Game Dev Tycoon

The game is Okey, but lacks depts.
It would have been fun for the game making process to be deep with a lot of complicated variable.
Instead, it feels very generic, to the point were the optimal solution is akin to a formula.
For example, you try to make military game? Action is a good type choice.
Seek a console that makes good Action type games, and allocate your resource acording to the ACTION type games.
Yes... That's right, all action type games are all basically the same, you just need to find an approriate theme and a good work ratio for Graphics, Gameplay, Dialogues, AI, Audio, etc. FOR ALL ACTION TYPE GAMES.
So what if it's a shooter, a platformer, a music bit-mania type game, everything is the same if it's an action type game...
This makes the game overly simplistic, and frankly, a bit lazy in its design.
You shouldn't put all Action games, Strategy games, RPGs, Simulations games, and Adventure games into the same bucket. Shooters and Platformers are both Action games, but they are very different in their nature, and they are likely appreciated in different platforms.
Btw, PCs in this game are not the best for actions games, but in reality, they are the best for First Person Shooters, but not as good for other action games like platformers fighting games.
TLDR: I didn't like the game because it is a bit too generic, lacks real dept, and doesn't make sense in a real world context.

Eh i mean... its not the worst simulator gae. and absolutely not my worst purchase. But i dunno man it just feels repetitive. i didnt get too far into it so maybe the later gameplay when you get like 50 employees is more interesting

One of the best games I've played in a long time. I didn't realize how much I'd enjoy a simple Game Dev Sim (on Game Engine #9 I assume) until I gave this a try. It's fun to play through multiple times challenging yourself in different ways. Some people say there isn't much replayability, but I strongly disagree, you just have to think outside of the norm and give it a shot. 10/10 will be playing again.

Simple strategy game. Good fun for videogame enthusiast. Trying to create games that people will like and buy to keep your company afloat gives you a small glimpse into actual game development.

Game Dev Tycoon is a pretty fun role playing game but not the best game dev game. I would recommend not going for the higher difficulties and have fun growing your company and making sequels and creating gaming universes for your games or whatever you come up with. At higher difficulties the game starts relying more heavily on some weird math files coded into the game that take away from the experience and you have to rely on nonsensical charts to get the big numbers and its not as fun. Otherwise the little mechanics and gimmicks it uses to simulate game dev are pretty engaging and some runs are pretty satisfying/fun to play.

one of the best, most concise games out there. A love letter to gaming history.

muy buen juego, lleno de huevos de pascua super graciosos, referencias muy gustosas y mil cosas mas, no me arrepiento de jugarlo y mucho menos de divertitme con el ;)

Really fun, casual game. I completely ripped off Civ, the Sims, Resident Evil and even Guitar Hero. It's fun to create your own rip-offs of real life games and get fame and money for it. If you like simulations, being creative and having a laugh, give it a shot :)

the graphics are to simplistic and a bit bland, the gameplay are too simple for a tycoon game

So I wavered on whether to leave a positive or negative review. Ultimately the game is pretty meh across the board. What tipped the scale for me personally was the cost. Even for $10 this game just isn't delivering. I got it on sale for around $3.80 or so in December, 2024, and for that price it's very fair. I'd price this game at about $5.

Here is why:

- Not enough moving parts. You can choose a mechanic genre and a topical genre, a system to release on, and once you unlock the option you can choose your custom engine that you spend an ungodly amount of money to put options you already spent an ungodly amount of money researching together, and when you build the game they simply unlock and cost you even more to use... Even though YOU researched it, YOU built the engine, and YOU are developing the game and have to pay any staff you have separately. Rather than adding parts together and assembling a game and making choices on developing your game what you get instead is sliders in 3 stages and you have to guess at how high to set them. USUALLY it's going to be 100/80/0 or 100/0/0 and there's very little deviation past a certain point. So you basically just put a few rough-hewn legos to put together to build a giant die and then you roll it to see how randomly well you did with very, very little control.

- False Starts. So about your 3rd-5th game you'll find you suddenly get a huge, random success and you'll start to believe that you're figuring out the game. You're not, it's scripted to get you to move into the office. You'll generate around $2m and it'll be gone before you know it if you choose to move. If you instead choose to stay and pave a proper path to that office you'll be bugged by the move to the office message every 5 min. You are probably not ready.

- Intrusive Messages and Progress Delays. So you'll want to be somewhat careful about doing contracts too close to your monthly expenses because if you have to pay your bills your character takes a few days to rub his head and stall your progress. ACTUALLY manage to pull off a contract in the last seconds? No you didn't, the generated progress point has to travel to the goal bubble or it doesn't count. On a role and focused? Better hope no one comes out with a new console ever couple minutes or you'll lose your focus in the constant, slow, and annoying news that needs to be in your face. Rather than just having a little side scroll notice and a way to check the news if you care it's game freezing popups with the slowest text printing you've seen since Pokemon Red and Blue.

- No Skills or Progression. So speaking of not having any control over anything... Want to have some idea or minigame on how to make faster progress or else to add things to a game to maybe make it perform better? NO! BAD GAMER! You only get to pull the arm on a slot machine! THAT IS ALL YOU DESERVE! I am very annoyed over this one because it's a simulator game but this is really more of a casual gambling game set up as a Game Dev Simulator. I am not kidding. There's ways to train up certain skills but to no degree of usefulness. This isn't the game for you if you want a strong hand in your own success besides memorizing matches and traits. Frankly, Huniepop is more complex and deamnds more from you and it's a match-3 adult anime game.

Honestly there's more to winge about but at the end of the day the game just misses the mark in a LOT of strong and important ways. HOWEVER, if you can pick it up for $5 or less you'll be getting about what you payed for. It's nothing special and nothing crazy but it's a little fun, at least while you stay in the garage, and you'll have fun moments. So as long as you know what you're getting into this is a fair purchase on sale. That's all I can really say for it.

Has been a fun game i like to come back to to relax with some small bit of fond memories of growing up with game consoles.

Game Dev Tycoon will always have a special place in my heart! I used to play it when I was a little kid, and now, being able to play it again and finally finish it, I couldn't be happier! The nostalgic vibes and the satisfaction of building my own game empire are just unbeatable. It’s such a clever, fun, and rewarding game. Honestly, it’s amazing how a simple concept like running a game studio can be so addictive and engaging. If you haven’t played it yet, I highly recommend giving it a go it's a true gem!

Would have loved it if it didn't lock up on the first g3. Had fun for over an hour tho b4 the fatal bug. i guess i could start over and avoid g3 but i'm over it rn at least.

An awesome game. It is simple, yet very dettailed. Has some strategy in it. Just a very good game to chill

this game is really fun, chill, and casual to play. It also quite easy, and can make time fly by! Totally recommend.

A few short steps away from just being an "idle" game. Never understood why these tycoon games made it big in the early 10's, but I'm glad that's all in the past now.

really easy to get into the groove and relatively monotonous but chill gameplay loop, I'd say it's a nice way to relax and turn off your brain to

Game Dev Tycoon lets you craft the next gaming hit—until your "Masterpiece" flops and you’re stuck wondering where it all went wrong.

Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

Got sucked into this game for a couple days and probably won't play it ever again. Having said that, I think the game is great and worth the price, especially if you can get it on sale. (65% off during Steam Winter sale 2024 for $3.49). The game play experience and loop is good. It just lacks replay-ability.

This is a fun sim to play through the history of gaming and incorporates many aspects of creation gamers may have not considered before.

I really like this game. It's fun and interesting and just the right amount of challange. However i can't recommend this game since there is a bug if you play on WIndows 11 that makes the game open multiple background windows at random. You alt-tap to look at something and bam you have 10+ windows just sitting there. You can't close them either. I have to restart the computer every time i play. So sadly i wont complete this game.

So simple, but its weirdly addicting and fun, just PLEASE fix the bug where all the animations suddenly go into slow motion!!! Its not too frequent but its super annoying.

Pros:
- One of the best games ever made about game development, gaming history, and rewarding the player for knowledge of gaming history.
- Easy to learn, hard to master.

Cons:
-The math involved for "Turn it up to 11" makes the achievement extremely difficult late game (past 40 years). You run out of things to research and your score is essentially capped. Modding was the only method that worked for me.
- Very light on the corporate management side of things.
- Very opaque when it comes to how games are rated and why (again, a whole lot of math in the game files)
- Does not account very well for new genre combinations being good.

Made a company, made games, they did not succeed, took to many loans.
went bankrupt.

10/10

Extremely generic, REALLY.
Just another one of those 'overwhelmingly positive' games that you give a try, only to discover it's basically totally overhyped by a bunch of over-excited 70 IQ people who clearly have no standards and pushes the reviews into an unrealeastic status VS what it actually delivers.

I played a mobile game over 14 years ago that's infinitely better than this generic piece of cr*p.
Which is impressive given the time gap and platform limitations of each game had.

Just because of this context, this has become one of the worst games I’ve ever played.

Save your time and buy Game Dev Story from 2010, thank me later.

This game is so addicting...it can almost drive you crazy trying to get everything right to make an amazing game but seemingly when you don't try is when the success comes. I love being a smaller developer, still making some money but being able to do whatever sort of games I want. In a way, it reflects real life like on Steam; there are loads of options for games of all sorts of all prices and stuff. Definitely an amazing game, especially at the sale price. I just would like a way to tell the different game engines apart...I can only tell with different names, but I only named the last few cause I'd love to go do some simpler games with the simpler, older engines to mix up what I do. Either way, though, this game is just amazing and is just about perfect. I can't say enough good things about this game, the independence, the freedom, the ability to just keep being a smaller developer because who wants the pressure of being even bigger, when you can make good money just being yourself...I only got the bigger office cause I want to unlock even more technology.

With the genres of games, I want to unlock racing games and even better graphics, but that's just me. It is pretty fun trying to do big series games (Grand Theft Auto, Assassin's Creed, etc.) before anyone else does, but for me that's just a small part of it. Like I said, its great to be able to do almost any game you want and be able to sneak under the radar while at the same time making money.

Game Dev Tycoon is an addictive and charming simulation game that lets you build your own game development company from the ground up. From the humble beginnings of developing simple text-based games in your garage to creating AAA blockbusters, the journey is both fun and rewarding.

The game's mechanics are straightforward yet deep. You balance factors like game design, budget, and market trends, making each decision feel meaningful. As your company grows, you're constantly adjusting your strategies, hiring staff, and researching new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. The satisfaction of creating a hit game and seeing your profits rise is incredibly fulfilling!

The retro aesthetic is a nice touch, and the game offers a great sense of nostalgia for fans of the gaming industry’s history. I also love how the game encourages you to think about different genres, platforms, and target audiences to create the most successful games.

While there is a lot of micromanagement, it never feels overwhelming. The pacing is spot-on, and the challenges keep you engaged without being too punishing. Plus, the random events and game reviews add an exciting layer of unpredictability.

Overall, Game Dev Tycoon is an incredibly polished and fun game that captures the essence of building a game company. If you’re a fan of simulations or just enjoy the idea of creating virtual games, this is an experience you shouldn’t miss. Highly recommended!

I’ve played this game way more than I would have expected. A surprising little hit. The takes on the game dev industry implicit in the successes and failures of game creation options are kinda wonky and certainly debatable, but ultimately it doesn’t end up mattering.

I’d love to see the devs create a next version of this. It’s a simple, fun idea and an easy way to pass the time.

With most games inspired by a single Dev team you always know a lot of passion will go into the game, this game most certainly showed passion. The game has a lot of detail in terms of how you make money, train your staff, run a business but also how to feel rewarded. As it's made aware this game is still very early in the making... right now it's very short, there's limited customisation.. you literally just create game after game, unlock new traits & watch your company grow.

Really hoping that in the future they add customisation, maybe even the opportunity to watch your employees walk around the place, go for staff breaks, see them train in training rooms or even to give you customisation to your office as this is one thing in particular the game lacked.

However, as this is an early game & showing a lot of detail... I'd definitely recommend this game to anyone who loves a good tycoon game. These guys can only get better with your support.

One thing I would just like to add, the sounds of increasing your design, technology & research in this game tickled my ear buds like a warm hug in a mug, pure blissfulness.

Tried to like this game, but IDK WHAT I AM DOING WRONG!!!!

I have followed guides, took the game's advice, stayed with the latest upgrades/consoles, and I STILL GET BAD REVIEWS AND LOSE MONEY! Idk what I am doing wrong, but I can't progress due to this.

Don't like how when you ALT + Tab in this game to go to other applications (e.g. spotify, youtube, discord) that you have, it duplicates the game every 1/5th of pressing it, It really annoys me and i have to scroll a lot to my application.

Other than that, a good strategic game, but needs more work on.

A bit too easy, but really enjoyable game

Excellent sim, lots of fun. Gratifying.

Many of the mods released for it in the past don't work anymore.

Fun idea, but the gameplay gets repeated over and over again. It's enjoyable for a while, but you get tired of it soon. might be cool for people who have actually interest in that kind of stuff.

If you like games that is all about building a company and grinding for experience, then this game is for you. Very nice game, also to this date. Just bought it a few days ago and I LOVE IT.

This is THE game about making games. Since Game Dev Tycoon has released it has become a sizable niche, and nearly every other game about making games is a cheap clone of Game Dev Tycoon. If you want to play a game about making games, this is the only one you need.

good creative game and goes through the history of gaming, very well priced & well recommend!

Game Dev Tycoon: A Pixelated Dream Come True!

I've always dreamed of creating my own video games, and Game Dev Tycoon let me live that dream, albeit in pixelated form! From coding my first game to marketing it to the masses, this game is a rollercoaster of excitement and frustration. It's like a real-life game development studio, but without the crippling debt and caffeine addiction.

The pixel art style is charming, the gameplay is addictive, and the satisfaction of seeing your game top the charts is unparalleled. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a game developer, this is the perfect game to scratch that itch. Just don't blame me if you end up spending countless hours coding and debugging!

A fairly simple game but requires strategy to be able to solve random things that can happen, so far it's quite fun to play as a game while working. Very light on hardware, so when waiting for work progress you can play this game. Maybe an update can be added for the latest hardware (if possible). Overall a recommended game

A fun game that becomes increasingly more complex as you scale up and research new things.

You're essentially running a gaming startup at first and you experiment with different combinations to try to put out a successful video game that customers will like.

Good game, Fun to play. How ever a bit too short. Took 33 hours to get the hardest Unobtainium achievement. Apart that its less than 15-20 hour of game play. It fun way to skip couple of rainy days.

At first I tried to be artistic and create new experiences, but that didn't sell, so I learned how to make RPGs, created couple of franchises and milked them dry. Ended the game with 500mil in the bank. Gaming industry is such a gaming industry

love this game! its been around a while but its great! make your game and then sell it for a massive pile of Cash.

Surprisingly fun. I had a bit of a difficult time understanding how to make a game at first and ended up getting a game over, but now I have a cheat sheet to help me

Very cool game, A bit small but it has mod support 9/10

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ All

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of it
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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☐ 1
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I can’t stop playing—this game is incredibly addictive! I highly recommend it to everyone, especially developers and IT students

This game made me forget time is real. This is super fun lol and just enough for me to not feel bogged down by what i'm trying to keep track of maintaining. would recommend.

Despite looking like a mobile game port, Game Dev Tycoon is a fairly good management game. There are lots of genre combinations to test out, console licenses to purchase, and research to fund.