Game Dev Tycoon overview

Overview

Game Dev Tycoon comes from Greenheart Games 💚 and is published by Greenheart Games 💚. It arrived on Steam on Aug 29, 2013, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, and Xbox so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Game Dev Tycoon's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 126 players at 13 September 2026 - 03:19:54 UTC, with a tracked peak near 7,558. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 95% positive across 44,991 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Game Dev Tycoon is available in 17 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including dejus, usk, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Game Dev Tycoon has sold up to 2,300,000 units and has 40,296 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $15,100,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Game Dev Tycoon overview details

Game Dev Tycoon combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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. A journey through gaming history Start in the 80s Start your adventure in a small garage office in the 80s. Enjoy the hand-crafted level design while you develop your first simple games. Gain experience, unlock new options and create your first game engine. Create games your way In Game Dev Tycoon the decisions you make during development really matter. Decide which areas you want to focus on. Does your game need more gameplay or should you focus more on quests? These decisions will have a major impact on the success of your game. Grow your company Once you have successfully released a few games you can move into your own office and forge a world-class development team. Hire staff, train them and unlock new options. Make larger more complex games With experience and a good team, you can release larger, more complex games. Larger games bring new challenges and you will have 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, F…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Game Dev Tycoon is listed as a game with $3.99 (60% off from $9.99). It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 126 players at 13 September 2026 - 03:19:54 UTC, a tracked peak of 7,558, and 95% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ManagementSimulationIndieStrategyCasualSingleplayerEconomy2DModdableAddictiveReplay ValueGameMakerSandboxFunnyDifficult

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