Started playing Game Dev Tycoon on iOS but how to make great combos has got you stumped? Check out our complete list of great genre/topic/audience combos to ensure your game is successful.
Though Game Dev Tycoon made its first debut in 2012, iOS gamers got their first taste of the game development simulator last week, when Greenheart Games released it to the mobile platform. For fans of the simulator genre, Game Dev Tycoon might be one of the great ones. The decisions players must make in the game, along with its increasing complexity at each level, give the feeling of truly running a game development company.
If you are new to Game Dev Tycoon, chances are one of your biggest challenges is figuring out is just what makes a successful game. Which genres and topics make the best combinations How do platforms affect the game’s sales? Which audience should you target? To help you get a leg up in the process, we spent the weekend testing and trying every possible game combination we could to bring you a list of the best combos to use in Game Dev Tycoon. We’ve arranged our combo list by Topic first and then under it placed a list of great and good Genre and Audience matches for your game. The list isn’t complete yet, but pretty close. As we unlock data on the last few topics, we’ll be sure to add them to the list. If you happen to have data we haven’t uncovered, feel free to share to in the comments below. If you are looking for additional tips for becoming a successful Game Dev Tycoon, be sure to check out our in-depth tips and tricks guide, here.
Game Dev Tycoon Combos: Complete List Of Best Topic, Genre And Audience Combinations
Abstract
Great Combos
Genre: no data yet
Audience: no data yet
Airplane
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Simulation, Strategy, Casual
Audience Youth, Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Mature
Aliens
Great Combos
Genre: Action, RPG
Audience Everyone, Mature
Good Combos
Genre: Strategy
Audience: Youth
Alternate History
Great Combos
Genre: Action, RPG
Audience Everyone, Mature
Good Combos
Genre: Strategy
Business
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Audience Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Youth
City
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Audience Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Youth
Colonization
Great Combos
Genre: no data yet
Audience: no data yet
Construction
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Audience Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Youth
Cooking
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation
Audience Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Youth
Comedy
Great Combos
Genre: Adventure, Casual
Audience Mature
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Cyberpunk
Great Combos
Genre: Action, RPG
Audience Mature
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Dance
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Casual
Audience Youth
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Detective
Great Combos
Genre: Adventure, RPG
Audience Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Youth
Disasters
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Audience: Everyone
Dungeon
Great Combos
Genre: Action, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Audience Everyone, Mature
Evolution
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Audience Everyone
Expedition
Great Combos
Genre: Strategy
Audience Everyone
Good Combos
Genre: Adventure
Fantasy
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy
Audience Youth, Everyone, Mature
Farming
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation
Audience: Everyone
Fashion
Great Combos
Genre: RPG, Simulation, Casual
Audience: Youth
Game Dev
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation
Audience Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Youth
Government
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Audience Everyone
Hacking
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Audience: Mature
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
History
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Audience Everyone
Good Combos
Genre: Casual
Audience: Mature
Horror
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Adventure
Audience: Mature
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Hospital
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation
Audience: Everyone
Hunting
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Simulation
Audience: Everyone
Good Combos
Genre: Adventure, RPG, Casual
Audience: Youth, Mature
Law
Great Combos
Genre: Adventure
Audience: Everyone
Good Combos
Genre: RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Life
Great Combos
Genre: Adventure, Simulation
Audience: Everyone, Youth
Good Combos
Genre: RPG
Mad Science
Good Combos
Genre: Simulation
Audience: Youth
Martial Arts
Great Combos
Genre: Action, RPG, Simulation, Casual
Audience: Mature
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Medieval
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy
Audience: Youth, Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Mature
Military
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Simulation, Strategy
Audience: Mature
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Movies
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Casual
Audience: Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Youth, Mature
Music
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Simulation, Casual
Audience: Youth
Good Combos
Genre: Adventure
Audience: Everyone
Mystery
Great Combos
Genre: Adventure, RPG
Audience: Mature
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Mythology
Great Combos
Genre: no data yet
Audience: no data yet
Ninja
Great Combos
Genre: Action
Audience: Youth
Good Combos
Genre: Casual
Audience: Everyone, Mature
Pirate
Great Combos
Genre: Adventure
Audience: Youth, Everyone
Good Combos
Genre: RPG, Simulation
Post-Apocalyptic
Great Combos
Genre: Action, RPG
Audience: Mature
Good Combos
Genre: Strategy
Audience: Everyone
Prison
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Adventure. Simulation, Casual
Audience: Mature
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Racing
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Casual
Audience: Youth, Everyone
Good Combos
Genre: Action
Audience: Mature
Rhythm
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Simulation, Casual
Audience: Youth
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Romance
Great Combos
Genre: Adventure
Audience: Everyone, Mature
Good Combos
Genre: Simulation, Casual
School
Great Combos
Genre: Adventure, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Audience: Mature
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Sci-Fi
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Audience: Everyone, Mature
Space
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Simulation, Strategy
Audience: Everyone, Mature
Sports
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Simulation, Casual
Audience: Youth, Everyone
Spy
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG
Audience: Mature
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Superheroes
Great Combos
Genre: Action
Audience: Youth, Everyone, Mature
Good Combos
Genre: RPG
Surgery
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation
Audience: Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Mature
Technology
Great Combos
Genre: no data yet
Audience: no data yet
Thief
Great Combos
Genre: RPG
Audience: Everyone
Time Travel
Great Combos
Genre: Adventure, RPG
Audience: Everyone
Good Combos
Genre: Action
Audience: Youth
Transport
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Audience: Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Youth
UFO
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Strategy
Audience: Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Mature
Vampire
Great Combos
Genre: Action, RPG
Audience: Everyone, Mature
Virtual Pet
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Casual
Audience: Youth
Good Combos
Genre: RPG, Strategy
Vocabulary
Great Combos
Genre: Simulation, Strategy, Casual
Audience: Everyone
Good Combos
Audience: Youth
Werewolf
Great Combos
Genre: Action, RPG
Audience: Mature
Good Combos
Audience: Everyone
Wild West
Great Combos
Genre: RPG
Audience: Youth, Mature
Good Combos
Genre: Action
Audience: Everyone
Zombies
Great Combos
Genre: Action, Casual
Audience: Mature
Good Combos
Genre: Adventure, Strategy
Audience: Youth
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