# Cursed Game Dev Simulator — Roguelite Horror Studio Tycoon

> Roguelite Horror Studio Tycoon (iPhone/iPad app by Darius Immanuel Guerrero.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cursed-game-dev-simulator/id6818708707 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Darius Immanuel Guerrero](https://appshunter.io/developer/1090694564)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: $2.99
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-18
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is Cursed Game Dev Simulator?

Design games and try to keep your sanity. Take on freelance work, pay the rent on time, and grow from a solo game developer into a real studio with staff and fans. AIDE, your AI assistant, helps you run things, but a slow, consuming dread seeps into your waking hours. Something is not right.

From the creators of the DERE EXE series, Cursed Game Dev Simulator is a startup tycoon and roguelite life sim with a psychological horror story about making games as the world ends.

MAKE GAMES
Start your own indie game startup in a one-room apartment and try to make it big. Mix genres and themes, release on new platforms as you grow, and find the combinations players love. Some ideas become viral hits. Some flop, and the critics will let you know. A few are better left unmade.

RUN YOUR STUDIO
Manage your money, energy, and focus day by day, and try not to let the madness take over. Hire staff, take commissions from clients, and compete with a rival game maker for the same players.

UNCOVER THE STORY
Read your mail, follow the strange events, and get to know AIDE. Every career ends one way or another, and there are thirteen endings to find.

BEGIN ANOTHER LIFE
Each career is a new roguelite run with new starting options. Unlock upgrades that carry over, piece together what happened in the last life, fill your Codex, become a legendary game developer, and climb the Game Center leaderboard.

FEATURES
• Game development tycoon and studio management sim with short, replayable roguelite runs
• Psychological and cosmic horror story set in the AppSir Games universe
• Retro pixel art with 23 skins, from modern looks to classic desktops and handhelds
• Thirteen endings and 21 Game Center achievements
• Haptics, mechanical keyboard sounds, and eerie sound effects
• iCloud sync between your devices
• Plays great on iPhone and iPad, including iPhone Duo
• Paid once. No ads, no in-app purchases, no tracking

This game contains horror themes and jumpscares. Jumpscares can be turned off in Settings.

## Is Cursed Game Dev Simulator safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Cursed Game Dev Simulator.

## Is Cursed Game Dev Simulator legit?

Cursed Game Dev Simulator appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Cursed Game Dev Simulator is 75 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 4.2 — 2026-11-18

No release notes.

### 4.3 — 2026-11-18

- Launch version
- More interactions with your totally normal in-game helper, AIDE.

### 4.6 — 2026-11-18

The studio is open.

Your days now begin with a look back. Yesterday shows what your games sold, who started following, and where the money went. Reminders keeps the next bill, a client deadline or a fever in plain sight. Energy, focus and sanity now sit wherever you spend them.

Make something. Ship it. Read what they say.

### 4.4 — 2026-10-28

- A more detailed Game Over screen. It now shows how much you owed when the money ran out, and what your studio had left. Small fixes throughout.
- Launch version of the game

## More apps by Darius Immanuel Guerrero

- [The Last Yandere: Cursed Dark](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-last-yandere-cursed-dark/id1295159936)
- [DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dere-exe-rebirth-of-horror/id1343651115)
- [DERE EVIL EXE](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dere-evil-exe/id1382655034)
- [HopBound](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hopbound/id1499147637)
- [Puzzling Peaks EXE](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puzzling-peaks-exe/id1536616702)
- [DERE Vengeance](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dere-vengeance/id6447456585)

All apps by Darius Immanuel Guerrero: https://appshunter.io/developer/1090694564

## Related topics

[dev simulator](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/dev-simulator) · [video game dev](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/video-game-dev)

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