Most expensive games to develop 2022
For AAA studios, the cost of producing video games is now on par with Hollywood blockbuster movies. Released in December 2020 after several delays, CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077 is the most expensive game published to date with a total cost of 316 million U.S. dollars at the time of release. In addition to development costs, video game marketing costs also play an significant role in terms of game dev budget - out of Cyberpunk's total cost of 316 million U.S. dollars, about 142 million U.S. dollars went towards the game's marketing expenses. However, Cyberpunk 2077 may lose its crown as the most expensive game to make at some point - space trading game Star Citizen, developed and to be published by Cloud Imperium Games, is still in development after a decade and has so far racked up over 400 million U.S. dollars in development costs.