In Game Builder Tycoon, begin as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing, research stuff and manage a skilled team. Overcome competition to guide your game development studio to global recognition and dominate the gaming industry.
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.14/day in the week to Aug 14 → 1.43/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 25 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 10 places towards #1, and the 2,413 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
Create and sell games, gain fame and wealth, research new technologies, hire employees, upgrade your office, manage taxes and salaries, take loans if needed, and compete with 5000 companies. Experience the thrill of running your own studio in Game Builder Tycoon.
Design standout games by selecting key elements like art, features, quests, dialogue, music, level, and world design. Assign tasks to characters, choose the genre, theme, platform, game size, art style, viewpoint, and features. Launch your game in the market and create sequels. Imagine a platformer game set in a sci-fi world with 2D-pixel art and multiplayer options. The possibilities for customization are endless!
Choose your character and define their role—be it as a coder or an artist. Each character has three attributes: IQ, creativity, and insight, which affect six skills: tech, art, writing, design, music, and marketing. Create a unique character that fits your vision. As you progress, hire more employees and continuously train yourself and your team in various ways to stay ahead in the competitive market.
As your game progresses, research and unlock new elements. Discover new genres like survival or simulation, themes like zombies or pirates, devices like consoles or mobile, game sizes, art styles like semi-realistic or stylized, features like localization or tutorials, viewpoints like isometric or third-person, and marketing strategies like free demos or media advertisements. With over 60 things to unlock, the possibilities are endless to create your next hit games.
Want to create larger games? Earn enough money to upgrade your office and hire new employees, expanding your team's capabilities to create bigger and better games than ever before.
Feeling unmotivated? Don't worry, you're competing with 5000 other companies. They are smart and hardworking, just like your team. Create better games and use effective marketing tactics to earn more and stay ahead.
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Nintendo publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $9.99 | 182reviews | 75% | — | $46K |
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Reviews
Themes across 61 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
3/10 The game tries its best to imitate Game Dev Tycoon and it does it poorly. It has a few touches of its own but they are BAD. And not fun, not recommended. Also, the game sound effects are thorns in my ears too. ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☑ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☑ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☑ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☑ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese +2 more
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Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 61 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Its a Game Dev Tycoon copy and not a good one. 3/10.
it's kinda bear bones you can't mix genre, you can't put a description for your game, you can't customise your office, you can't upgrade your PC to make better games, it dosen't realy have replayablility, sadly I accidently left the game running so I can't get a refund, but this is def the worst game dev sim I have played, It just feels like it is missing a lot.
Game runs perfectly smoothly. Unfortunately there are more minuses than plusses, and game can be easily beaten in 2-3 hours. Game is not bad, but it can be seen that they did not have enough time and resources to polish it, and some design decisions are... strange. One example - you cannot import knowledge from the old save/game to the new one. Yes, it makes game easier in the future but it is better than guessing every time. There is also no feedback. I got matches perfectly and stars okayish, and it gave me 5 star rating out of 10. Other time with similar way I got 10 stars out of 10. Why? No idea both times. There is almost no enough time to do all research (genres), and you have to rush it for achievement. Amount of research is also... vey barebone. I guess research just gives more stars to the game and nothing else, you just put "VR headset support" in every game regardless of genre. Or "Day and night change" in every imaginable game too. I bought game for 0,99 and got enough fun out of it to justify purchase. For 10 Euros? No way, I would be very unhappy.
The best that I can say that it is Game Dev Tycoon at home. But it is extremely cheap for around 2$ last time I checked and sales decrease it to 69 cents (nice). This is a fine alternative to Game Dev Tycoon if you want to be even cheaper, it is fun though. I do not like what the future looks like though as the last dev log was last year.
Es uno de los juegos más aburridos, sin inspiración, sin alma, sin intención, que he podido "jugar". Es tan vacío y carente de dinámicas de jugabilidad que no me puedo explicar cómo alguien llegó a considerar esto un "juego". El tiempo que le he estado mirando es para ver si es que en el momento de llegar a tener una oficina más grande algo diferente habría, al tener un segundo dev, alguna dinámica que no sea crear juego, tipo, característica, esperar, ganar dinero, volver a empezar. Ni siquiera se tomaron cinco minutos para darle al jugador una motivación para hacer algo. Un minijuego, un desafío, nada. Por fortuna lo compré en rebajas y lo compré a precio de una galleta, pero al menos una galleta tendría un mejor sabor.
This might be the best game-making simulator I’ve ever played. Even though I’ve already unlocked every achievement, I’m definitely going to keep playing. It feels like there is still so much to discover in this game. I’ve put in nearly 9 hours (8.8h) just today, which says a lot about its hook factor, even if it's too early to judge the long-term replayability. Had I known it was this good, I would have gladly paid full price. I’ve played a lot of management sims, including the more famous Game Dev Tycoon, but I have to say: Game Builder Tycoon actually feels much better to play. While other games in the genre can start to feel a bit stiff or clunky after a while, this one stays engaging and fun. The gameplay loop is smoother, and it just feels less "heavy" in the long run. If you’re looking for a game development sim that hits the sweet spot between depth and playability, I highly recommend this one! Pros: - Engaging Mechanics: Game development isn't just about allocating time; you also have to balance focus across various sub-categories. - Logical Research: The research system makes much more sense compared to similar games in the genre. - Clarity: The post-release reports are very clear and helpful. - Streamlined Creation: The overall process of creating a game is simple and intuitive. Cons: - UI Issues: There is no "Back" button in the game creation window. - Balance: You can "spam" the same game type repeatedly to win, which feels like an exploit. - Financials: The financial reports are a bit too shallow/narrow. - Lack of Variety: No option for multi-genre or multi-theme games.
O jogo é simples e bem divertido; é um bom jogo para passar o tempo.
Vraiment bien et surpris, mais pas assez long , et sa l'aurait été cool de pouvoir contruire de plus en plus.
Игра имба. Хочу накинуть идею для обновления. Сделайте чтобы игры можно было поддерживать обновлениями и также за эти обновы прибавлять популярность к игре, но это можно будет сделать спустя 2 игровых месяца и получать новые отзывы. Пожалуйста заметьте!!!
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