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Game Developer Simulator tasks you with managing the business side of indie game creation, adjusting development parameters and hoping RNG favors your projects. The core loop involves setting sliders and waiting for results, though reviewers note the mechanics lack clarity and meaningful decision-making. Best approached with tempered expectations if you're curious about game industry fundamentals.

About this game

What players are saying

▼ Not recommended 0 hrs

There is nothing to do in this game. You can just put all the sliders to max and let RNG decide how much money you get. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IN ITS CURRENT STATE.

3 found helpful Steam ↗

▼ Not recommended 1 hrs

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If Game Developer Simulator is a "simulation" of some kind for game development, its own developers should've spent more time with it.

Overall Score: 2/5

Full Review

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[td]Playability[/td]
[td]3/5[/td]
[td]Most mechanics are not clearly introduced.[/td]
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[td]Difficulty[/td]
[td]2/5[/td]
[td]Less difficult than it is tedious.[/td]
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[td]Graphics[/td]
[td]2/5[/td]
[td]Came out in 2021, but looks like 2005.[/td]
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[td]Sound[/td]
[td]2/5[/td]
[td]Seems to all be public domain schlock.[/td]
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[td]Story & Writing[/td]
[td]1/5[/td]
[td]There's not much to it, and what's there is inept (and possibly just stolen from another game).[/td]
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I'm convinced that somebody saw Gave Dev Tycoon (a superior game) and thought, "Hey, I can do that but in 3D," then slapped this together on a whim. Many of the mechanics in Game Developer Simulator seem lifted straight from that title, watered-down, and pasted into a halfassed UI (some of the game reviews it spits out ingame even sound identical).

So, it's cheap, but what's there could be a little fun if not for what seem to be some poor optimization issues that cause a lot of skipping and stuttering.

Save a couple more bucks and buy Game Dev Tycoon, instead.
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[th]BEST[/th]
[th]WORST[/th]
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[td]The game it sounds like it could be.[/td]
[td]The game it actually is; poorly-optimized, stuttery, feels incomplete, and looks like junk.[/td]
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In-Game Purchases: None
Learning Curve: Easy
Replayability: Low
Recommended Purchase Price: $1, maybe.

2 found helpful Steam ↗

▼ Not recommended 0 hrs

This game is not good. It's very laggy and looks like a roblox game.

2 found helpful Steam ↗

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Latest updates

Updating and optimization

1780 days ago

The game received a complete reworking of the texture quality, among other things, serious optimization was carried out, according to the test results, the FPS increase was about-110% (90-150 frames per second) We also added a mouse speed setting. A new room has been added, it will be functional in the future. We have fixed some errors and shortcomings. Many other parts have also been redesigned

Optimization and sound

1782 days ago

The game was optimized, FPS drawdowns were noticed, this was especially noticeable with the onset of night, this problem was associated with shadows that were loaded in real time. Now there is a radio in the recreation area, when you use it, you can turn off or turn on the music. The indicators for meeting the "Needs" have been redesigned.

The game is scheduled for release

1787 days ago

The game will go on sale soon, you can buy it and play! The game is scheduled for release at the end of August, but due to the fact that we have added more content to the game, it is only coming out now! The game will be available for purchase on 10.10.2021.

Posts come from Steam's official announcements feed.