Last updated on October 27th, 2026
David Guo on the Keys to Success
Evony’s performance shows that the game has been a success. In an award-winning interview, David Guo, CEO of Top Games Inc., explained how his team created such a successful product.
Guo has more than a decade of experience in the gaming industry, with deep expertise in game development and marketing. He is also Vice President and a top developer of Evony. In this role, he takes part in game design, marketing, and business strategy. When issues arise, he assembles a team to solve them.
Excellence Over Perfection
Guo says the development team aims for a perfect idea, and nothing reaches the market unless it is 100% perfect. However, Top Games Inc. knows that this pursuit of perfection often causes game development teams to fall far behind their competitors. For that reason, the company makes excellence, not perfection, its primary goal throughout development. Top Games strives to create better products and services, and to offer continuously improving gaming experiences. In addition, the team should not stay in a protective work mode. Instead, it should expand its capabilities and keep growing rather than settle for current success.
A Flat and Open Team Structure
The Top Games team works within a streamlined, open, and flat structure. In the engineering department, every engineer is no more than three levels away from the CEO. Managers and team leaders have no more than seven direct reports. Under Guo’s leadership, the leadership team works to share all information freely in every possible scenario.
In his final remarks, Guo said, “The Top Games team is our greatest asset. For this reason, we invested heavily from the very beginning, and that investment helped us generate record-breaking profits.”
What Is Evony?
Top Games Inc. released Evony in 2016. The game gained a loyal user base thanks to its unique multi-civilization system and realistic war experience.
In 2017, co-founder and CEO David Guo spared no expense to reach more users. He hired renowned directors and actors to shoot an advertisement, which aired during the Super Bowl. With stunning visuals and a tense atmosphere, the ad made a significant impact and entered the Super Bowl’s top ten ads.
Since then, Evony’s popularity has soared, and it has become one of the top five downloaded games in the United States. Its rating on Google Play has stayed around 4.4, and it holds a solid 4.1 on the Apple App Store.
For those who have played the game, its enduring appeal is not surprising. Evony combines intrigue, the chance to rule as a king, and many challenges, such as conquering territories, negotiating peace, strengthening towns, and training armies. Over the years, it has attracted players of all ages and backgrounds. The game also features dynamic elements similar to Dragon’s Lair and Power. In fact, Evony includes ten types of dragons, although players may need to progress through early levels to obtain them.
