Comparison

Game Studio Tycoon 3 vs Console Tycoon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Game Studio Tycoon 3

Simulate a complete game development studio, from hiring staff and creating games to designing hardware and managing finances. Compete against AI studios and grow your business across decades of gaming history.

Highlights
  • Build and manage a game studio
  • Develop games for various platforms
  • Create custom gaming hardware
  • Manage employees and teams
  • Engage with a complex fan system
  • Compete against AI studios
Features
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It’s a dream of every amateur and pro gamer to have their own personal game studio where they can hire the best developers, create awesome video games and sell them for a huge profit! Game Studio Tycoon 3 gives you the chance to simulate a fully functional game development studio! Do you have what it takes to beat the competition and become the best studio in the industry? • Start on your own in a small office, and grow your gaming business to owning 7 buildings and managing 50 employees while tasking 3 independent teams of game developers to produce different projects at the same time! • Build your video gaming business alone, or try to get help from investors. A unique investor system allows you to sell off part of your company for money when you’re in a pinch! • Develop games for devices from 50 years of gaming history as well as the near future. • Create your own video games and even MMO’s! Determine the level of support for your MMO games, create updates, and run advertisement campaigns to attract new users! • Create your own hardware! You can create a traditional console, handheld device, or even a mobile device (tablet/phone). Once your hardware is released you can try to increase your market share by investing in third party developers to produce games for your hardware. Every game you release on your own hardware can help increase your market share! • Set the price for your games and hardware. Lower priced products tend to sell more, but turn less of a profit – find the right balance to capitalize! • Participate in 3 yearly conventions, each targeted at different types of fans. • Incredibly complex fan and user system. Each fan has a genre preference, and platform preference, and an age. On top of that, your fans will grow older as the game progresses! • Compare your studio against 7 AI studios and compete for yearly awards. • Analyze and strategize! Pour over various charts and graphs to determine what games you should make and decide what direction to take your company in. • Plan your game projects and hardware ahead of time. You can queue up to 3 projects for each team to work on for a total of 9 projects. This means when a team is done with their current project, they will move on to the next one right away! • Take a gamble and make games for big publishers! However, publisher deals rely on your past projects so be sure to have a high average game rating! • Certify your employees in 8 different technical fields to help improve their performance. Chase your dream and get immersed in the ultimate tycoon adventure of the Game Development industry!

About

Console Tycoon

Build your own gaming console empire from the ground up. Design and launch a variety of gaming devices, from home consoles to VR headsets, by managing every detail from concept to technical specifications. Navigate the historical evolution of the industry, research new technologies, and market your creations to become a global leader.

Highlights
  • Design and launch home consoles, portables, and VR headsets
  • Realistic historical evolution of the gaming industry
  • Research new technologies and features
  • Marketing and promotion campaigns
  • Office and employee management
  • Create and manage an online game store
Features
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Console Tycoon is an exciting simulator where you can build your own gaming console empire! Your journey begins in 1980, when the video game industry is just starting to take off. Design and launch home consoles, portable devices, gamepads, and VR headsets, creating them from the design phase to technical specifications in a unique editor with over 10,000 features! Game Features: Console Creation: Develop your unique gaming devices. From the exterior design to choosing technical specifications—you control every aspect. Get feedback from customers and aim for high ratings to boost your console sales! Historical Mode: Dive into the realistic evolution of the gaming industry. All console features and capabilities match their time—online gaming will only appear when the internet becomes a daily reality for gamers. Research and Development: Explore new technologies and features to stay ahead of the competition. Complete work contracts and sign exclusive deals with legendary game developers. Marketing and Promotion: Promote your consoles, create advertising campaigns, and gain recognition from players worldwide. Office Management: Start with a small office and grow! Upgrade your workspace, hire, and train employees to boost your team’s productivity and creativity. Own Online Store: Create your game store and earn additional income by selling content. And Much More: Expand your company, make strategic decisions, and build the most powerful gaming empire in the world! Show everyone that you have what it takes to become a leader in the gaming industry with Console Tycoon! Grow your business, explore new technologies, and create legendary consoles that will change the gaming world!

Screenshots

Game Studio Tycoon 34 screens
Console Tycoon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Console Tycoon at Free against Game Studio Tycoon 3's $4.99. Console Tycoon also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days) and rating (4.1 vs 3.8). Game Studio Tycoon 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Console Tycoon is free to download; Game Studio Tycoon 3 costs $4.99 up front. Console Tycoon sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Game Studio Tycoon 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Console Tycoon holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 90 and 111 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Game Studio Tycoon 3's written reviews are positive against 72% of Console Tycoon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Game Studio Tycoon 3 ships an update every 8 days, Console Tycoon every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Game Studio Tycoon 3 versus Console Tycoon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGame Studio Tycoon 3Console Tycoon
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (90 ratings)4.1 (111 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.8% of reviews72.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings90111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB144 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAshley SherwinOleksii Cherneha

Customer experience

Game Studio Tycoon 3

All ratings90 ratings
Positive68.9%
Neutral8.9%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive52.8%
Neutral15.7%
Negative31.5%

Console Tycoon

All ratings111 ratings
Positive75.7%
Neutral12.6%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews275 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral15.3%
Negative12.4%

User reviews

Game Studio Tycoon 3

From 90 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 The best game ever!!
  • 👍 Pretty fun and addicting game would recommend
  • 👍 Great Game
  • 👍 It's super fun
  • 👍 Fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Keeps crashing
  • 🐛 Crashes continuously
  • 🐛 Impossible To Win!
  • 🐛 Doesn't fit my screen correctly. Crashes all the time. An ugly looking copy of Game Dev Tycoon. Save your money.
  • 🐛 The game isn't even optimized to fit an iPhone, yet you're trying to 'sell' it instead of making it a free app? Worst 3 dollars or so I've ever spent in my life. It's to bad I can't rate 0 stars.

Console Tycoon

From 111 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Amazing game
  • 👍 Worth it
  • 👍 Good game
  • 👍 Finally
  • 👍 Man this is cool

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Fix bugs
  • 🔍 Difficult to obtain research points
  • 🐛 Glitch
  • 🐛 Bugs
  • 🐛 Glitch

Bugs and requests

Game Studio Tycoon 3

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Ratings Problem
  • Impossible To Win!
  • Doesn't fit iPhone notch
  • Разрешение экрана
  • Слiders don't work for engine
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  • Kein Update
  • Game over penalty is too small and easy is the best way to play
  • Load Game menu Dosen't work only some times works you sometimes have to redownload game.
  • After finishing the first50yrs, I was told to own those console and engine but I don't see anything when I create a new game
  • My game crashes every time I try to load a save after finishing the first 50yrs of game
  • Certification is insanely hard to get, I am wondering if there are function if I got those certification

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add a newsreel I feel like it'd be an interesting concept to the game
  • Sandbox mode
  • More genres and topics
  • Ability to move staff to a new office
  • Simplified Chinese
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  • Update Food Tyccon for iOS11 please

Console Tycoon

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game restarted and lost progress
  • Unable to name controllers
  • Text changing to another language
  • Cybersecurity office issue
  • Handheld game size glitch

Requested features

4 requests
  • Create our own OS and processors
  • Sandbox mode
  • Year changer
  • Online competition

In-app purchases

None

Game Studio Tycoon 3

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Console Tycoon

One-time8
  • $100M to Budget$1.99
  • 500 Research Coins$2.99
  • $300M to Budget$3.99
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  • Get premium3 variants$3.99
  • 1500 Research Coins$4.99
  • $1B to Budget$6.99
  • 5000 Research Coins$9.99
  • Sandbox Mode$12.99

Questions

Is Game Studio Tycoon 3 free?
Game Studio Tycoon 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Console Tycoon free?
Console Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Game Studio Tycoon 3 or Console Tycoon?
Console Tycoon is rated higher. Game Studio Tycoon 3 averages 3.8 out of 5 from 90 ratings, while Console Tycoon averages 4.1 from 111 ratings.
Do Game Studio Tycoon 3 or Console Tycoon have ads?
Console Tycoon shows ads; Game Studio Tycoon 3 does not.
Which is updated more often, Game Studio Tycoon 3 or Console Tycoon?
Game Studio Tycoon 3 ships an update every 8 days, and Console Tycoon every 2 days. Most recently, Game Studio Tycoon 3 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Console Tycoon on October 25, 2026.

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