City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins

Great experience

I LOVE creating games and game consoles like this. 11/10, would reccomend.

i guess its fun, though its fleeting fast

I thought for sure I had left a review before for this wonderful gem, guess not. I do not do reviews often, but this is one of those amazing stand out games that deserves all the love it can get. For anyone that loved the one that started it all, Game Dev Tycoon, this one is a must have! I have owned and played all of the clones. This is the one I go back to all the time. Why? Because it really is that good. I enjoy the humble start, the grindy mid game, and the on-top-of-the-world late game. Creating ones own console is exciting on top of all the games one can make. But, the one light shining above and beyond all others is the awesome dev. Many big studios can learn a lot from this guy. I mean think about it, how many games have we all played that were broken in some way or fashion, or did not live up to what was promised, or whatever else? This dev looks at forums, listens to suggestions, fixes any and all bugs we encounter, and even looks at his own work sometimes like he did not do something right and aims to correct it. Multiple updates and fixes up to and well beyond release. Who does that? Someone who has true passion for their projects, that's who. Even if this game is not …

Very fun game, but there isn't a significant amount of replayability unfortunately. I will say that they've done a good job at balancing micromanagement, by allowing you to automate essentially every function of the company by handing it over to directors. This basically makes the game play itself, which is fun. Another thing that I enjoy is that you can build your own building, but you are NOT required to furnish it yourself, which I find to be the most annoying and tedious part of any business manager with actual physical locations. I would still recommend buying this, but maybe not for 20 dollars. Again, very fun, but me personally, i got like 15 hours out of it before i felt like I'd seen and played everything, which, in the grand scheme of things, is a good amount of time to get out of a game, just not what I expect out of a simulator.

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!