Game Dev Studio on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?

Game Dev Studio is a simulation, strategy and casual game developed and published by Explosive Squat Games.
Released on March 12th 2018 is available on Windows and Linux in 5 languages: English, German, French, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 656 reviews of which 561 were positive and 95 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP SP3
  • Processor: Dual core @ 2GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 128 MB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 150 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 18.04
  • Processor: Dual core @ 2GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 128 MB VRAM
  • Storage: 150 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
Gud. Not better than the mad series ofc but gud.
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March 2025
Big respect for the effort that went into creating this game, I had a lot of fun playing it.
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Jan. 2025
sued a company, bought them out, rinse and repeat
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Aug. 2024
Nice micro management and steady new possible opportunities and challenges as time advances within the game. 10 out of 10, would create a more greedy company then EA again.
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June 2024
Great game! I suck, so this game was STUPID difficult for me, but it is a fun challenge for sure!
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Game Dev Studio
8.1
561
95
Online players
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Developer
Explosive Squat Games
Publisher
Explosive Squat Games
Release 12 Mar 2018
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