Mad Games Tycoon (2016)
- Developer
- Eggcode
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Genres
- Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
- Rating
- 4.5 of 5, 4,418 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 27 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A slow, methodical simulation focused on building a game studio from a garage to an empire through careful resource management and strategic planning.
managementstrategicresource managementsimulationrepetitivemethodicalcasualsandbox
What players say
Players call this the best game-dev simulator, more transparent than Game Dev Tycoon with mechanics that make sense. They spend hundreds of hours building a monopoly, but some find it depressing that packaging others' games pays better than making new ones.
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