Game Dev Tycoon
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.
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Developer: Greenheart Games Publisher: Greenheart Games
Genre: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
Tags: Management (1709), Simulation (1587), Indie (962), Strategy (770), Casual (709), Singleplayer (624), Economy (549), 2D (373), Moddable (286), Addictive (271), Replay Value (251), Sandbox (229), Funny (186), Difficult (103), Point & Click (95), Great Soundtrack (91), Isometric (83), Touch-Friendly (78), Comedy (77), Adventure (55)
Category: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet
Release date: Aug 29, 2013
Price: $9.99
Score rank: 99% Userscore: 95% Old userscore: 95% Metascore: 68%
Owners: 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000
Ownership data: 2026-11-12 (UTC)
Followers: 64,660
Peak concurrent players yesterday: 180
Playtime total: 12:19 (average) 06:55 (median)
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Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
20XX
Great Permutator
Cosmochoria
Frederic: Evil Strikes Back
Iron Fisticle
Cargo Commander
Back to Bed
The Howler
Spoiler Alert
Brawlout
Secret in Story
Dark Passenger
Star of Providence
Zolg
Once in Yaissor
Drunkn Bar Fight
Scanner Sombre
State of Anarchy
Hero Quest: Tower Conflict
Endorlight
Heavy Gear Assault
Eaten Alive
Sky Rogue
Western Press
Tin Star
Impossiball
DRAGON: A Game About a Dragon
Rats - Time is running out!
Glorkian Warrior: The Trials Of Glork
Tomb of Tyrants
Darkness Assault
Phoenix Force
Pinstripe