Best combos in Game Dev Tycoon

Aakrit Sharma
Computers and Rooms in Game Dev Tycoon key art.

If you want to become the biggest game developer in the industry, use these best genre-topic-system combinations in Game Dev Tycoon to get your first 10/10 games as fast as possible.

Greenheart’s Game Dev Tycoon is all about handling your own game development company, designing games, and selling them to become the leader of the market. But this is not as easy as it sounds, as the game requires you to strategize and plan your games based on market trends and more.

So here’s a list of the best genre-topic combos for Game Dev Tycoon.

Contents:

Best game genre-topic combinations in Game Dev Tycoon

This chart will reveal the best topics for every game genre in Game Dev Tycoon:

GenreBest Topics
ActionAirplanes, Aliens, Alternate History, Assassin, Crime, Cyberpunk, Dungeon, Extreme Sports, Fantasy, Horror, Hunting, Martial Arts, Medieval, Military, Music, Mythology, Ninja, Post Apocalyptic, Prison, Rhythm, Sci-Fi, Space, Sports, Spy, Superheroes, UFO, Vampire, Werewolf, Zombies
AdventureAbstract, Comedy, Detective, Fantasy, Horror, Law, Life, Mad Science, Medieval, Mystery, Pirate, Prison, Romance, School, Sci-Fi, Spy, Time Travel
RPGAliens, Alternate History, Assassin, Cyberpunk, Detective, Dungeon, Fantasy, Fashion, Martial Arts, Medieval, Mystery, Post Apocalyptic, School, Sci-Fi, Spy, Thief, Time Travel, Vampire, Werewolf, Wild West
SimulationAirplane, Business, City, Colonization, Construction, Cooking, Dance, Disasters, Dungeon, Dystopian, Evolution, Extreme Sports, Farming, Fashion, Game Dev, Government, Hacking, History, Hospital, Hunting, Life, Martial Arts, Military, Movies, Music, Prison, Racing, Rhythm, School, Sci-Fi, Space, Shorts, Surgery, Technology, Transport, Virtual Pet, Vocabulary
Strategy Airplane, Business, City, Colonization, Disasters, Dungeon, Evolution, Expedition, Fantasy, Government, Hacking, History, Medieval, Military, School, Sci-Fi, Space, Transport, UFO, Vocabulary,
CasualAirplane, Comedy, Cooking, Dance, Farming, Fashion, Martial Arts, Movies, Music, Racing, Rhythm, Sports, Virtual Pet, Vocabulary, Zombies

Do note that after making these combinations, you need to pick a suitable target audience and platform too. For instance, an action game on Crime is best for a Mature audience and you can’t expect it to work when targeted at Young or Everyone.

Best system-genre combinations in Game Dev Tycoon

Check out all the platforms available in Game Dev Tycoon and which genres fit the best to reach a 10/10 title.

GenresSystems
ActionVena Oasis, Playsystem, DreamVast, Playsystem 2, mBox, PPS, mBox 360, Playsystem 3, mBox One, Playsystem 4, Playsystem 5
AdventurePC, G64
RPGPlaysystem, 2 & 4, GS, PPS, mBox 360
SimulationPC, Super TES, DreamVast, GS, PPS, mBox 360, Playsystem 3 & 5, Wuu
StrategyPC, G64
CasualTES, Master V, Gameling, Vena Gear, Game Sphere, GS, Nuu, grPhone, grPad, Wuu, OYA, mBox Next

How to make games in Game Dev Tycoon

Tech Design ration during game-development in Game Dev Tycoon
Every game in Game Dev Tycoon requires players to come up with a new strategy.

There are three game-development phases in Game Dev Tycoon. Tech and Design are two primary elements during production and to make the best games, you must balance them.

This chart will reveal how much you need to focus on Design and Tech while making different types of games:

Game Genre Phase 1Phase 2Phase 3Ideal Tech/Design ratio
ActionEngine – 100
Gameplay – 80
Story/Quests – 0
Dialogues – 0
Level Design – 80
AI – 100
World Design – 0
Graphics – 100
Sound – 80
1.8
AdventureEngine – 0
Gameplay – 80
Story/Quests – 100
Dialogues – 100
Level Design – 50
AI – 0
World Design – 100
Graphics – 80
Sound – 0
0.4
RPGEngine – 100
Gameplay – 80
Story/Quests – 0
Dialogues – 100
Level Design – 80
AI – 0
World Design – 100
Graphics – 80
Sound – 40
0.6
SimulationEngine – 100
Gameplay – 100
Story/Quests – 0
Dialogues – 100
Level Design – 100
AI – 0
World Design – 0
Graphics – 100
Sound – 80
1.6
StrategyEngine – 80
Gameplay – 100
Story/Quests – 0
Dialogues – 0
Level Design – 100
AI – 80
World Design – 100
Graphics – 0
Sound – 80
1.4
CasualEngine – 0
Gameplay – 100
Story/Quests – 0
Dialogues – 0
Level Design – 100
AI – 0
World Design – 0
Graphics – 100
Sound – 80
0.5

How to get a 10/10 title in Game Dev Tycoon

Achieving a 10/10 rating in Game Dev Tycoon is no easy task; to do so, you must consider the combinations outlined above. While the possibilities may seem endless, certain combos never fail.

Here are some examples of combos that can help you achieve a 10/10 rating in Game Dev Tycoon.

GenreTopicSystemAudience
SimulationLife SimulationPCMature
StrategyColonization/CityPCMature
CasualRacing/Sports/Virtual PetTES/Master V/grPhone/mBox NextYoung/Everyone
RPGCyberpunk/Dungeons/Wild WestPlaysystem/2/3/4/PPS/mBox 360Everyone/Mature
AdventureFantasy/Medieval/PiratesPC/G64Mature
ActionAliens/Ninja/SuperheroesVena Oasis/Playsystem/2/3/4/5Everyone

That’s everything you need to know about the best combinations in Game Dev Tycoon, and how to get a 10/10 title. For similar content, take a look at:

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About The Author

Aakrit is a games writer with over 2000 published articles for EssentiallySports, Sportskeeda, FortniteINTEL, and CharlieINTEL. Currently, he writes guides on Minecraft, Roblox, Pokemon games, Genshin Impact, and Brawlhalla. Aakrit loves playing shooter games and in his free time, you can find him queued up in Valorant, Fortnite, Apex Legends, or Halo Infinite. You can contact Aakrit at [email protected].