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Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?

Game Dev Studio is a simulation, strategy and casual game developed and published by Explosive Squat Games.
Released on March 12th 2018 is available on Windows and Linux in 5 languages: English, German, French, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 658 reviews of which 562 were positive and 96 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Game Dev Studio into these genres:

Simulation Strategy Casual Indie Management Economy Singleplayer 2D Replay Value GameMaker Sandbox Difficult Addictive Moddable Great Soundtrack Point & Click

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP SP3
  • Processor: Dual core @ 2GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 128 MB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 150 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 18.04
  • Processor: Dual core @ 2GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 128 MB VRAM
  • Storage: 150 MB available space

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Sept. 2025
This game is so goood!!
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Aug. 2025
Came back after some run of another game that's top in the genre and remembered this game existed. For someone that tried at 2025, listen the game it's fun and atmospheric with nice pixel graphics. But there are better games in the genre if you haven't tried, with this game still being very nice and bit different. But there are some things on how the teams and offices are handled that just get on my nerves and some more detailed statistics are lacking about the rival companies or your games but this is something that every game in the genre lacks other than this other one ;) The part that i did quit was when i was trying to optimize my teams and really theres no way to tell simply on what building a team member is, and i have to press "Go to" to go to the employee and that closes the menu, so to transfer 10 members i should close and open the menu to many times, or make all the team from the start, you can transfer the whole team to other team and no single individuals simply, i have to first get them out of the team go to the other team that i need them and get them there, do that for multiple teams and multiple people that you can even find where they actually are, you see it gets frustrating. Until i thought to make seperate big teams it was all very fun. Then, why the hell 2 teams cannot work on one project? I seem to dislike the way teams are handled, but still back in the day i have loved this game and spent quite some hours again. But hey, its cheap and still fun and if you haven't tried these game dev games before or want a different take on the genre for sure it's worth it especially at an offer like i got it for less than 2 bucks.
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March 2025
Gud. Not better than the mad series ofc but gud.
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March 2025
Big respect for the effort that went into creating this game, I had a lot of fun playing it.
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Jan. 2025
sued a company, bought them out, rinse and repeat
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Frequently Asked Questions

Game Dev Studio is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

Game Dev Studio is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Game Dev Studio received 562 positive votes out of a total of 658 achieving a rating of 8.04.
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Game Dev Studio was developed and published by Explosive Squat Games.

Game Dev Studio is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Game Dev Studio is not playable on MacOS.

Game Dev Studio is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Game Dev Studio is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Game Dev Studio. Explore additional content available for Game Dev Studio on Steam.

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Game Dev Studio does not support Steam Remote Play.

Game Dev Studio is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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