
Developed by Rarebyte / Greenheart Games, Game Dev Tycoon was a Netflix game, now removed from Netflix in Mar 11, 2026. Client-complete. Strip the Netflix SDK entitlement gate and it runs offline. A working offline build or asset bundle is published.
Rarebyte's expanded Netflix edition of Greenheart Games' game-studio sim, on Netflix 2024-03-12 to 2026-03-11. Unity IL2CPP; the Netflix login gate is the only wall. Android (gen-2 com.netflix.games, Unity bridge) needs more than granted access: boot gates on the Netflix profile, so getCurrentProfile must return a synthetic one whose player id stays stable, since save filenames embed it. iOS is an older build on the gen-0 NGP SDK. Both done in one command by netflix-offline-patcher. The Netflix build adds licensed movie and show topics, content creators and livestreams, story events and extra rewards. The original Game Dev Tycoon remains on Steam, GOG, and the app stores without that content.
| Recoverability | SDK-patchable |
| Status | Recovered |
| Android (APK) | Download from Internet Archive (v1.645.737) sha256 e81ff1eece7f23fc43783eb660b8134b77b21a1420a339d94750513f80b0817c |
| iOS (IPA) | Download from Internet Archive (v1.0.270) sha256 e498b66e9270c2b1d0c454257a17271613a615de5d9060065264e44655c6b803 |
| Engine | Unity IL2CPP (arm64-v8a + armeabi-v7a) |
| Package | com.netflix.NGP.GameDevTycoon |
| Released | Mar 12, 2024 |
| Removed | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Netflix exclusive | Yes |
| Contributors | community |
| Updated | Jul 30, 2026 |
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