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…
Game Dev Tycoon is an indie developed by Greenheart Games, released 10 December 2012 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Linux. It currently starts at $3.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 10.9 hrs to finish.
What Game Dev Tycoon is
Game Dev Tycoon is an indie game developed by Greenheart Games and released in 2012. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Game Dev Tycoon is a 2012 business simulation video game developed by Greenheart Games released on 10 December 2012. The player creates and develops video games. Game Dev Tycoon was inspired by the iOS and Android game Game Dev Story, and many critics find substantial similarities between the two games. Game Dev Tycoon was created by Greenheart Games, a company founded in July 2012 by brothers Patrick and Daniel Klug.
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. There are 35 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Game Dev Tycoon holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 342 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 34.3 hrs, roughly 3.1 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $3.99, that works out to about $0.37 per hour of the main story, or $0.12 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz dual core, 2 GB RAM and Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.99 at Steam, 60% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Game Dev Tycoon launched on 10 December 2012, within three weeks of Far Cry 3, Hitman: Absolution, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn and PlanetSide 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Far Cry 3, Hitman: Absolution, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn, PlanetSide 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Game Dev Tycoon yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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