Game Development Business

1 Tips For Starting A Successful Game Development Business (2025)

Pat Walls

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Updated: April 15th, 2025

Want to start your own game development business? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a game development business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a game development business?
-> Pros and cons of a game development business

Need inspiration?

-> Other game development business success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a game development business

Other resources

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a game development business:

#1: Jamey Stegmaier, founder of Stonemaier Games:

We chatted with with Jamey, founder of Stonemaier Games ($1.73M/month). In our interview, Jamey says:

One mistake I still make (but I’m getting better at it) is to compare myself to others. The result is never healthy for me. Rather, I try to admire and appreciate what others are doing, but not think more or less of what I’m doing as compared to someone else.