenge and the 'puzzle' of becoming successful. Great game! I'm looking forward to seeing how far I can grow.

2 people found this review helpful