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Indie Dev Story

Indie Dev Story

Indie Dev Story - Quit your job to become an indie developer and make your first game!

Released Aug 28, 2024 Developer CBgameDev Platforms Windows Free to PlayIncrementalIndieSimulationAction
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-27)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

82.8%positive116 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Now I understand the life of an indie game developer. :)”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“=======《 Graphics 》======= ☐ Feels like real life ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Not great ☐ Better not stare too long ☐ MS-DOS =======《 Gameplay 》======= ☐ Really good ☑ Good ☐ It's gameplay, I guess ☐ Meh ☐ I'd rather watch paint dry ☐ Don't even try =======《 Audio 》======= ☐…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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“I love the Rock music so much”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

20achievements
41.6%median completion
19.5%rarest: Release A Terrible Game
97.3% of players 90.7% of players 78.9% of players 74.9% of players 73.5% of players 57.2% of players 52.2% of players 50.5% of players 48.4% of players 46.3% of players 41.6% of players 40.3% of players 40.0% of players 39.0% of players 37.7% of players 36.6% of players 28.6% of players 27.1% of players 22.8% of players 19.5% of players 97.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
97.3%Begin Your Journey! — Start your journey as an indie developer
90.7%Click-Tastic — Click 100 times in one playthrough
78.9%Click-Nado — Click 500 times in one playthrough
Rarest badges of honor
19.5%Release A Terrible Game — You created the worst game ever made, but hey everyone has to start somewhere (User reviews - Less than 10%)
22.8%Minimalist Game Dev — Complete a game without buying any items
27.1%Keep A Good Work/Life Balance — Keep your mood high the entire time you develop your game

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 08, 2024
Indie Dev Story - Patch V1.4 Released!

Hey all, It's been great to see people playing and having fun! I appreciate all the feedback and for letting me know about the bugs you have been encountering. I've just released a patch (V1.4) to add

Sep 08, 2024
Indie Dev Story - Patch V1.4

This patch is mainly to fix an issue with Steam achievements sometimes not getting triggered correctly. I also added a couple of smaller QOL additions. Check out the full patch notes for all the chang

Aug 28, 2024
Indie Dev Story Launches Onto Steam!

Indie Dev Story is now available on Steam and its FREE to play What Is Indie Dev Story: It's a short single-player 'clicker' game which tries to mimic the frantic feeling of being an indie developer;

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Free To Play
Player tagsFree to Play · Incremental · Indie · Simulation · Action · Management · Voxel · 3D · Strategy · Choices Matter · Colony Sim · Arcade (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese
Achievements20
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later (64bit OS) Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual Core or similar Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 500 series or similar DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system