Founder Sim: Startup Game

SMISH Labs

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About this game

Founder Sim is the ultimate startup simulator, CEO strategy game, and stock market tycoon. Build a tech company from scratch, trade live stocks, acquire rival companies, and grow your startup into a trillion-dollar business empire.


BUILD YOUR STARTUP

Choose from 11 distinct tech industries in this business simulator — SaaS, AI Platform, FinTech, Mobile Game, Marketplace, E-commerce, and more. Each industry has its own unique revenue model, growth mechanics, and market dynamics.

As CEO, you must master MRR, ARR, CAC, LTV, burn rate, and runway. Choose Product-Led or Sales-Led growth. Hire engineers, marketers, and a full C-Suite. Raise venture capital through Seed, Series A, Series B, and beyond. Outsmart AI competitors who poach your team, undercut your pricing, and run negative PR. Manage Founder Burnout — 100-hour weeks will crash your health and your company.


TRADE ON A LIVE STOCK MARKET

The ultimate stock market game experience. Trade 30 stocks across Technology, Energy, Healthcare, Defense, and Real Estate. Each stock features live price movement, RSI tracking, momentum indicators, P/E ratios, and a full shareholder breakdown. Sector news and global macro events shift stock prices every month.

Build a personal and corporate investment portfolio. Let your CFO manage trades automatically. Watch AI rivals go public — then decide whether to invest in them or acquire them entirely.


ACQUISITIONS AND SUBSIDIARIES

Conduct due diligence on acquisition targets and build a massive portfolio of subsidiary companies. Each division contributes monthly revenue directly to your corporate treasury. Manage your empire independently — inject capital to grow your subsidiaries, rebrand to reset market positioning, underwrite their own IPO on the public market, or divest to a Private Equity firm for immediate liquidity.


HOSTILE TAKEOVERS

Take your CEO strategy to the next level. Accumulate enough of a company's public float to trigger a hostile takeover. Launch formal tender offers, negotiate with institutional shareholders, and survive DOJ antitrust reviews and poison pill defences.


FOUNDER SKILL WEB

Unlock 13 permanent passive upgrades across four branches:
Technical: Passive tech debt reduction and reliability gains.
Marketing: Higher viral growth multipliers and stronger crisis response.
Leadership: Monthly team morale baseline and reduced board friction.
Fundraising: Better pitch success rates and higher valuation caps.

Skill Points are earned through funding milestones, user thresholds, ARR targets, company acquisitions, and IPO completion.


LEGACY SYSTEM

Every run earns a Legacy Score graded on exit valuation, outcome, user growth, and founder health. Earn a tier — from Burned Out to Unicorn Founder — and spend Legacy Points on Founder Perks that carry into your next run.


FIVE PLAY SCENARIOS

Classic. Bootstrap Hero ($5k start, no VC for 2 years). Bear Market (high churn, skeptical VCs). AI Gold Rush (30 Innovation, 2.5x tech debt). Viral Sensation (10k users day one, zero revenue).


KEY FEATURES

- 30-stock live market with RSI, sector news, and macro events
- M&A mechanics with due diligence, integration risk, and inherited burn rates
- Subsidiary management: capital injection, IPO listing, PE divestiture
- Hostile takeover simulation with tender offers and antitrust risk
- Founder Skill Web: 13 passive upgrade nodes across 4 branches
- Legacy scoring with Hall of Fame and cross-run Founder Perks
- Dynamic Impact Engine: actions scale with team size, context, and fatigue
- Five play scenarios from Normal to Extreme difficulty
- CFO auto-trader with morale-driven portfolio behaviour
- 11 industries with unique revenue models and growth systems

Whether you love startup simulators, business tycoon games, CEO strategy games, or stock market trading games, Founder Sim v2.0 is the deepest business empire experience on mobile.

Download Founder Sim and prove you can build an empire from a single idea.

What’s new

Version 2.0.1 brings critical engine optimizations for a smoother playthrough!

• Bug Fixes: Resolved glitches causing cash and B2B pipelines to drop during bulk team actions.
• Competitor AI: Rivals (like Chadly) are smarter and won't attack empty client pipelines.
• Balanced Events: Recalibrated the random event engine for a realistic cadence.
• Analytics: Cleaned up FinTech dashboards to focus on Active Wallets.
• Store Clarity: Added exact details to all Premium Store perks.