Best combos in Game Dev Tycoon
Greenheart GamesIn Game Dev Tycoon, players can create their own games and experience what it’s like to be a successful game developer. However, creating games that will captivate gamers requires the right mix of genres and topics. Here are the best combos in Game Dev Tycoon to make your next project a hit.
Just like My Dragon Tycoon and Vehicle Tycoon let you run your own businesses, Game Dev Tycoon is a game that lets you run your own video game company. You start in your garage in the 1980s and aim to become a leader in the games industry by creating the most innovative games and selling millions of copies.
However, making a game is not a simple task. You have to make many decisions, such as the name, platform, engine, and genre of your game. You also have to manage your resources wisely and balance the quality and speed of your development.
Let’s have a look at the best combos in Game Dev Tycoon that will help you make a hit game.
Greenheart GamesBest game genre-topic combinations in Game Dev Tycoon
This chart will reveal the best topics for every game genre in Game Dev Tycoon:
| Genre | Best Topics |
|---|---|
| Action | Airplanes, 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 |
| Adventure | Abstract, Comedy, Detective, Fantasy, Horror, Law, Life, Mad Science, MedievalA, Mystery, Pirate, Prison, Romance, School, Sci-Fi, Spy, Time Travel |
| RPG | Aliens, 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 |
| Simulation | Airplane, 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, |
| Casual | Airplane, 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.
Similarly, Playsystem 5 might be one of the best platforms to run Action games but it’s one of the worst for playing Adventure and Strategy titles. Luckily, the game will warn you if you’re about to make a mismatch in terms of platform or audience.
How to make games in Game Dev Tycoon
Greenheart GamesThere 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 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 | Ideal Tech/Design ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action | Engine – 100 Gameplay – 80 Story/Quests – 0 | Dialogues – 0 Level Design – 80 AI – 100 | World Design – 0 Graphics – 100 Sound – 80 | 1.8 |
| Adventure | Engine – 0 Gameplay – 80 Story/Quests – 100 | Dialogues – 100 Level Design – 50 AI – 0 | World Design – 100 Graphics – 80 Sound – 0 | 0.4 |
| RPG | Engine – 100 Gameplay – 80 Story/Quests – 0 | Dialogues – 100 Level Design – 80 AI – 0 | World Design – 100 Graphics – 80 Sound – 40 | 0.6 |
| Simulation | Engine – 100 Gameplay – 100 Story/Quests – 0 | Dialogues – 100 Level Design – 100 AI – 0 | World Design – 0 Graphics – 100 Sound – 80 | 1.6 |
| Strategy | Engine – 80 Gameplay – 100 Story/Quests – 0 | Dialogues – 0 Level Design – 100 AI – 80 | World Design – 100 Graphics – 0 Sound – 80 | 1.4 |
| Casual | Engine – 0 Gameplay – 100 Story/Quests – 0 | Dialogues – 0 Level Design – 100 AI – 0 | World Design – 0 Graphics – 100 Sound – 80 | 0.5 |
Do note that the stats mentioned above will be most useful when you’re in the early game and have a small team. With a bigger team, the actual results might vary a little but you can still use these charts for an estimate.
We hope this guide helps you in developing the best games in Game Dev Tycoon and your business reaches new heights. For similar content, have a look at:
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