Game Dev Tycoon

Greenheart Games

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!

Ratings and reviews

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.

Really fun! I've enjoyed experimenting with combos and unlocking new things. It's a nice sit back and chill game with some strategy to figure things out. Very satisfying when you finally figure out good combos and earn the rewards. I'm playing on Play Pass and honestly I've bought similar games with the same idea that were less fun. I'd buy this one and not regret it! Worth the play through. Devs did a wonderful job!

fun and immersive tycoon style mgmt. I really enjoy this game. learning how variables improve success of the games. it's fun testing and experiments, and improving to get just the right tech, audience, platform, etc. to help my company grow from a garage to a multi billion dollar industry. my one piece of feedback is i was surprised when the game just suddenly ended. I think the history of the lore had cycled. but I was just getting started.

What’s new

Thank you for playing!

Changes (1.6.18):
- Various bug fixes