Revenue is a rough estimate from public install counts × genre ARPD — order of magnitude only.
Welcome to Game Dev Tycoon. In this business simulation game you start your own game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games, research new technologies to boost your business and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans. <h2><b>Create games your way</b></h2> Your success depends on your creativity and willingness to experiment. What topics and genres go well together? Should your Action game focus more on engine optimization or on quest design? The decisions you make during the development of your games will have a major impact on the ratings you receive. <h2><b>Grow your company</b></h2> Once you have successfully released a few games you can move into your own office and forge a world-class development team. Hire staff, train them and unlock new options. <h2><b>Features</b></h2> 🕹 Start a game development company in the 80s ✍ Design and create games 💡 Gain new insights through game reports 👁 Research new technologies ⚙ Create custom game engines 🏢 Move into bigger offices 👩🏽💻 Forge a world-class development team 🔬 Unlock secret labs 📈 Become a market leader 💚 Gain worldwide fans 🥇 Unlock achievements The full game has many more features which are not listed here to prevent spoilers. <h2><b>The mobile version introduces</b></h2> ☠ A super-difficult (but optional) pirate mode 📰 An updated storyline 👩🍳 New topics for even more varied games 📱 New UI optimized for phones and tablets <h2><b>A game with 💚</b></h2> Game Dev Tycoon does <strong>not</strong> contain any in-app purchases or ads. Enjoy!
Prices
The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
Charts
Each storefront's own chart, in its own country — the closest public signal to sales where none is published. A country missing from a list is one we don't collect there, not one where the game doesn't chart.
Modeled estimate, not a reported figure. How we estimate →
No United States chart position — it charts only in the markets below.
Latest in each market: best FR #21, worst MX #77 · 8 markets collected
Audience
How many people have installed this game, as the storefront reports it. This number is worldwide — unlike the price, the same package answers with the same install count in every market we asked — so it carries no country. Each source below is a different kind of number and they are never drawn on one axis.
Aug 12, 2026 — Sep 17, 2026 · 37 readings
Google Play shows “1,000,000+” on the store page.
Play publishes a precise install counter alongside the rounded step users see on the store page. This is that counter, worldwide, as it stood each day we asked.
Of the eight storefronts we track, only Google Play publishes an install count we can read. Where a store publishes nothing of the kind, this panel shows nothing rather than a zero.
About
Welcome to Game Dev Tycoon. In this business simulation game you start your own game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games, research new technologies to boost your business and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans. <h2><b>Create games your way</b></h2> Your success depends on your creativity and willingness to experiment. What topics and genres go well together? Should your Action game focus more on engine optimization or on quest design? The decisions you make during the development of your games will have a major impact on the ratings you receive. <h2><b>Grow your company</b></h2> Once you have successfully released a few games you can move into your own office and forge a world-class development team. Hire staff, train them and unlock new options. <h2><b>Features</b></h2> 🕹 Start a game development company in the 80s ✍ Design and create games 💡 Gain new insights through game reports 👁 Research new technologies ⚙ Create custom game engines 🏢 Move into bigger offices 👩🏽💻 Forge a world-class development team 🔬 Unlock secret labs 📈 Become a market leader 💚 Gain worldwide fans 🥇 Unlock achievements The full game has many more features which are not listed here to prevent spoilers. <h2><b>The mobile version introduces</b></h2> ☠ A super-difficult (but optional) pirate mode 📰 An updated storyline 👩🍳 New topics for even more varied games 📱 New UI optimized for phones and tablets <h2><b>A game with 💚</b></h2> Game Dev Tycoon does <strong>not</strong> contain any in-app purchases or ads. Enjoy!
Stats
Sums Google Play only; Xbox publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google PlayYou are here | $4.99 | 176.7Kratings | 96% | — | $9M |
| $9.99 | 8.2Kratings | 92% | — | not modelled |
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.
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Selling now
See how fast this game is selling right now — estimated copies and revenue per day from recent review growth.
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