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Lyko Studio · 2024 · Windows, macOS

Steam: 94 % positive of 236 reviews, as of Oct 28

Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?

24 games that play like I Wanna Be A Game Dev! and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: School Days, Our Life: Beginnings & Always and Growing Up.

Player tags

  • Visual Novel
  • Time Management
  • Life Sim
  • Cute
  • RPG
  • Game Development
  • Psychological Horror
  • 3D
Map region: Visual Novels & Dating Sims
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Best matches

Plays and looks like I Wanna Be A Game Dev!

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like I Wanna Be A Game Dev!

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

More matches

  1. Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story64 % positive of 288Shared: Visual Novel · Time Management · Life Sim
  2. Emily is Away87 % positive of 32,355Shared: Visual Novel · Romance · Story Rich
  3. Class of '09: The Re-Up97 % positive of 4,534Shared: Visual Novel · RPG · Dating Sim
  4. Emily is Away Too93 % positive of 5,360Shared: Visual Novel · RPG · Psychological Horror
  5. 枝江往事96 % positive of 4,882Shared: Visual Novel · Story Rich · Anime
  6. Whimel Academy85 % positive of 248Shared: Visual Novel · Time Management · Life Sim
  7. Confess My Love93 % positive of 4,891Shared: Visual Novel · RPG · Psychological Horror
  8. 主角96 % positive of 958Shared: Visual Novel · RPG · Story Rich
  9. Billionaire Lovers95 % positive of 3,662Shared: Visual Novel · RPG · Psychological Horror
  10. Departed Away89 % positive of 548Shared: Visual Novel · RPG · Psychological Horror
  11. Love Love Mystery Club96 % positive of 620Shared: Visual Novel · RPG · Dating Sim
  12. Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate94 % positive of 3,359Shared: Visual Novel · RPG · Romance

By look

Looks like I Wanna Be A Game Dev!

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

More matches

  1. One Thousand Lies89 % positive of 1,138
  2. Until Then96 % positive of 16,182
  3. 私のリアルは充実しすぎている フルボイス版96 % positive of 5,407
  4. Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines97 % positive of 1,836
  5. Distant Memoraĵo97 % positive of 175
  6. Departed Away89 % positive of 548
  7. Fujiwara Bittersweet86 % positive of 416
  8. Hookah Haze92 % positive of 1,305
  9. High School Odyssey92 % positive of 593
  10. Marco & The Galaxy Dragon96 % positive of 7,254
  11. NICE TO MEET YOU, AGAIN96 % positive of 356
  12. First Snow93 % positive of 680

At a glance

What games like I Wanna Be A Game Dev! have in common

  • The tags they share most often with I Wanna Be A Game Dev!: Visual Novel (23 of 24), RPG (13) and Psychological Horror (10).
  • They came out between 2015 and 2026, 7 of them after I Wanna Be A Game Dev! (2024).
  • Best rated by Steam players: 枝江畔之梦 (98 % positive of 1,503).

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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