What is Game Dev Story's rating?

Game Dev Story is rated 4.8 stars across 81,642 ratings on the Play Store.

Who makes Game Dev Story?

Game Dev Story is published by Kairosoft, launched on Dec 10, 2010.

Where does Game Dev Story rank in its category?

Game Dev Story ranks #7 of 16749 apps in Simulation, putting it in the top 0.0% by revenue.

How much does Game Dev Story earn?

Q: How much does Game Dev Story earn?

Game Dev Story earns approximately 26.7K per month based on bumetric's ML revenue forecast, calibrated against 16749 comparable Android apps in Simulation.

Android app from Kairosoft · Simulation

ML forecast ★ 4.8 · 82K Paid

~26.7K/mo

ML revenue forecast. Calibrated against 16749 apps in this category.

Confidence band

±15%

High — many comparable apps with verified data

At a glance

Earns 96.11× more than the category median (277/mo).
Ranks #7 of 16,749 in Simulation (top 0.0% by revenue).
Launched Dec 10, 2010 · last updated Jan 15, 2026.

What the app looks like

Live screenshots from the Play Store, captured by our snapshot worker. Tap any image to enlarge.

Game Dev Story's revenue trajectory

Forecast revenue from snapshot history. Last 1 months.

Where Game Dev Story sits in Simulation

Revenue distribution of 16749 comparable apps. Game Dev Story highlighted.

Game Dev Story vs comparable apps

Revenue trajectory side-by-side. Bold = Game Dev Story, ghosted = peers.

App spec

Version

2.6.9

Last update

Jan 15, 2026

Launched

Dec 10, 2010

Price

$4.49

Monetization

Paid

What Game Dev Story actually does (from store listing)

Manage your own game company and try to create a million-selling game in this unique simulation. Features the ability to develop your company's own game console, plus a system for changing your staff members' professions. Your staff members can have a variety of game-related professions, from programmer to sound engineer. Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry! -- Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at https://kairopark.jp. Be s…

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Comparable Android apps

The five apps in Simulation with the closest revenue to Game Dev Story. Click any to see its detail page.

App	Revenue	Rating	Ratings
Mini Metro	27.8K	★ 4.6	74K
Bridge Constructor	24.2K	★ 4.3	53K
Goat Simulator	30.0K	★ 4.1	106K
Game Dev Tycoon	30.5K	★ 4.8	173K
Farming Simulator 18	22.8K	★ 4.2	109K

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How we calculated this

Each forecast combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetisation model, pricing tier, IAP signals and ad-supported flag. The base estimate is then multiplied by a per-category scaling factor learned from apps with founder-verified MRR. Every number on this page comes from public APIs and bumetric's own snapshot history.

Full methodology covers input variables, accuracy bands per category and how we treat apps without comparable anchors. See also the live data on Game Dev Story's tracker page for current rating, reviews and snapshot timeline.

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