Game Dev Tycoon is a business simulation video game developed by Greenheart Games, which first released on 10 December 2012. In the game, the player creates and develops video games. Game Dev Tycoon was inspired by the iOS and Android game, Game Dev Story 3 (by Kairosoft ), and many critics find substantial similarities between the two games. Game Dev Tycoon is a unique offering in the business simulation and management genre with an experience that lets you lead your very own gaming company out of the golden age of arcade games and into the future of gaming (while hopefully making some cash along the way). Inception - Create a Game Dev/Simulation game named 'Game Dev Tycoon' Admirer - Call your company 'Greenheart Games' Fan - Call your company 'Activision' (or another known gaming company) Unobtainium - Get 100M sales on a single game (Possibly the hardest, you can't use expansion packs) Tips for Unobtainium; SAVE BEFORE YOU DO THIS.
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Sports
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Military
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Medieval
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Space
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Racing
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- Young: +++ Great
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Fantasy
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Pirate
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Sci-Fi
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- Young: - Okay
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Airplane
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- Young: +++ Great
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Dungeon
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Mystery
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- Young: - Okay
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Martial Arts
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- Action: +++ Great
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- Young: -- Bad
- Everyone: ++ Good
- Mature: +++ Great
History
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- Action: - Okay
- Adventure: - Okay
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- Young: - Okay
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Horror
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- Action: +++ Great
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- Young: --- Terrible
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Business
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- Young: ++ Good
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Transport
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- Young: ++ Good
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Comedy
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- Young: - Okay
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- Mature: +++ Great
Ninja
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- Young: +++ Great
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Romance
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- Young: - Okay
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Movies
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- Young: ++ Good
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Spy
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- Young: - Okay
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Detective
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Cyberpunk
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- Young: -- Bad
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UFO
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- Young: - Okay
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Hospital
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- Action: --- Terrible
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- Young: -- Bad
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Evolution
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- Young: - Okay
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- Mature: -- Bad
Time Travel
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- Action: ++ Good
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- Young: ++ Good
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- Mature: - Okay
Life
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Virtual Pet
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- Young: +++ Great
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Vocabulary
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Hunting
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- Young: ++ Good
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Law
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Game Dev
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City
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- Mature: - Okay
School
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- Young: +++ Great
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- Mature: -- Bad
Fashion
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- Young: +++ Great
- Everyone: - Okay
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Zombies
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- Casual: +++ Great
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- Young: ++ Good
- Everyone: - Okay
- Mature: +++ Great
Hacking
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- Action: -- Bad
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- Young: -- Bad
- Everyone: ++ Good
- Mature: +++ Great
Government
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- Casual: -- Bad
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- Young: --- Terrible
- Everyone: +++ Great
- Mature: - Okay
Prison
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Audience Combinations
- Young: -- Bad
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Game Dev Tycoon Mods
Surgery
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- Young: - Okay
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Music
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- Action: +++ Great
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- Young: +++ Great
- Everyone: ++ Good
- Mature: - Okay
Rhythm
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- Action: +++ Great
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Audience Combinations
- Young: +++ Great
- Everyone: ++ Good
- Mature: - Okay
Superheroes
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- Action: +++ Great
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Audience Combinations
- Young: +++ Great
- Everyone: +++ Great
- Mature: +++ Great
Post Apocalyptic
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- Action: +++ Great
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Audience Combinations
- Young: --- Terrible
- Everyone: ++ Good
- Mature: +++ Great
Alternate History
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Vampire
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- Young: -- Bad
- Everyone: +++ Great
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Werewolf
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- Young: -- Bad
- Everyone: ++ Good
- Mature: +++ Great
Aliens
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Wild West
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- Young: +++ Great
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Dance
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- Casual: +++ Great
Audience Combinations
- Young: +++ Great
- Everyone: ++ Good
- Mature: - Okay
Cooking
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- Action: ++ Good
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Audience Combinations
- Young: - Okay
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- Mature: --- Terrible
Farming
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- Action: --- Terrible
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Audience Combinations
- Young: ++ Good
- Everyone: +++ Great
- Mature: - Okay
Crime
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- Young: --- Terrible
- Everyone: - Okay
- Mature: +++ Great
Disasters
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- Action: ++ Good
- Adventure: - Okay
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- Young: -- Bad
- Everyone: ++ Good
- Mature: +++ Great
Assassin
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- Action: +++ Great
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- Young: --- Terrible
- Everyone: - Okay
- Mature: +++ Great
Thief
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- Action: ++ Good
- Adventure: - Okay
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- Strategy: --- Terrible
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Audience Combinations
- Young: -- Bad
- Everyone: +++ Great
- Mature: +++ Great
Colonization
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- Action: -- Bad
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Audience Combinations
- Young: -- Bad
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- Mature: - Okay
Construction
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- Young: - Okay
- Everyone: +++ Great
- Mature: ++ Good
Mythology
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- Action: +++ Great
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- Strategy: - Okay
- Casual: -- Bad
Audience Combinations
- Young: -- Bad
- Everyone: +++ Great
- Mature: +++ Great
Abstract
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- Action: ++ Good
- Adventure: +++ Great
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- Strategy: - Okay
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Audience Combinations
- Young: - Okay
- Everyone: ++ Good
- Mature: +++ Great
Mad Science
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- Action: ++ Good
- Adventure: +++ Great
- RPG: -- Bad
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Audience Combinations
- Young: - Okay
- Everyone: ++ Good
- Mature: +++ Great
Extreme Sports
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- Strategy: -- Bad
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Audience Combinations
- Young: +++ Great
- Everyone: -- Bad
- Mature: +++ Great
Dystopian
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- Action: - Okay
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- RPG: - Okay
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- Casual: --- Terrible
Audience Combinations
- Young: --- Terrible
- Everyone: - Okay
- Mature: +++ Great
Expedition
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- Action: -- Bad
- Adventure: ++ Good
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- Strategy: +++ Great
- Casual: --- Terrible
Audience Combinations
- Young: - Okay
- Everyone: +++ Great
- Mature: ++ Good
Technology
Game Dev Tycoon Free
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- Action: --- Terrible
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- Casual: --- Terrible
Audience Combinations
Game Dev Tycoon 2
- Young: - Okay
- Everyone: +++ Great
- Mature: ++ Good