City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins

City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins

Binogure Studio 🐺 · August 24, 2021 · Management, Simulation, Economy, Game Development, Capitalism

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City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins price by region

City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins costs £7.99 in the United Kingdom, €9.25 in Europe (EUR), $9.99 in the United States, CA$9.99 in Canada, $9.99 in Georgia (USD), NZ$10.29 in New Zealand, A$14.75 in Australia, R$19.99 in Brazil and zł29.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £7.99 −50% £7.99 — 2
Europe (EUR) €9.25 −50% €9.25 — 2
United Statesyour region $9.99 −50% $9.99 — 2
Canada CA$9.99 −50% CA$9.99 — 2
Georgia (USD) $9.99 −50% $9.99 — 2
New Zealand NZ$10.29 −50% NZ$10.29 — 2
Australia A$14.75 −50% A$14.75 — 2
Brazil R$19.99 −50% R$19.99 — 2
Poland zł29.99 −50% zł29.99 — 2

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins

✦ AI summary

Build a video game empire from a tiny studio in 1976, hiring staff, creating games, negotiating with publishers, and expanding across the city to eventually dominate the market. Manage every detail from employee schedules to console licensing to competing studios in this deep sandbox management sim with multiple difficulty levels and dozens of hours of gameplay.

City Game Studio is a deep management game set in a city where you can manage several studios. Create and manage your own video game company, run several studios, create tons of games. Enjoy dozens of hours of gameplay and watch the money flow, or deal with the banker!
January 1976, you've just created your own video game company. You are renting a tight place that allows you to develop your first game. Quickly, your games are successful and you already have to move, but it is up to you to cross the city to pick your next local. In the blink of an eye you are hiring artists to improve the visual aspect of your games. Next came developers and then testers.

But a problem remains, even if your games are brilliant, you don't have enough fans to self-publish a big game to make your studio profitable. You will have to turn to video game editors who will carve out the lion's share. Chaining successes is the only way of getting rid of the publishers. Furthermore you will be able to publish your own publishing contracts. Then you will then be ready to dominate the market and buy back your competitors.
  • Develop or rent game engines
  • Receive/publish game offers
  • Buying or renting several buildings
  • Develop and manage a digital store
  • Cracking competitors' games
  • Unlocking new game genres
  • Spy the competitors
  • Hire staff
  • Organize marketing campaigns
  • Organizing and attending conventions
  • Buy out companies
  • Executing contracts that trains your employees
  • Porting games to several consoles
  • Design your company logo
  • Manage your employees' schedules
  • Get awarded Game of the Year
  • Create your own console
  • Negotiate to get consoles' licenses
  • Hire Studio Directors to automate game production
  • Publish DLCs and updates for your games
  • Let competitors create and sell their own consoles
  • Stream on Twitch and let your viewers become your employees
  • Load and create mods to customize your experience
  • Copy and paste studio layouts across your buildings
  • Have a good time

City Game Studio offers several levels of difficulty. From a leisurely stroll to a permanent challenge, you'll be able to find the difficulty that suits you best.
For those who want to explore the game in all its nooks and crannies, there's a sandbox mode. You control your gaming experience by setting up each new game.

City Game Studio is the outcome of several years' work by a single living being, well, a single human being. Except for the soundtrack, which was composed by a talented musician: Conciliator!

I welcome constructive comments of all kinds, so please don't hesitate to contact me! I'll do my best to respond promptly to messages and solve any problems that arise. :)

City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins expands on the classic game dev tycoon formula with features like office customization, console creation, and multi-studio management that players find engaging and refreshing. The game runs well even on older hardware and has impressed players as a solid, bug-free experience that successfully inspires interest in game development. Players generally recommend it to fans of tycoon and simulator games, though some note minor limitations like cross-platform porting mechanics not working as hoped.

Recommended Sep 7, 2026
Great experience
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 27, 2026
Nice game, no bugs (using Unstable Branch). Inspired me to make my own games In real life :p
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 26, 2026
I love this game a lot. The ability to organize your office is a game changer and being able to construct consoles are what separates this game from the pack. If you want a Great In-Depth Game Development Tycoon game, this is it!
1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 5, 2026
Simply love how this game builds on the original game dev tycoon formula. The CEO offers a fantastic challenge, and being able to rent/build multiple studios in the city is wonderful! I sort of wish the cross platform feature allowed the game to be ported over to other consoles and pc's at a reduced cost, but it seemed to not do it in the build that I played (both normal and experimenatal.) The addition of making new consoles and buying out competitors is a great addition to the game dev formula. Simply recommend giving this game a shot if you like game dev, simulator, tycoon games!
Recommended Aug 28, 2026
SO after all this time of playing this hands down is the best game dev game from dev updates to the community mod support. This game can run on some of the worst hardware i have and still be fine if I'm being honest I never thought this game would be so optimized. Overall tho 10/10 game
Recommended Aug 27, 2026
good game idk what else do say well buy it ♥♥♥♥ hole

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