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Game Dev Studio

Explosive Squat Games · 2018-03-12

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 12, 2018 (Linux)

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Game Dev Studio is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $1.49, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 690 reviews).

1
playing now
85%
positive of 690 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 690 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-04-22) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620182026Week of 2018-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
292Mar 2018Dec 2025Mar 2018 — avg 10 · peak 43Jun 2018 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2018 — avg 8 · peak 41Dec 2018 — avg 29 · peak 171Mar 2019 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 23Sep 2019 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2019 — avg 14 · peak 32Mar 2020 — avg 6 · peak 25Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2020 — avg 6 · peak 25Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 13Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.002018-03-122026-08-232018-03-12 — best price $8.992018-09-22 — best price $9.992018-12-05 — best price $6.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-06-25 — best price $4.992019-10-18 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-27 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-05-21 — best price $9.992021-09-28 — best price $9.992021-11-23 — best price $9.992022-01-07 — best price $3.992022-04-22 — best price $1.002022-07-05 — best price $9.992022-08-29 — best price $9.992022-11-23 — best price $2.992023-01-20 — best price $9.992023-05-14 — best price $2.992023-07-30 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-02-28 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-10-21 — best price $9.992025-06-28 — best price $1.492025-09-07 — best price $9.992025-11-20 — best price $1.492026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-08-23 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
34%
earned "Raising the Bar"
9.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorCommentary availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-01-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3042%28

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieCasualEconomySandboxModdableStrategyAddictiveDifficultGameMaker

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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