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Game Dev Story is a video game development manager without in app purchases. Also available for PC on Steam with controller support.
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Pros
Pro Very engaging due to quick progression and frequent events
Contracts are measured in weeks and development cycles in months, but time passes at the rate of one day per second. Though the core gameplay involves watching little icons pop up over your employees' heads, rarely do five seconds go by without some player action being prudent, if not required.
Cons
Con It's very hard to fail
Your employees' salaries are waived the first year ("government subsidy") and you can go into the red to pay them after that. You can't develop a game without some initial funds, but since you can always take a contract to make money, there's basically no hole you can't crawl out of.
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Flagged Pros + Cons
Pro Simple and intuitive gameplay
Nearly everything is self-explanatory, and the bits that aren't get explained by your secretary.