Game Dev Story
In Game Dev Story starting from a small office and a few thousand dollars in the wallet, you will need to hire the necessary personnel to develop the first game of the newborn company. This is how the list of…
Game Dev Story is an adventure developed by Kairosoft, released 1 April 1997 on Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.
What Game Dev Story is
Game Dev Story is an adventure game developed by Kairosoft and released in 1997. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Game Dev Story starting from a small office and a few thousand dollars in the wallet, you will need to hire the necessary personnel to develop the first game of the newborn company. This is how the list of candidates runs: there is a good programmer, an artist a bit scarce and a designer not bad; each of them, thanks to their skills, can give a more or less relevant hand in the realization of the project. Once everything is ready you must finally choose the kind and type of game to be realized, keeping in mind that some combinations will get married much better than others. In Game Dev Story player can choose the platform on which to develop the project, and here things start to get very…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 12 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Game Dev Story launched on 1 April 1997, within three weeks of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Doom 64 and Need for Speed II. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Doom 64, Need for Speed II.
Official trailer
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