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!
Latest updates
What's new in version 1.6.9
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Changes (1.6.9): - Various bug fixes
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4 ★Awesome game! 🤩 I just have a suggestion and a bug to report. When naming games and game engines, perhaps blank out there field and make it mandatory. So I don't end up with a bunch of games and engines that I forgot to name 🤪 There appears to be 1 bug at the end of the development of a game. You seem to have the option to rename the game, but when I tap it, the keyboard doesn't pop up (even though the cursor is in the field).
5 ★Simply amazing. Inspiring and complex. Makes you think of human history and game dev throughout our lifetimes. But when is starcraft on what console the perfect time to release it? Find out through trial and error. Superb.
4 ★Lots of fun! I recommend buying this app because of how addicting and fun it can be. The only difficulty for me is that it does not save the good combos so it is difficult to remember what games to make.
5 ★Gonna be honest, this game is effing amazing. I haven't been able to put it down since I got it. Well I kinda had to put it down some cause I got it while I was at work. Great game. Easy to play. Realistic in its own way and informative too. But yeah it is lots of fun and it is a healthy challenge at times too. Easy to play and understand and yet addictive. Guys thanks for this great game! Make more! You have a fan in this man right here. You have promise. Make more!
5 ★Good game. Simple and east to understand but can send you curve balls. It has some nice elements and it does not hand hold you. You can fail and go bankrupt, but I'm ok with that. Graphics are well done and it has enough going on to keep me interested in it for longer than a couple of days.
5 ★Was debating getting it because no one i know has played it and im not always down to buy mobile games but this one is legit fun. Little raw at first... declared bankruptcy twice but you can carry over your research in new games which is a bonud! Great game and cant wait to see whats to come!
4 ★Seems great so far. My only complaint as of right now is that it is mandatory that you select everything except it doesn't prompt you to input a game name. I'm terrible at remembering to do that and I have no idea if it effects sales. On the other hand, Game #7 did pretty good.
5 ★Amazing, unique game that sucks you in! Spent hours & hours on this and loved it. It feels like there's a lot of creative combos and features you can create, and new ways to expand. Genuinely one of the most fun & well thought-out mobile games I've played. If anything, more story elements would have been fun to mix things up. Definitely looking forward to the next games made by this company!!
5 ★Really good. I had played another dev sim game years ago so I was reluctant to play thia, but I wasnt disappointed, it's a very good game. Too bad it's short, and the replay value is low
5 ★I love sim management games. I have played more than I care to count. Among them, the Holy Potato series and Moonlighter are some of my favorites. Game Dev Tycoon is in a league all it's own. I can begin to compare it to others. The fact that such a small team was able to create a game this good and support it all these years! That's incredible! I have loved this game for years and just recently bought it on android. I would have happily given them $10 instead of the $4 they asked for. GG guys!
4 ★It's a really fun and easy to play game - certainly recommend for anyone who just likes fun tycoon games. Honestly, it's worth playing but there are 2 main issues: A) You can only have 1 save which sucks as want to start a new game but can't without losing my original B) MMO games are bugged where the maintenance costs keep rising until it is unsustainable; further impacted as doesn't take into account subscription costs. All in all though, it is very fun and would play more with multiple saves
5 ★This is a perfect game for mobile. No action causing your phone to slow down. Is a bit like the sims where you choose options to crewte games and your choices dictate success. Its actually the swxond time i bought this game once on pc. But its a great little thing to have on the go. I dont usually review games. But the developers personal honest approach to requesting one made me want to. Good game.