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Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!

Mad Games Tycoon is a management, simulation and strategy game developed and published by Eggcode.
Released on September 13th 2016 is available on Windows and MacOS in 18 languages: English, German, French, Turkish, Czech, Polish, Russian, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Traditional Chinese and Bulgarian.

It has received 4,397 reviews of which 3,991 were positive and 406 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.16€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Mad Games Tycoon into these genres:

Management Simulation Strategy Economy Casual Building GameMaker Base-Building Sandbox Resource Management Crafting Capitalism Trading Replay Value Programming Atmospheric Singleplayer Isometric Cartoon Top-Down

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz or Higher / AMD 3Ghz or Higher
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 10 compatible with 512 RAM or better
Storage: 800 MB available space

MacOS

OS: OSX 10.9
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.0GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 5670
Storage: 800 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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June 2025

Mad Games Tycoon is a detailed and addictive game development simulator that laid the foundation for what would later become a more refined experience in its sequel. At its core, it offers a compelling premise: start a humble studio in the 1980s and grow it into an industry giant over the course of decades. Along the way, you'll develop custom engines, experiment with genre and topic combinations, hire and train staff, and eventually venture into publishing, console development, and large-scale operations. Despite its relatively simple visual presentation, the game boasts surprising depth. The core gameplay loop—developing games, optimizing engines, expanding your office—remains satisfying throughout, and there’s a strategic layer to how you assign staff, manage genres, and anticipate platform trends. Players can mix genres and topics, tweak development sliders to match audience expectations, and license or sell their game engines for additional revenue. Over time, you unlock more advanced departments like QA, marketing, motion capture, or even console design, allowing your studio to diversify and scale. What makes Mad Games Tycoon engaging is the sheer variety of interconnected systems. There’s a strong sense of progression, and each new playthrough offers fresh challenges depending on shifting trends and platform dynamics. While the systems are generally intuitive, the game still rewards experimentation and planning. The fake review quotes and humorous game name generator also give it a light-hearted personality that keeps things fun even during the grind. That said, many of its systems have aged, particularly when viewed next to its sequel. For instance, there is no multiplayer mode—competition is limited to AI studios, which eventually become predictable. Staff management is relatively shallow: employees have skill stats, but lack traits, personalities, or morale systems, and they’ll never resign no matter how badly they’re treated. Sequels exist, but there’s no IP tracking or franchise value system. Games, once released, are done—there’s little to no post-launch support for MMOs or ongoing updates. Publishing is also simplistic: you sign a deal, and the game sells, with no physical production or logistics to manage. The building system is limited to single-floor expansions within fixed office sizes, and performance can degrade in late-game studios with many rooms and employees. It becomes clear that while Mad Games Tycoon had big ambitions, it was restrained by the limitations of its engine and its time. Still, credit where it’s due: this was—and still is—one of the most feature-rich indie game development sims when it came out. It successfully balances accessibility with simulation depth, and its replayability is enhanced by random trends, platform popularity shifts, and a large pool of game combinations. In conclusion, Mad Games Tycoon remains a rewarding experience for fans of the genre, especially those looking for a more straightforward, single-player challenge. However, players discovering the series for the first time may want to start with Mad Games Tycoon 2, which meaningfully expands on nearly every system introduced here—offering deeper mechanics, improved simulation, and a more complete vision of what this series aspired to be. Rating: 7/10 – A strong and ambitious base that has since been surpassed, but still stands as an enjoyable and worthwhile tycoon sim.

Oct. 2024

I love it. Simple yet so entertaining.

Sept. 2024

Better than Game Dev Tycoon. imo.

Sept. 2024

relaxing

Aug. 2024

This game was my favorite game dev sim game until its sequel dropped. Honestly, can't play this anymore now. But respect for what it brought then

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mad Games Tycoon is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

Mad Games Tycoon is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

Mad Games Tycoon received 3,991 positive votes out of a total of 4,397 achieving a rating of 8.75.

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Mad Games Tycoon was developed and published by Eggcode.

Mad Games Tycoon is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Mad Games Tycoon is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Mad Games Tycoon is not playable on Linux.

Mad Games Tycoon is a single-player game.

Mad Games Tycoon does not currently offer any DLC.

Mad Games Tycoon does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Mad Games Tycoon does not support Steam Remote Play.

Mad Games Tycoon 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.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Mad Games Tycoon.

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