In Game Dev Tycoon, Replay the History of the Gaming Industry
In Game Dev Tycoon, you start 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.
A Journey Through Gaming History
Start in the 80s
Begin your adventure in a small garage office in the 80s. Enjoy the hand-crafted level design as you develop your first simple games. Gain experience, unlock new options, and create your first game engine.
Create Games Your Way
The decisions you make during development truly matter. Decide which areas to focus on. Does your game need more gameplay or should you focus on quests? These decisions will greatly impact the success of your game.
Grow Your Company
Once you’ve released a few games, you can move into your own office and build a world-class development team. Hire staff, train them, and unlock new options.
Make Larger, More Complex Games
With experience and a strong team, you can release larger, more complex games. These bring new challenges, and you'll need to manage your team well to deliver hit games.
Features
Start a game development company in the 80s
Design and create games
Gain new insights through game reports
Research new technologies
Create custom game engines
Move into bigger offices
Forge a world-class development team
Unlock secret labs
Conduct industry-changing projects
Unlock achievements
Modding support
Workshop support
Community translations for German, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Czech, Swedish, Dutch, and Italian are available through the in-game menu.
The full game offers many more features, but they are not listed here to avoid spoilers.
windows Recommended
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with 1GB memory
To activate the game, you need a Steam Account
Login or register at the official Steam Website and download Steam client
Install and start application, login with your Account name and Password
Click the Games Menu.
Choose Activate a Product on Steam...
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the process
After the successful code verification, go to the "MY GAMES" tab and start downloading.
News & Updates
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