Game Dev Tycoon

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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 7 Ratings

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  • Summary: Game Dev Tycoon is a business simulation game where 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.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Pure Nintendo
    Oct 26, 2020
    100
    Game Dev Tycoon is the business simulation strategy game you never knew you needed, providing smooth controls, well-balanced management, and fun gameplay.
  2. The Digital Fix
    Oct 6, 2020
    80
    Game Dev Tycoon has a wide appeal to different audiences. As well as being a great introduction to management sims, there's enough to keep long time fans interested as well. It's fun, sometimes silly in the best kind of way, and hard to put down once you get started.
  3. Switch Player
    Oct 29, 2020
    80
    Game Dev Tycoon displays masterful execution of balancing addictiveness and enjoyability, despite the niggling feeling that they merely copied and/or built-upon Kairosoft’s Game Dev Story.
  4. Nintenderos
    Oct 8, 2020
    73
    Game Dev Tycoon is a simulation and management game that invites us to be the CEO and principal manager of a video game development company. A title that will appeal to lovers of the genre and to those interested in knowing the details of these studies and their development processes.
  5. Areajugones
    Oct 6, 2020
    70
    Game Dev Tycoon brilliantly simplifies the game development process and also perfectly summarizes the history of the videogame industry. It's very satisfying to develop videogames and see their impact on sales. However, it's necessary to mention that Game Dev Tycoon can be quite repetitive, and some current consoles aren't well represented.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. TaylorPotato
    Mar 6, 2021
    10
    I love this game so much, I made an account just to review it. I’ve been in a gaming slump, not feeling much of anything lately. This gameI love this game so much, I made an account just to review it. I’ve been in a gaming slump, not feeling much of anything lately. This game made me excited to game again. There is so much room to grow within the game and I suspect it will have a high replay value. I especially appreciate the tutorials which are clear and concise. The pacing is perfect. I don’t have a single criticism. It makes me happy to support a start-up like this and I look forward to what they’ll make next!… Expand
  2. kosterix
    Mar 7, 2021
    9
    Game dev tycoon - try the demo! - manages to recreate the evolution of games from the 70s, where you begin with text adventure creation, thenGame dev tycoon - try the demo! - manages to recreate the evolution of games from the 70s, where you begin with text adventure creation, then go on to console game dev, including the marketing funds and generation of hype.
    It succeeds in discouraging teen punks of ever considering to join that industry, and also is a good lesson on how insidious game creation really is.
    Also it has a "history of video game" kind of lesson in it. If you remember or can guess the next big thing in hindsight, you will score well.
    It's a very good game that left a sour taste in me mouth, so -1 point for that.    … Expand
  4. TheLinkgirl
    Dec 12, 2022
    1
    My time with Game Dev Tycoon was just abysmal. I'm not sure what it wanted to do. While it's a conceptually fine idea, the problem is thatMy time with Game Dev Tycoon was just abysmal. I'm not sure what it wanted to do. While it's a conceptually fine idea, the problem is that you're encouraged to choose very specific menu combinations. There's no point in experimenting, because experimenting is failure. The whole game is just a case of learning which options to pick in a menu, or looking it up after going bankrupt for the 10th time in the early game. Every moment with this game was terrible for me.… Expand

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