I Wanna Be A Game Dev!

I Wanna Be A Game Dev!

Lyko Studio · November 22, 2024 · Visual Novel, Time Management, Life Sim, Cute, RPG

I Wanna Be A Game Dev! is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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About I Wanna Be A Game Dev!

Graduation is coming. In other words, everything that makes your life great is about to disappear. But that won't stop you from making the most of senior year!

Does that mean making new friends (or lovers)? Buckling down on your passion project? Just chilling out? You decide!

Features

  • 15-20 hours of story content!
  • Choose what to do after school, whether that be playing arcade games, hanging out at the maid cafe, or deepening relationships with your classmates!
  • Put your dev skills to the test with a variety of minigames and trivia questions!
  • A fully explorable world!

Characters

  • Amelia Lee - The perfect student, who can figure out anything except "what kids are into these days."
  • Britney Summers - A lazy class clown who's only made it this far through sheer luck.
  • Chloe Suzuki - The level-headed girl who keeps everyone on track--or so she wants people to think.
  • Daniel Harrington - Son of the school principal, and he won't let you forget it.
  • And many more!

I Wanna Be A Game Dev! — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Jul 16, 2026
This was... kind of bland, I guess. I don't think it's a bad game, but it never really surprised me. The mystery was decent enough, though I saw the "plot twist" coming a mile away, and the main villain ended up feeling pretty generic. I get the message the story was trying to tell, and I can appreciate it, but the execution just didn't do much for me. That said, I still enjoyed exploring the world. The atmosphere has a nostalgic charm, and the soundtrack fits it really well. There are also plenty of optional interactions if you like paying attention to small details. Still, this is a free game with an additional DLC, so it's hard to complain too much. I wouldn't say I don't recommend it. It didn't fully click with me, but if the premise interests you, it's probably worth trying for yourself.
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Recommended Jul 30, 2026
Its. Not. Real. This might be a more personalized review, but I thought I would share a story instead of a regular review, I don't want to spoil the game for anyone so here it goes: [Spoiler]In my senior year of High School, there was a Video Game Production class (we went to an art school). And four of us had taken the class before in our previous year. This was the only class of its kind, so most of it was all stuff we already did before, we all took it just to fill an elective. (And who doesn't want to work on video games at school?) So instead of all of us doing the same stuff over again, so we made a deal with the teacher to make a single game for the entire year instead of following the lesson plan. We worked on a game that featured a stranded pirate named Larry, attempting to escape a deserted island. It was stupid, crudely made on Blender Game Engine (yikes), and we put so many dumb easter eggs in it. Never released it, I still have a copy, sitting on my Google Drive. It's completely unplayable unless you download an ancient version of Blender with the game engine functionality, and even the entire thing is a jumbled mess. Why have I described this abomination of a pro…
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Recommended Sep 13, 2026
Cool
Recommended Aug 31, 2026
Great game, worth every penny! Looking forwards to the sequel.
Recommended Aug 28, 2026
Britney for life. This is the best free game you're ever going to get anywhere.
Recommended Aug 8, 2026
finished the game and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ would never judge the book by its cover again, i thought it was some wholesome vn when first download and damn the more i play the more i got into it (cant spoil much hehe) but at the end im kinda disappointed not because how it end but because that i wanted to know how it really end great game and its free, worth my time

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