Game Dev Story

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Based on 651 ratings

8

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Score Breakdown Based on 651 ratings

1. 10 (210)
2. 9 (254)
3. 8 (95)
4. 7 (15)
5. 6 (2)
6. 5 (3)
7. 4 (2)
8. 3 (3)
9. 2 (7)
10. 1 (60)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

• Rating:9.5

  Game Dev Story is amazing and horribly addicting! Build your game empire through staff, genre mashups, and advertising.

  By TechnologoDoom | Review Date: Oct 22, 2010 | IOS

  9.5 Absolutely Totally Horribly Addicting!: The just-one-more-turn syndrome is here in full force Designing, Producing, and Marketing Games is A Lot of Fun: The sky is the limit with what games you want to make ... Read Full Review

  9 of 9 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Game Dev Story

• Rating:9.5

  With fluent accessibility, easy control and enticing gameplay, Game Dev Story is one of the best iPhone games yet.

  By deactivated-5d8fbc2356478 | Review Date: Mar 30, 2013 | IOS

  iPhone games are known for their addictive gameplay nature; Chillingo's Angry Birds a prime example, with other games becoming a bore after only a couple hours of play. Game Dev Story has arrived to change that. Featurin... Read Full Review

  2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  Big Things Come In Small Packages!

  By deactivated-6243c8d601b22 | Review Date: Dec 28, 2011 | AND

  What a great little game this is. I was shocked at how addicting it was. You can do everything from choosing which console to release your game on, to choosing who will do the sound editing for your game. As you progress... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  Game Dev Story let's us start our own game company. Highly addictive and deep for such a little game.

  By ivory_soul | Review Date: Oct 24, 2011 | AND

  The Good: Excellent use of checks and balances, addictive simulation of the game industry, tongue in cheek humor, charming graphics, very deep for such a small game The Bad: Starting out can be tough, graphics a littl... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:10

  i just love this game its the best game i have ever played thumbs up if u want game dev story 2!!!

  By Faso0oly | Review Date: Aug 25, 2011 | IOS

  i just love this game its the best game i have ever played thumbs up if u want game dev story 2!!! its really interesting the main point is that you create a company and try to hire the best staff you can to make the bes... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  We've alll wanted to be game devs, but for those of us who didn't walk that path, this game may fill in the gaps.

  By King_Wii | Review Date: Aug 06, 2011 | AND

  Game Dev Story came out of the blue for me. I was surfing the android app store looking for games when I saw it. Instantly the title and quirky art drew me in. When I was younger I too, like every other gamer wanted to b... Read Full Review

  3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  Game Dev story gives you a kind of satisfaction hard to describe.

  By rmaxmehta | Review Date: Jul 22, 2011 | AND

  Played this game on ANDROID. The game has very basic 8-bit like graphics which are quite appealing. The game puts you in-charge of a GAME DEVELOPMENT company. You run the company, hire employees, train them, buy rights t... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8

  GameDevStory is an addictive little gem- while it lasts.

  By JonathanL | Review Date: Jul 19, 2011 | IOS

  There are two basic foundations to a good game, in my opinion. One is fun. I look forward to playing it, I enjoy my time with it, and when I'm not playing it, I'm looking forward to having a good time when I am playing i... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.5

  A fun game that pits you as a game development company in the modern gaming market!

  By amkalfus | Review Date: Jun 28, 2011 | IOS

  This is quite an addictive game. You play a company CEO and have to make your game company the best selling and most profitable by hiring good workers, and taking on big projects either in the gaming world or in the dig... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8

  A simple but innovative game Game Dev Story is just a simple game that place you as a game developer

  By narutosupernova | Review Date: Jun 03, 2011 | IOS

  Game Dev Story is a simple game about game developer that you can do makes game or do other job for other developer. The difficulty in this game are to save budget to make a game because is was so expensive. The uniqu... Read Full Review

  0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.5

  A simple but fun game that also gives you a history lesson.

  By fairlypriced | Review Date: May 21, 2011 | IOS

  Start off developing shoddy games for a basic console in a very limited set of genres. Use the money and fame you generate from game sales to get access to more genres/styles of games, hire better developers or specialis... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful

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