Game Dev Tycoon – Best Combos List + Time Allocation Sliders

Great Combinations

All credit goes to Tactical Butter!

Action

Airplane, Aliens, Alt. History, Cyberpunk, Dungeon, Fantasy, Horror, Hunting, Martial Arts, Medieval, Military, Music, Ninja, Post Apocalyptic, Prison, Rhythm, Sci-Fi, Space, Sports, Spy, Superheroes, Time Travel, Werewolf, Zombies.

Adventure

Comedy, Detective, Fantasy, Law, Life, Medieval, Mystery, Pirate, Prison, Romance, Sci-Fi, School, Spy, Time Travel, Zombies.

RPG

Aliens, Alt. History, Cyberpunk, Detective, Dungeon, Fantasy, Fashion, Martial Arts, Medieval, Mystery, Post Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, School, Spy, Vampire, Werewolf, Wild West.

Simulation

Airplane, Business, City, Dance, Dungeon, Evolution, Fashion, Game Dev, Government, Hacking, History, Hospital, Hunting, Life, Martial Arts, Military, Movies, Music, Prison, Racing, Rhythm, Sci-Fi, School, Space, Sports, Startups, Surgery, Transport, Virtual Pet, Vocabulary.

Strategy

Airplane, Aliens, Business, City, Dungeon, Evolution, Fantasy, Government, Hacking, History, Medieval, Military, Sci-Fi, School, Space, Transport, UFO, Vocabulary.

Casual

Airplane, Comedy, Dance, Fashion, Martial Arts, Movies, Music, Racing, Rhythm, Sports, Virtual Pet, Vocabulary.

Few Tips

Developing games isn’t just by adjusting sliders.These data are a part of “the good way”, but please follow these instructions before continue reading:

• Don’t develop two games in a row with the same Topic / Genre combination.
• Large games should be developped with 2D Graphics V4+ and 3D Graphic V3+.
• AAA games should be developped with 3D Graphics V5+.
• AAA games should be developped with 3 specialists allocated to important phases of your game’s genre.
• Don’t develop the sequel of a game with the same custom engine.

Action

• Phase 1 Engine: 100% – Gameplay: 80% – Story: 0%.
• Phase 2 Dialogues: 0% – Level Design: 80% – AI: 100%.
• Phase 3 World Design: 0% – Graphic: 100% – Sound: 80%.

Adventure

• Phase 1 Engine: 0% – Gameplay: 0% – Story: 100%.
• Phase 2 Dialogues: 100% – Level Design: 0% – AI: 0%.
• Phase 3 World Design: 100% – Graphic: 80% – Sound: 0%.

RPG

• Phase 1 Engine: 0% – Gameplay: 80% – Story: 100%.
• Phase 2 Dialogues: 100% – Level Design: 80% – AI: 0%.
• Phase 3 World Design: 100% – Graphic: 80% – Sound: 0%.

SImulation

• Phase 1 Engine: 80% – Gameplay: 100% – Story: 0%.
• Phase 2 Dialogues: 0% – Level Design: 80% – AI: 100%.
• Phase 3 World Design: 0% – Graphic: 100% – Sound: 80%.

Strategy

• Phase 1 Engine: 80% – Gameplay: 100% – Story: 0%.
• Phase 2 Dialogues: 0% – Level Design: 100% – AI: 80%.
• Phase 3 World Design: 100% – Graphic: 0% – Sound: 80%.

Casual

• Phase 1 Engine: 0% – Gameplay: 100% – Story: 0%.
• Phase 2 Dialogues: 0% – Level Design: 100% – AI: 0%.
• Phase 3 World Design: 0% – Graphic: 100% – Sound: 80%.