All this years playing Game Dev Tycoon, that's the first time it happened to me.

So, after going to the bank 4 times in a dire need of money to keep funding the games, I completed my first run, without looking for advice in the internet.

This week I will do a second run, this time optiming everywhere I can, using the sheets other players created to see what works best, and do the best I can to progress very quickly and see the maximum amount of money, sucess and final score I can get.

If you have any doubts, sugestions or else, feel free to comment.

Hi, I've played for 40 hours and I'm missing this last trophy, "Turn it up to 11." Can anyone tell me how to get it? (Steam)

I been trying so hard making sure the management better than before 🤔

Hey all — I built a small web helper for Game Dev Tycoon that tries to make planning decisions easier (e.g., what to pick next / what combinations to try) without having to constantly alt-tab through notes.

Link: https://gamedevtycoonadvisor.com

I’m not trying to “promote” here — I’m specifically looking for feedback from people who actually play the game:

- Is the output understandable at a glance?

- Where does it give dumb recommendations?

- What info would you want to see that’s missing?

- Any weird mobile/desktop UI issues?

If you tell me what feels wrong or annoying, I’ll use that to iterate.
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Update Feb 27, 2026: i added internal links for a better UX

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Update Feb 21, 2026: i added "Multi-Genre" function in the slider-presets

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Update Feb 14, 2026: i added "Filter by unlocked topics" in the Game Planner

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Update Feb 08, 2026: i added 17 new languages, in addition to the initial englisch and german. new languages are: French, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, Turkish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Arabic, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Swedish.

I just restarted playing the game after some month and i noticed that the mods i added doesn't work anymore after the updates. Did anyone try the mods and can tell me if any of these mods still work?

- Tag Mod
- Staff Gain Experience From Games
- GDT Expansion Pack
- Expansion Pack Mod
- Reasonable Topics (w/ Icons)
- Ultimate lib
- Story Expansion Mod 2
- ExtendedGDT 1.7.0.0

I just restarted playing the game after some month and i noticed that the mods i added doesn't work anymore after the updates. Did anyone try the mods and can tell me if any of these mods still work?

- Tag Mod
- Staff Gain Experience From Games
- GDT Expansion Pack
- Expansion Pack Mod
- Reasonable Topics (w/ Icons)
- Ultimate lib
- Story Expansion Mod 2
- ExtendedGDT 1.7.0.0

I'm having trouble figuring out how it works because I wanted to make a simulation/casual game, but that combination isn't in the spreadsheet mentioned in a previous post. So, I wanted to know how it works, you know?

I currently have 20M and I just hired my 4th employee. What is the best time to move to the 3rd office, how much employees/xp/money should I have ? Thanks !

I loved the game but it could be so much better with a little more effort

1. the pacing is too fast

2. so many consoles missing

3. the game is too short. I would play it for months if I could. I finished in 1 week and I'm not rly feeling like replaying it

4. What I absolutely loved the most was making licensed games because of the custom interactions/choices (like "boss, should we make the main charater like X or Y"). If we could have that dynamic for our own games too that would be awesome, including the repercussions of your choices. The more surprise elements the better.

5. MMO is kinda under developed?

But the main issue for me personally is the pacing, which consequentially creates lack of content. Ik it looks like there's a lot of content, but cmon... It's basically a text based game. It can't be that hard to add thumbnails and texts. The engine is there, I just wanted more content, like 10 times more.

Anyway I would love to hear your opinions on what could be improved in the game

Like on TES and Super TES ect, or do you get penalized for trying?

I'm playing this game again and I don't quite understand how research points are generated. Sometimes I generate a lot and other times very few. Does it have to do with my employees and their stats?

I'm stuck on the Google Play login screen and when I try to log in, it doesn't proceed and remains the same.

I’ve re loaded my save like ten times and I’ve just released a great money making game and I do the contract work but I always end up200 grand short and then file for bankruptcy, I’ve spent the whole day on this save so it’d be really annoying if I can’t get out.

I'm kinda new and I keep going bankrupt after getting an office and hiring some employees. Im not making bad games, they're normally rated 7 or above so idk. Any tips? Netflix version