Game Dev Studio
Game studio management simulation with rival companies competing for staff
Explosive Squat Games · Released Mar 12, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 85% of 590
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 1 week ago
- Oct 21, 2026
What is Game Dev Studio?
A 2D, single-player management simulation set in the video game industry. You furnish offices, hire developers, assign teams to projects, maintain game engines, and advertise your releases. You can play through a story mode and additional campaigns or run a studio in freeplay.
For you if...
- +you like replaying business simulations with randomized starting conditions
Not for you if...
- −you prefer a fixed progression path over open-ended expansion
What players say
85% of 590 reviews are positive
Players praise the management depth and customization options. A recurring complaint is that the relationship between staff skills, development choices, and finished-game results is poorly explained.
Screenshots and trailer
Game Dev Studio system requirements
Minimum: 128 MB VRAM, 1 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Game Dev Studio?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP SP3
- Processor
- Dual core @ 2GHz
- Graphics
- 128 MB VRAM
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 150 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Recommended
- Processor
- Quad core @ 2GHz
- Graphics
- 256 MB VRAM
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 150 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does Game Dev Studio have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Game Dev Studio run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Achievements
- 28
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, German, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese.
Does Game Dev Studio use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Simulation
- Strategy
- Casual
- Indie
- Management
- Economy
- 2D
- Singleplayer
- Replay Value
- Sandbox
- Difficult
- Addictive
- Moddable
- Great Soundtrack
- Point & Click
Recent updates
- Oct 21, 2026 · Game Dev Studio 2.0 Update Plan Announcement
- Nov 25, 2020 · Update #31 patch #7
- Aug 20, 2020 · Update #31 patch #6
- Jun 28, 2020 · Simplified Chinese localization update
- Jun 20, 2020 · Update #31 patch #5
1 DLC available.
