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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.
717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
158 months, August 2013 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 436 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Game Dev Tycoon was released on 29 Aug, 2013.
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35 achievements in total.
31 developer announcements, Mar 2014 to Nov 2025 · times in UTC
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[💚] ManiiiPre-emptively fixed an issue that could have caused the share code feature to break in the near future.
Patch notesFixed: Error when engine does not have a name set.Fixed: Platform/genre and platform/audience weighting on custom console wasn't always correct.New: Show a permanently dismissable banner on the main menu for new games from us.
Patch notesHello there! 👋 SimFest, the Steam festival celebrating the variety of simulation titles, has begun! And how could we not be a part of it? 😄 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5050215/9a4f73d31efc2400d20d72f98cf91898d9a206d9.png For Game Dev Tycoon, we are…
[💚] ManiiiHello! 👋 As we shared a while back, we've been working on our second game for nearly a decade! Today, we revealed the first gameplay trailer for Tavern Keeper, sharing a bunch of the systems that you'll use to manage your fantasy tavern and…
[💚] ManiiiDear Game Dev Tycoon Fans, Here's a surprise, there’s a new edition of Game Dev Tycoon available on Netflix! Truth be told, we never dreamed that we’d be able to make an update to Game Dev Tycoon as we’ve been flat out working on our second…
[💚] ManiiiHappy New Year, everyone! Steam Capitalism and Economy Fest Game Dev Tycoon is taking part in the Steam Capitalism and Economy Fest with a 60% discount until January 15th! What a fitting event for a game like Game Dev Tycoon! 😁…
[💚] ManiiiTEN YEARS + Anniversary Sale Next week, it will be ten whole years since Game Dev Tycoon came out on Steam! Never would we have dreamed that our first little game would be played by so many people across the globe, that it would be…
Greenheart GamesFixed start script for Linux: Instead of setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable it gets appended.
Patch notesWe've released a small bug fix where the staff welcome training was not available after importing from a mobile save game.
Patch notesWe've released a small update which fixes subscribing to our newsletter from within the game. 💚
Patch notesWe've released a small update fixing a few minor cross-platform bugs, as well as aiming to restore game knowledge (and some save slots) that were sometimes lost for some players when upgrading to 1.8.x This update also introduces a…
Patch notesWe have just reverted all Windows users to the old version of node-webkit (the underlying tech making the game run on PC). Sadly our latest upgrade to a newer version caused game hints and achievements to not load (nor save correctly). The…
Patch notesBugfix: Migrating save files with custom consoles from mobile version did throw the error "InvalidStateError: Failed to execute 'drawImage'".
Patch notesBugfix: Deleting a savegame threw a "TypeError: Bad arguments".
Patch notesWe've just released v1.8.0 to Windows and Mac users. This release should hopefully fix a bunch of odd issues we've recently seen Mac users report and should also have much better performance on Mac. For Windows users the main change is that…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5050215/875057bf8201bdc1d4acdaf8ba786c1837c341bb.png With this update, we are making it something of a tradition that every time we release Game Dev Tycoon on a new platform, we update all existing platforms with some new…
Greenheart Gameshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5050215/a5fd350b2e87e6b7821c1f3d9b34f0967bb3eed2.png The first total UI overhaul mod for Game Dev Tycoon called "TAG Mod" is now fully released. All the way back in July…
Greenheart Gameshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5050215/8f6ca98966c8bbd5ed83884800772601dd79cc76.png It's been five whole years since Game Dev Tycoon released on Steam. Time for a brief illustrated trip through the game’s…
Greenheart Gameshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5050215/5f0bde90ac0a0fead86c689cbe9a621ea2ed92f3.png Valve has just launched developer pages on Steam allowing you to follow your favorite creators and be notified of…
Greenheart Gameshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5050215/c2a0972d3c373d0ff5e5e6359a234e63b07ec449.png We've been quietly working on our second game (Tavern Keeper) in the past years but to celebrate the mobile release of…
Greenheart Gameshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5050215/c2a0972d3c373d0ff5e5e6359a234e63b07ec449.png We've been quietly working on our second game (Tavern Keeper) in the past years but to celebrate the mobile release of…
Patch noteshttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5050215/1de179f8c756742fc0b07f61984bfe5d72776a82.png Mobile Relase We released Game Dev Tycoon on the App Store this week and it has been an interesting journey. You can…
Greenheart Gameshttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5050215/1de179f8c756742fc0b07f61984bfe5d72776a82.png Mobile Relase We released Game Dev Tycoon on the App Store this week and it has been an interesting journey. You can…
Greenheart Gameshttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5050215/338dc1d827ebced79ec49449d99487107c3d87cd.gif We are happy to announce that Game Dev Tycoon is finally coming to mobile and to celebrate the occasion a free…
Greenheart Gameshttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5050215/338dc1d827ebced79ec49449d99487107c3d87cd.gif We are happy to announce that Game Dev Tycoon is finally coming to mobile and to celebrate the occasion a free…
Greenheart GamesToday, we are happy to announce that Game Dev Tycoon now ships with Steam Workshop support and, even better, there are already a dozen great mods available for you to enjoy. From simple mods that add topics and platforms, to more advanced…
Greenheart GamesToday, we are happy to announce that Game Dev Tycoon now ships with Steam Workshop support and, even better, there are already a dozen great mods available for you to enjoy. From simple mods that add topics and platforms, to more advanced…
Greenheart GamesEvery week we receive questions about if and when Game Dev Tycoon will be coming to mobiles and, today, we are happy to announce that a completely revised version of Game Dev Tycoon is in the works! Developed under the guidance of the best…
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Greenheart GamesMissed all the excitement around Game Dev Tycoon modding? Now is a good time to catch up on what's happening: http://www.greenheartgames.com/2014/02/28/game-dev-tycoon-modding-taking/ (In short: dozens of great mods and a community-created…
Greenheart GamesWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | nw.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | Game Dev Tycoon.app | macos | ||
| Launch | start.sh | linux |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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