Game Dev Story

Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!

Game Dev Story is a management, building and real time tactics game developed and published by Kairosoft Co. and Ltd.
Released on March 27th 2022 is available only on Windows in 14 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Thai, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Hindi.

It has received 1,107 reviews of which 1,011 were positive and 96 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Game Dev Story into these genres:

Management Building Real Time Tactics City Builder 2D Platformer Game Development Programming Life Sim Strategy 2D Casual Cute Software Pixel Graphics Simulation Retro 1990's Singleplayer Indie Local Multiplayer

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64bit
Processor: Intel Atom® x7-Z8750
Memory: 1 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 250 MB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Jan. 2025

三天猛猛打通全成就！好上头好上头！！！为什么2025年才打开开罗啊！！！

Oct. 2024

Warning, although this game looks like a quick bite size game, you will lose some sleep playing this game. It's hard to stop. I managed to complete all achievements in 2 sitting. It is short but for that price, it is worth it and absolutely can fill your management itch!

Sept. 2024

very first kairosoft game that I've played when it came out on app store. Nostalgic. Still doing a good job i guess but it doesn't feel right to play with my computer. There are much better tycoon computer games with so much depth. With this graphic and this depth, i dare say it's an audacity of them to pull it out as a computer game. Perhaps the nostalgia is the selling point. <번역> 앱스토어에 나와 처음 플레이 했던 나의 카이로소프트 게임. 추억돋고, 괜찮게 뽑혔지만 컴퓨터로 하기엔 뭔가 기분이 이상하다. 타이쿤 게임으로는 휠씬 낫고 깊이가 있는 컴퓨터 게임이 있기 때문. 이 그래픽과 이 깊이로, 나는 감히 이들이 이걸 컴퓨터 게임으로 낸건 일종의 뻔뻔함이 느껴지기까지 한다. 추억이 셀링포인트인 것일수도

Sept. 2024

My first impression was just "ok", but then I read the guides and wiki an realized that I was missing the most of this game's depth (which the game has, despite the looks). This game is really fun once you understand how it works.

July 2024

Completely inaccurate game development simulation. When you attempt to release a game before it's finished, your secretary will tell you that "You can't release an unfinished game" and you're not allowed to ship it. But hey, at least I can fire all my employees for no good reason, so that's spot on! :) Jokes aside it's a great game and after a decade still holds a spot in my heart. Plays perfectly on the Steam Deck, has a lot of charm, and scratches a management itch that so few games do. Well worth playing for full price or on sale.

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7.99€

8.6

1,011

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Developer

Kairosoft Co.,Ltd

Publisher

Kairosoft Co.,Ltd

Release 27 Mar 2022

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