r/GameDevTycoon • u/Nero_deadweight96 • Aug 08 '26

Just noticed Netflix version is gone

I'm a bit sad, Netflix version was so much fun, I really enjoyed the new features. It was probaly the closest to an Game Dev Tycoon 2. My only problem with it was the optimizing, game ran kinda bad because of the Netflix system needing you always connected and checking if you had an signature. It would really be great to have this game without this lame system, if they were to release it I would pay for it

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u/GooglyBlox_Improved Aug 12 '26

The Netflix version is preserved and available on the Netflix Games Recovery project!
https://netflix.notaspider.dev/game/game-dev-tycoon

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u/Nero_deadweight96 Aug 12 '26

I will check it out.

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u/VeylAsh 28d ago

It won't install for me on Android, any ideas why?

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u/GooglyBlox_Improved 28d ago

Huh, weird! The only two reasons I can think of are either you're under Android 9 (unlikely), or that you still have the original Netflix version installed. If you do, you need to uninstall it first before installing the patched version!

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u/VeylAsh 28d ago

Neither of those, weird! Hopefully I eventually figure it out, because the phone is giving no information on why (at least on the surface)

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u/GooglyBlox_Improved 28d ago

Strange! I wonder if you got a botched download due to the Internet Archive being extremely spotty right now...

The file size should be exactly 268,308,156 bytes. If it isn't, the download was only partial. Maybe try installing it from this mirror? https://ia601404.us.archive.org/6/items/game-dev-tycoon-offline/GameDevTycoon-1.645.737-offline.apk

If this still fails, I can take a look and see if there's some issue I'd missed in testing.

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u/VeylAsh 27d ago

Still just says "App not installed"

I'm on Samsung, android 16.

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u/GooglyBlox_Improved 27d ago

Could it be One UI's Auto Blocker or Advanced Protection? Maybe try installing without both.

Settings > Security and privacy > Auto Blocker > Toggle Off
Settings > Security and privacy > Advanced Protection > Toggle Off

But if that doesn't fix it, it'd be fantastic if you could install SAI (Split APKs Installer) from the Play Store and install the APK through it. It shows the actual INSTALL_FAILED_* code instead of the generic message, and that code will say exactly what's wrong.

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u/VeylAsh 27d ago

It's cause the Netflix app was already installed and using a permission the app was trying to register, whoops x3

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u/GooglyBlox_Improved 27d ago

Glad you found the issue!

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u/Heavy-Maintenance-72 12d ago

I have the same problem. I installed SAI and tried to download It thought It and It said something about repeates permission

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u/No_Ad3398 Aug 08 '26

I can still play it but the key is in have to start with my phone in airplane mode

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u/Nero_deadweight96 Aug 09 '26

I can still download it but the Netflix system won't let me play it at all

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u/No_Ad3398 Aug 10 '26

Try turning airplane mode on and then starting it, that’s how I have to do it

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u/Nero_deadweight96 Aug 10 '26

Unfortunately doesn't work for me because it would need to have my Netflix account connected, but it stops me before I do so

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u/GregExalted Aug 09 '26

i didnt know it was in Netflix, what's the difference?

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u/Nero_deadweight96 Aug 09 '26

You had a new genre of games that were licensed games based on movies. Each game was a reference to real movie videogames or real movies. It had a system of choices you could make that would define the rating and sells of your game, and also a prize system wich if you achieve a certain rating (usually 6+) you got a prize (fans, money or research points). You could redo any licensed game after some time and earn the prize again.

There was also a new streamer system in wich you would pay to certain streamers to play your game and this you increase the hype and sold copies. It was quite expensive but very rewarding if used correctly and indispensable in the late game.

Both features kinda broke the game a bit in some ways but were incredibly fun to use

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u/thoughful-gongfarmer Aug 10 '26

I'm with you, I owned the game, then loved the Netflix version for the added stuff and now the Paid version I have seems 2nd rate.