Game Dev Tycoon User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience91.0% of reviews
Neutral3.9% of reviews
Negative experience5.1% of reviews

~ Based on 1,101 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Game Dev Tycoon Safe?

Game Dev Tycoon appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Game Dev Tycoon is 98/100.

This assessment is based on 24,004 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

98.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
0.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
0.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 24,004 App Store ratings for Game Dev Tycoon.

Is Game Dev Tycoon Legit?

Game Dev Tycoon appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Game Dev Tycoon is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Very fun but

I went to create a medium size game it warns you that it will take multiple staff members but you can’t back out to hire anyone once development is started now I’m hard stuck because I only have one staff member and I can’t back out of the development screen.

Perfect Casual Game

I love tycoon type of games, and this game executes it perfectly, I don’t ever write reviews for games but this game is def worth the money

Fun

Great so far slight learning curve

A couple small fixes from being really good

The interface isn't the best when developing new games so it's really easy to mess up your game and end up with lots of "Game #x". Kinda silly but it bums me out when it happens. Otherwise it's pretty fun.

Slight issue

Been playing for over 10 years, just bought an iPhone 17e and it seems the game isn’t properly scaled. Text boxes and notifications are extra small. Please fix when you get t a chance :)

Please add more or make another app!

Ive played this game so many times over the years. No one else has a game like this, console desktop or ios. My favorite game of all time. Please make something new! Worth the money


July 23, 2026
Again, for the 6-7th year in a row, I am back asking for more. I’m begging. There is no other game like this game, none. Pleeeease. I would pay $30 for a sequel of this game, or a spinoff, do the cashgrab thing its okay (because this game is so good) yall are an awesome company and the mind behind this has done phenomenal. Its a curse that I have played something so good, and will never enjoy another game without thinking of this one. On mobile, its… Perfect. Thanks
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One Of The Best Games Ever But Need Updates

Updates I Need: New Stuff To Research, Series Viewer, Remakes, Mods For Mobile, Game Engine Selling, Using Sold Game Engines From Other Companies, Game Updating, Game Engine Updating, & Game Dev Tycoon 2

BEST GAME EVER!!!

I usually NEVER leave game reviews or pay for games, but this game is 100% worth it! If you love simulators where you can try all different combinations to get different results, with the option to keep hints through multiple playthroughs, this is the game for you. I was so sad when it left the Apple Arcade and didn't think twice about paying for it. Genuinely one of my most favorite games that I would have if stranded on an island!
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(((o(*゚▽゚*)o)))♡ wow!!

so so fun!! literally time consuming in a great way !! :D there BETTER be a sequel!!💗🫶

Can’t Stop Playing

This game is so addictive I can’t stop playing it was worth the money to buy. It would be cool if you guys make a game like this where you become a film/tv director and you get to name your movies & shows and Something similar to this and that is my idea for y’all’s next game.

Terrible

Terrible terrible terrible bad awful

Great to pass time

This game gives you all the feels of an epic journey. Start in your garage and build your mega gaming studio. Trial & error is the way of life

Great game!

Extremely fun and addicting game!

Great

Great game

The GOAT

Nothing more need be said

Games pretty fun but

Why does the game never remember my company names upon starting a new game? It remembers my player name but I have always retype the same name I use for the company.

Great + educational

Actually really solid outline of marketing and dev pipeline imo

Fulfilling game

I thoroughly enjoyed this game so far only been playing for a few days. The simple yet thought out game mechanics are nice. One improvement however is I hope that we could rename custom engines and i hope tempo could be slower i feel the need to constantly produce games although that’s what the game is about. I wish to see games that I’ve developed stay in stores more and just have the option to remove them if there’s no more support for the game. One way to make sure that players can’t stack every single game produced is to add a cap to the games that can be displayed or add penalties for having a 20 yo game still in stores; one penalty is that the player can start losing money having it on the catalog.
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It’s fun

I’m a big fan of games that cost money up front and don’t constantly require paying later so this is great. Fun game

Awesome

Its simple to pick up and go. Be creative and make your own games.