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Dev Guy

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

Should you play it?

With your final build missing, and only till the end of the night to publish his game, Warren must take up the difficult adventure to make a new build before the end of the night through whatever means necessary. Join Warren's quest to publish his title before the end of the night and become an indie dev.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Humorous satire of indie development
  • Variety of mini-games
  • Short and accessible
  • Achievements available

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay
  • Minimal replay value
  • Some annoying sound effects
  • Lack of save feature
  • Some crude humor and language

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Secret of Tremendous Corporation

  • Kota`s New Journey

  • Scrap Garden - The Day Before

  • Alpaca Stacka

  • Macbat 64

  • Detective Case and Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Dev Guy but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Otaku's Adventure

  • Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate

  • Sam & Max Save the World

  • Bear With Me - Episode One

  • Catlateral Damage

  • Later Alligator

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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Dev Guy. These titles are not in What to play next.

Dev Guy: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026