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Greenheart Games 💚 · 2013 · 95 % positive of 35,783

24 games that play like Game Dev Tycoon and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Mad Games Tycoon, Game Dev Studio and GamersGoMakers.

Player tags

  • Management
  • Simulation
  • Indie
  • Strategy
  • Casual
  • Singleplayer
  • Economy
  • 2D

At a glance

What games like Game Dev Tycoon have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Game Dev Tycoon: Simulation (24 of 24), Management (23) and Strategy (21).
  • They came out between 2014 and 2025, 24 of them after Game Dev Tycoon (2013).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Software Inc. (94 % positive of 7,244).
  • 7 games both play and look like Game Dev Tycoon, among them Mad Games Tycoon, City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins and Mad Games Tycoon 2.

By gameplay

Plays like Game Dev Tycoon

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Game Dev Masters84 % positive of 182Shared: Management · Simulation · Strategy
  2. PC Tycoon 279 % positive of 271Shared: Management · Simulation · Strategy
  3. Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story67 % positive of 323Shared: Management · Simulation · Economy
  4. Startup Company81 % positive of 6,062Shared: Management · Simulation · Strategy
  5. Gamer Career Tycoon80 % positive of 290Shared: Management · Simulation · Economy
  6. Gazillionaire93 % positive of 282Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Economy
  7. Moviehouse – The Film Studio Tycoon37 % positive of 291Shared: Management · Simulation · Strategy
  8. Smartphone Tycoon53 % positive of 1,651Shared: Management · Simulation · Strategy
  9. Villa's Blinds81 % positive of 212Shared: Management · Simulation · Strategy
  10. The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon80 % positive of 714Shared: Management · Simulation · Strategy
  11. Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game82 % positive of 488Shared: Management · Simulation · Strategy
  12. Software Inc.94 % positive of 7,244Shared: Management · Simulation · Strategy

By look

Looks like Game Dev Tycoon

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins89 % positive of 970
  2. Little Lives82 % positive of 248
  3. E-Startup47 % positive of 165
  4. Esports Life Tycoon61 % positive of 708
  5. The Spatials69 % positive of 328
  6. Tech Corp.33 % positive of 260
  7. Pet Shop Simulator71 % positive of 290
  8. Definitely Not Fried Chicken74 % positive of 2,083
  9. Hospitalize40 % positive of 170
  10. The Tenants80 % positive of 7,042
  11. Chinese Parents91 % positive of 25,651
  12. Little Big Workshop83 % positive of 3,266

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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