Indie Hacker Tycoon

Indie Hacker Tycoon is a satirical career sim about life as a one-person startup — BitLife meets Game Dev Tycoon for the build-in-public era.

You've quit your job to go solo. The goal: reach $5,000 in monthly recurring revenue (MRR) and hold it for three months straight — before your savings run out. No team, no investors. Just you, your energy, and the grind. Each month you spend a few units of energy on your moves, then tap "Next Month" to advance and watch your bets play out.

• Build apps — pick a genre, an audience, and how you build it (fast & cheap, premium SaaS, or a trendy AI wrapper). Stronger combinations ship higher quality.
• Marketing is the real game — promote across 11 channels, each with shifting heat and crowding. Post organically to grow a compounding audience, or pay for an instant burst; catch a wave and go viral. Tap any result for an exact breakdown of why it worked.
• Look after yourself — health sets how much energy you get, happiness makes your work land; skip self-care and burnout hits. Rent and lifestyle set your monthly burn.
• Survive the chaos — dozens of satirical startup events: get acqui-hired, Sherlocked at a keynote, or buried by a copycat's $5M seed round.
• Read the room — negotiate acquisition offers by reading the buyer's tells.
• Every run is a story — when a career ends, in triumph or bankruptcy, you get the full recap.

Free. One long career. Plays offline.