# Game Studio Tycoon 3

> The Gaming Business Simulation

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1074068315](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1074068315)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1074068315`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ashley Sherwin
- **Category:** Strategy
- **Rating:** 3.80 / 5 (89 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4.1
- **Last updated:** 2018-05-07
- **First published:** 2016-05-26
- **Size:** 165 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/game-studio-tycoon-3/id1074068315)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.sherwingames.com/privacy-policy/](http://www.sherwingames.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Game Studio Tycoon 3 is a deep gaming business simulation that lets you build and run a full-fledged game studio inside your browser. Start in a small office and scale to multiple buildings, manage up to 50 employees across 3 development teams, and guide a portfolio of games and hardware. Features include investor deals, MMO and hardware creation, convention participation, a robust fan system, publisher opportunities, project queues, analytics, and employee certification across 8 technical fields. Compete with 7 AI studios and aim for yearly awards.

## Rankings

- #152,027 — Overall

## Review summary

Players generally find Game Studio Tycoon 3 addicting and fun for tycoon fans, with rich content and many options. However, recurrent issues greatly mar the experience: crashes and lost progress, poor device optimization (screen cutoffs on iPhone models), slider/UI control bugs, and perceived high price relative to performance. Balance concerns and difficult AI are also noted. Collectively, these recurring problems drive calls for patches and updates to improve stability, usability, and value.

### Pros

- Addicting and engaging tycoon gameplay.
- Rich, detailed content with multiple teams and varied options.
- Overall positive feel for players who enjoy the genre and choose to continue playing.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and progress loss, even with auto-save.
- Poor optimization for various iPhone models leading to screen cutoffs and UI hiding.
- Perceived high price with concerns it isn’t worth the cost given bugs and performance.
- Gameplay balance issues, with reports of tough AI and limited learning from past experiments.
- Control/slider bugs (engine and console builder sliders not working) and other UI issues.

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