Game Dev Tycoon is a business simulation game where you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Adds a fresh style to an admittedly existing concept and does so very convincingly and with loving attention to detail. While the core gameplay may still leave some things to be desired (e.g. more diverse development mechanics with deeper control granularity), this may be addressed through the game's built-in modding capabilities. All-in-all this little gem can offer hours and hours of geeky fun in trying to realize any hardcore gamer's dream - to evolve from proverbial garage developer to successful full-fledged game design studio boss (BTW, messing around with hilarious names and resulting dialogs can be a worthwhile side quest).