Game Dev Tycoon

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In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games.

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Release date:
29 August 2013
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Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (22001)
User tags*:SingleplayerComedyFunnyGreat SoundtrackCasual

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Description

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

A journey through gaming history


Start in the 80s
Start your adventure in a small garage office in the 80s. Enjoy the hand-crafted level design while you develop your first simple games. Gain experience, unlock new options and create your first game engine.

Create games your way
In Game Dev Tycoon the decisions you make during development really matter. Decide which areas you want to focus on. Does your game need more gameplay or should you focus more on quests? These decisions will have a major impact on the success of your game.

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.

Make larger more complex games
With experience and a good team, you can release larger, more complex games. Larger games bring new challenges and you will have to manage your team well to deliver hit games.

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
  • Conduct industry changing projects
  • Unlock achievements
  • Modding support
  • Workshop support
  • Community translations for German, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Czech, Swedish, Dutch and Italian are available through the in-game menu.

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

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows XP SP3
Processor:
2 GHz dual core
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Graphics:
Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory
Additional Notes:
minimum resolution of 1024x768

recommended*

OS *:
Windows 7/8
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Hardware Accelerated Graphics with 1GB memory

User reviews

Catwashere
Recommended | 19 Feb 2026
256h played

Game Dev Tycoon is one of those games where you boot it up thinking you'll play for twenty minutes and suddenly it's 2am and you're desperately trying to save your third studio from bankruptcy because you bet everything on a medieval puzzle RPG. The tycoon loop — garage startup, growing team, chasing review scores — is simple but genuinely satisfying, and the clever meta-humor about the gaming industry keeps it

Helpful: 10
Greenthumbs
Recommended | 20 Feb 2026
1.4h played

Once upon a time, I pirated this game in its earliest days. I then bought it off the google store for my phone. Now all these years later, we have come full circle on steam. 10/10

Helpful: 5
Inigo
Recommended | 13 Feb 2026
38.4h played

I Want to wish on game dev tycoon 2 more features and new event on wish list: - add own launch to make market public any game but came cost with system backlog - add prequel to make game connect story but fan event will ask to dev - add split team between team A and B to make game difference management but that will cost high budget dev - add (optional) politic and activism will react you game that will cost lower

Helpful: 5