Game Dev Tycoon
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2012
Platforms
Genres
Play modes
- single-player video game
Localized titles
- Game Dev Tycoon
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- Yes*
Store genres
- Casual*
- Indie*
- Simulation*
- Strategy*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Greek*
- Hungarian*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Swedish*
- Turkish*
- Ukrainian*
Community tags · historical
- Management*
- Votes · historical
- 1,614*
- Simulation*
- Votes · historical
- 1,534*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 949*
- Strategy*
- Votes · historical
- 750*
- Casual*
- Votes · historical
- 696*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 608*
- Economy*
- Votes · historical
- 519*
- 2D*
- Votes · historical
- 363*
- Moddable*
- Votes · historical
- 282*
- Addictive*
- Votes · historical
- 265*
- Replay Value*
- Votes · historical
- 240*
- GameMaker*
- Votes · historical
- 226*
- Sandbox*
- Votes · historical
- 216*
- Funny*
- Votes · historical
- 183*
- Difficult*
- Votes · historical
- 100*
- Point & Click*
- Votes · historical
- 99*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Votes · historical
- 88*
- Isometric*
- Votes · historical
- 79*
- Comedy*
- Votes · historical
- 76*
- Touch-Friendly*
- Votes · historical
- 75*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows XP SP3*
- Processor alternatives
- 2 GHz dual core*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory*
- Conditions
- minimum resolution of 1024x768*
- macOS · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Mac OS 10.7.5+*
- Processor alternatives
- 2 GHz dual core*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory*
- Conditions
- minimum resolution of 1024x768*
- Linux · Minimum*
- Processor alternatives
- 2 GHz dual core*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory*
- Conditions
- minimum resolution of 1024x768*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Graphics alternatives
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with 1GB memory*
- Memory
- 4 GB*
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27*
- Memory
- 4 GB*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 33*
- Community confidence
- good*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Greenheart Games
- Greenheart Games 💚*
Publishers
- Greenheart Games
- Greenheart Games 💚*
Release history
- 2012-12-10
- Date precision
- Exact date
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Aug 29, 2013*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 2 fields
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Playable*
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Steam Deck
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
Specifications 2 · 12 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- 2 GHz dual core*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 2* GB
- Name
- Game Dev Tycoon*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with 1GB memory*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- 4* GB
- Release year
- 2,012*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- 2 GHz dual core*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 2 GB*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Graphics alternatives
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with 1GB memory*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Memory
- 4 GB*
Specifications 3 · 33 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 35*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 276* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 832* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Greenheart Games 💚*
- DLC count · historical
- 0*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1000000 - 2000000*
- Store genres
- Casual*
- Indie*
- Simulation*
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 491* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 487* min
- Metacritic score
- 68*
- Name
- Game Dev Tycoon*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 1,657*
- Peak ccu
- 157*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 34,126*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 3.99*
- Publishers
- Greenheart Games 💚*
- Recommendations
- 39,575*
- Store release date · historical
- Aug 29, 2013*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Greek*
- Hungarian*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Swedish*
- Turkish*
- Ukrainian*
- Game website · historical
- http://www.greenheartgames.com/app/game-dev-tycoon/*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Greenheart Games 💚
- Greenheart Games 💚*
- Store genres
- Casual
- Casual*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Greenheart Games 💚
- Greenheart Games 💚*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Aug 29, 2013*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Greek*
- Hungarian*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Swedish*
- Turkish*
- Ukrainian*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 149* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 982* min
- Ccu
- 157*
- Developer
- Greenheart Games*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Casual*
- Indie*
- Simulation*
- Strategy*
- Historical US original list price
- 999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Greek*
- Hungarian*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Swedish*
- Turkish*
- Ukrainian*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 219* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 504* min
- Name
- Game Dev Tycoon*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 1,657*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 34,126*
- Historical US price
- 999* US cents
- Publisher
- Greenheart Games*
- Community tags · historical
- Management*
- Simulation*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
- Casual*
- Singleplayer*
- Economy*
- 2D*
- Moddable*
- Addictive*
- Replay Value*
- GameMaker*
- Sandbox*
- Funny*
- Difficult*
- Point & Click*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Isometric*
- Comedy*
- Touch-Friendly*
- Store genres
- Casual
- Casual*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Greek*
- Hungarian*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Swedish*
- Turkish*
- Ukrainian*
- Community tags · historical
- Management
- Management*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Casual
- Casual*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Economy
- Economy*
- 2D
- 2D*
- Moddable
- Moddable*
- Addictive
- Addictive*
- Replay Value
- Replay Value*
- GameMaker
- GameMaker*
- Sandbox
- Sandbox*
- Funny
- Funny*
- Difficult
- Difficult*
- Point & Click
- Point & Click*
- Great Soundtrack
- Great Soundtrack*
- Isometric
- Isometric*
- Comedy
- Comedy*
- Touch-Friendly
- Touch-Friendly*
- Tags votes
- Management
- Votes · historical
- 1,614*
- Simulation
- Votes · historical
- 1,534*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 949*
- Strategy
- Votes · historical
- 750*
- Casual
- Votes · historical
- 696*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 608*
- Economy
- Votes · historical
- 519*
- 2D
- Votes · historical
- 363*
- Moddable
- Votes · historical
- 282*
- Addictive
- Votes · historical
- 265*
- Replay Value
- Votes · historical
- 240*
- GameMaker
- Votes · historical
- 226*
- Sandbox
- Votes · historical
- 216*
- Funny
- Votes · historical
- 183*
- Difficult
- Votes · historical
- 100*
- Point & Click
- Votes · historical
- 99*
- Great Soundtrack
- Votes · historical
- 88*
- Isometric
- Votes · historical
- 79*
- Comedy
- Votes · historical
- 76*
- Touch-Friendly
- Votes · historical
- 75*
Specifications 5 · 29 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Greenheart Games 💚*
- Store genres
- Casual*
- Indie*
- Simulation*
- Strategy*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Linux requirements
- Minimum: Processor: 2 GHz dual core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory Additional Notes: minimum resolution of 1024x768 *
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: OS: Mac OS 10.7.5+ Processor: 2 GHz dual core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory Additional Notes: minimum resolution of 1024x768 *
- Metacritic score
- 68*
- Name
- Game Dev Tycoon*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3 Processor: 2 GHz dual core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory Additional Notes: minimum resolution of 1024x768 *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- linux*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 80*
- Historical store price
- $1.99*
- Publishers
- Greenheart Games 💚*
- Recommendations total
- 39,398*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Aug 29, 2013*
- Interface languages
- English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on Tablet*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Greenheart Games 💚
- Greenheart Games 💚*
- Store genres
- Casual
- Casual*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Linux requirements
- Linux · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- 2 GHz dual core*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory*
- Conditions
- minimum resolution of 1024x768*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Minimum
- Operating system
- Mac OS 10.7.5+*
- Processor alternatives
- 2 GHz dual core*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory*
- Conditions
- minimum resolution of 1024x768*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows XP SP3*
- Processor alternatives
- 2 GHz dual core*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory*
- Conditions
- minimum resolution of 1024x768*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Greenheart Games 💚
- Greenheart Games 💚*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Aug 29, 2013*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Arabic*
- Czech*
- Dutch*
- Greek*
- Hungarian*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Swedish*
- Turkish*
- Ukrainian*
Specifications 6 · 17 fields
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- playable*
- Store genres
- Casual|Indie|Simulation*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 284*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- good*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 33*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- gold*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- 4* GB
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,013*
- Title
- Game Dev Tycoon*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Store genres
- Casual
- Casual*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 33*
- Community confidence
- good*
- Windows recommended RAM · 2026-06-27
- Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27
- Memory
- 4 GB*
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