Game Dev Tycoon

Name: Game Dev Tycoon
Price: 4.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.795935153961182 (168714 reviews)
Author: Greenheart Games

Greenheart Games

4.8

169K 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 16, 2025

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Data is encrypted in transit

Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.8

158K 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.

70 people found this review helpful

Jordan D

September 23, 2025

Really fun trying new combinations and seeing the results. You either see yourself fail and have to dig yourself out to keep from going bankrupt or you succeed and keep upgrading your game company. Tons of customization, and really makes you think. Feels good when you try something and it gets highly rated and makes a ton of money, definitely recommend for anyone who enjoys more interactive strategy tycoons.

2 people found this review helpful

Amanda Martin

September 25, 2025

Enjoyable. Not too hard, but not too easy either. I appreciate the need to think a bit about choices I'm having to make in game. I will say that it could use some work on repetitiveness in some areas, such as the gaming magazine reviews that pop up. Overall, I think the game is fun and fairly clever in its execution.