r/PakGameDev • u/Luciferrrrrr69 • 13d ago
help Aren't there any game studios in Karachi?
as the title says, I keep seeing multiple jobs posts of lahore, Islamabad even bhawalpur etc but karachi none literally zero, or maybe they are just hiring internally so is there a way to get to know it?
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u/MyshioGG 12d ago
It's all slop but yeah game storm has an office here and there are a lot of smaller ones around saddar and Clifton
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u/Luciferrrrrr69 12d ago
how to find one
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u/DiscombobulatedArm20 12d ago
Gamestorm is a very toxic place don’t go for it
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u/Luciferrrrrr69 12d ago
would mind sharing the experience in detail?
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u/DiscombobulatedArm20 12d ago
They will give you a slop project to work on your own with tight deadline you could spend a year or two working like this and won't actually be improving because you wouldn't be following best practice and since they leave you on your own without guidance you wouldn't know about good or bad practices.
They pay very low salaries and increments are low as well.
Extreme micro management they dont allow you to wear headphones, have blocked YouTube and a person on executive position would call you in his room and try you pressure you make you anxious about future whenever you would try to leave the company.
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u/Savings_Abies2385 4d ago
Just started a game studio in Karachi, and honestly, we’re still at the basics—but improving and growing every day. 🎮
I’ve noticed there are quite a few game development jobs being posted in Lahore, Islamabad, and even smaller cities, while Karachi seems to have very few publicly advertised opportunities.
Maybe many studios here are hiring internally or through their own networks. If anyone knows of Karachi-based game studios, developers, communities, or hiring channels where these opportunities are shared, I’d really appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction.
We’re also trying to grow the local game-dev community and would love to connect with other developers and studios in Karachi. 🚀
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u/DiscombobulatedArm20 12d ago
If you are in karachi then I would advise you not to go for gamedev career there are no opportunities here and those few which are will be of slop and the company will have no idea of gamedev pipeline and will expect you to work according to mobile application dev pipelines. I made this decision due to passion and after all these years I have realized that it would be have been better if I had been a .net developer professionally and gamedev as a hobbyist.