Strategy

Game Dev Tycoon

Single Player

Critic · Metacritic

4.0

Users · RAWG

2012

Released

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📅 Release Info

Release DateDecember 10, 2012

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🏷️ Game Details

Genres

StrategySimulationCasualIndie

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PCMobile

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About this game

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.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Approachable management simulation for newcomers.
Develop games, earn money, research technology, expand studio.
Straightforward interface and uncomplicated controls.
Progression follows recognizable eras in game industry history.
Playful tone with fictional industry references and humor.

Cons

Management systems offer limited strategic depth.
Game development process becomes repetitive after early progression.
Meaningful progression is brief once the studio is established.
Anti-piracy experiment became a major part of public reception.

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