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1997PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified91 % positive7.99 €

You run a tiny game studio, hiring staff, picking genres and themes for your releases, and growing from a humble start into an industry giant. A charming, relaxed management sim with a pixel look.

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • A party of several characters
  • Lots of humour
  • Strong character progression

The closest matches for Game Dev Story are Basketball Club Story, Mad Games Tycoon 2 and Game Dev Tycoon. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Game Dev Story special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Basketball Club Story

95 %Match

2019PCPlayStationNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified71 % positive7.99 €

  • A party of several characters
  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Strong character progression

A Kairosoft-style basketball management sim where you build a team of quirky players, train them, expand your clubhouse facilities and sign sponsors on the way to world-class status.

Mad Games Tycoon 2

Lots of humour

You run a game development studio from a 1970s garage up to a global corporation, building offices, making games and even your own consoles. A humorous management sim that playfully riffs on gaming history.

Game Dev Tycoon

Cosy, great for unwinding

Start a tiny game studio in an 80s garage and grow it through gaming history by mixing genres, topics and development focus to hit the right formula. A relaxed, addictive management sim full of nods to real consoles and companies.

Painters Guild

Cosy, great for unwinding

A relaxed management sim where you run an art academy in Renaissance Italy, hiring painters and producing artworks. You expand and decorate your guild as it grows.

Mega Mall Story

Gameplay comes before story

A cozy pixel-art management sim from Kairosoft where you build up a shopping mall, place shops smartly and draw in customers. Addictive optimization wrapped in a charming look.

City Game Studio

Cosy, great for unwinding

A management sim where you grow your own game studio from a garage, hiring staff, developing games and reading the market. The appeal is in optimizing and expanding your little business empire.

Restaurats

Lots of humour

A humorous restaurant management sim where you lead a crew of rats, cooking dishes, serving guests and expanding your establishment.

Trainatic

Cosy, great for unwinding

An incremental train-building roguelike with pixel art: upgrade your cars, gather resources and chain synergies to push further down the track with each run.

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