In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Game Dev Tycoon playtime stats
167 tracked Steam players have spent 4,361 hours in Game Dev Tycoon, 26 hours each on average; the median player has 8.2 hours. The top 10% have 30 hours or more, while 14% are still under two hours, inside Steam's refund window. Over the last 30 days 0.2% of active players played it, 11 hours in all, most of all on Wednesdays. A typical day of play lasts 1.4 hours. Its players also play Batman: Arkham City GOTY, Garry's Mod and Counter-Strike 2.
Total playtime
= 4,361 hours total
across 167 players
Avg per player
median 8.2h
Avg day of play
per player, on days they play
Loyalty
of its players' Steam time · top game for 0 players
New players
first played it in the last 30 days
Achievements
avg unlocked · 3 players at 100%
Game Dev Tycoon over time
UTC days. Each line is scaled to its own range; hover a day for the values. Today is still in progress.
Trend
last 30 days vs the 30 beforeShare of active players
3 players of 1,551
0.2%
Share of hours played
11h in 30 days
0%
Hours per player
in the last 30 days
3.7h
Shares, not raw counts: we track more players every week, so raw totals mostly show our own growth.
Weekday pattern
avg hours, UTCBusiest on Wednesdays, 214% above an average day.
Hours played per day
all tracked players, UTC days · hover a dayDays played
7
Tracked playtime
11h
Avg per day
1.6h
Biggest day
4.5h
Oct 7
Most players
2
Oct 9
Favorite day
Wednesday
Top players
Full leaderboard →- 1
Cavern Crawl
1,955h - 2
Lake
226h - 3
WoogieMonsutā
109h - 4
3Dman
92h - 5
Giz
66h - 6
dokkydokky56h - 7
Zacsesz
53h - 8
Deathroe57z43h - 9
AdzySlayer42h - 10
Masonium36h
How long players stay
lifetime hours per player- Under 1h10 (6%)
- 1–10h84 (50%)
- 10–50h66 (40%)
- 50–100h4 (2%)
- 100–500h2 (1%)
- 500h+1 (1%)
14% of players have under 2 hours, inside Steam's refund window.
Top countries
by tracked players- United States47 players9.5% of its players
- United Kingdom14 players14% of its players
- Canada9 players14% of its players
Germany8 players8.2% of its players
Australia7 players13% of its players
Japan5 players19% of its players
