In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 8.6-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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BANGER · Strategy · 2013
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes. A BANGER at $3.99.
about 8.6h$3.99 (~)
Better value than 100% of Strategy games
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Game Dev Tycoon scores 93/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/239820/game-dev-tycoon<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/239820/game-dev-tycoon"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/239820" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/239820/game-dev-tycoon)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 3h ago.
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Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
The lowest price on record is $1.99, set in August 2023. It has been discounted 76 times in the 13 years tracked here, typically at 55 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
Steam's global achievement data says about 2 percent of players ever finish it. On an 8.6-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.
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