Game Dev Tycoon

Installs

1.4m

Rating

4.8

Rating count

167.5k

Category	Simulation
Developer	GREENHEART GAMES PTY. LTD.
Price	4.99
First release	1/31/2018 (8 years ago)
Version	1.6.9
In-app purchases	No
Contains ads	No
Content rating	Everyone
Package name	com.greenheartgames.gdt

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Core Metrics

Data Breakdown

Date	Rating Count	Average Rating	Installs	Version
7/30/2025	167,470	4.800	1,442,471	1.6.9
7/29/2025	167,459	4.923	1,442,471	1.6.9
7/28/2025	167,443	4.923	1,442,095	1.6.9
7/27/2025	167,425	4.923	1,441,872	1.6.9
7/26/2025	167,405	4.923	1,441,581	1.6.9
7/25/2025	167,379	4.922	1,441,281	1.6.9
7/24/2025	167,359	4.922	1,441,152	1.6.9
7/23/2025	167,347	4.922	1,440,813	1.6.9
7/22/2025	167,315	4.922	1,440,578	1.6.9
7/21/2025	167,290	4.922	1,439,935	1.6.9
7/20/2025	167,272	4.921	1,439,725	1.6.9
7/19/2025	167,255	4.922	1,439,725	1.6.9
7/18/2025	167,237	4.924	1,439,104	1.6.9
7/17/2025	167,216	4.924	1,439,104	1.6.9
7/16/2025	167,199	4.924	1,438,879	1.6.9
7/15/2025	167,181	4.924	1,438,224	1.6.9
7/14/2025	167,155	4.924	1,438,224	1.6.9
7/13/2025	167,137	4.924	1,437,964	1.6.9
7/12/2025	167,116	4.924	1,437,641	1.6.9
7/11/2025	167,093	4.924	1,437,465	1.6.9
7/10/2025	167,060	4.924	1,436,896	1.6.9
7/9/2025	167,023	4.924	1,436,563	1.6.9
7/8/2025	166,979	4.923	1,436,379	1.6.9
7/7/2025	166,957	4.924	1,436,379	1.6.9
7/6/2025	166,938	4.923	1,436,066	1.6.9
7/5/2025	166,911	4.923	1,435,570	1.6.9
7/4/2025	166,898	4.923	1,435,570	1.6.9
7/3/2025	166,895	4.923	1,434,959	1.6.9
7/2/2025	166,880	4.923	1,434,959	1.6.9
7/1/2025	166,860	4.923	1,434,467	1.6.9
6/30/2025	166,858	4.923	1,434,467	1.6.9
6/29/2025	166,830	4.923	1,434,157	1.6.9
6/28/2025	166,815	4.923	1,433,933	1.6.9
6/27/2025	166,800	4.923	1,433,643	1.6.9
6/26/2025	166,787	4.923	1,433,445	1.6.9
6/25/2025	166,765	4.923	1,432,967	1.6.9
6/24/2025	166,745	4.924	1,432,655	1.6.9
6/23/2025	166,720	4.924	1,432,655	1.6.9
6/22/2025	166,701	4.924	1,432,402	1.6.9
6/21/2025	166,684	4.924	1,431,881	1.6.9
6/20/2025	166,665	4.923	1,431,570	1.6.9
6/19/2025	166,652	4.923	1,431,570	1.6.9
6/18/2025	166,635	4.923	1,431,238	1.6.9
6/17/2025	166,612	4.923	1,430,777	1.6.9
6/16/2025	166,591	4.924	1,430,777	1.6.9
6/15/2025	166,561	4.923	1,430,518	1.6.9
6/14/2025	166,538	4.923	1,429,933	1.6.9
6/13/2025	166,517	4.925	1,429,933	1.6.9
6/12/2025	166,499	4.801	1,429,461	1.6.9
6/9/2025	166,496	4.771	1,429,461	1.6.9
6/8/2025	166,437	4.782	1,428,703	1.6.9
5/29/2025	166,421	4.925	1,428,322	N/A
5/28/2025	166,226	4.923	1,425,592	N/A
5/27/2025	166,213	4.923	1,425,421	N/A
5/24/2025	166,195	4.923	1,424,862	N/A
5/22/2025	166,131	4.922	1,424,274	N/A
5/21/2025	166,087	4.922	1,423,538	N/A
5/20/2025	166,062	4.924	1,423,538	N/A
5/19/2025	166,042	4.926	1,423,345	N/A
4/28/2025	165,562	4.768	1,416,586	N/A
4/24/2025	165,538	4.924	1,416,287	N/A
4/23/2025	165,455	4.818	1,415,127	N/A
4/22/2025	165,433	4.923	1,412,986	N/A
4/15/2025	165,415	4.925	1,412,986	N/A
4/10/2025	165,246	4.921	1,411,833	N/A
4/6/2025	165,113	4.920	1,409,645	N/A
3/10/2025	164,856	4.798	1,406,705	N/A
2/27/2025	164,517	4.799	1,396,290	N/A
2/25/2025	164,668	4.801	1,393,344	N/A
2/24/2025	164,965	4.801	1,393,080	N/A
2/20/2025	164,936	4.802	1,391,999	N/A
2/17/2025	164,771	4.802	1,389,811	N/A

Details

Welcome to Game Dev Tycoon. In this business simulation game you start your own game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games, research new technologies to boost your business and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

Create games your way
Your success depends on your creativity and willingness to experiment. What topics and genres go well together? Should your Action game focus more on engine optimization or on quest design? The decisions you make during the development of your games will have a major impact on the ratings you receive.

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.

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
📈 Become a market leader
💚 Gain worldwide fans
🥇 Unlock achievements

The full game has many more features which are not listed here to prevent spoilers.

The mobile version introduces
☠ A super-difficult (but optional) pirate mode
📰 An updated storyline
👩‍🍳 New topics for even more varied games
📱 New UI optimized for phones and tablets

A game with 💚
Game Dev Tycoon does not contain any in-app purchases or ads. Enjoy!

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