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24 alternatives to A factory simulator game built on Spreadsheets
I would say this is the real factory simulator game haha
This is a factory simulator game built entirely on spreadsheets, launched in July 2026. Players manage production lines and factory operations through spreadsheet mechanics rather than traditional game interfaces. It… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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I've seen some interests in (simulation) video games here on HN so I thought I'd share a short version of our story. More than 6 years ago, me and my friend from university were playing around with an idea of making a game we always wanted to play. We worked on it on weekends but the progress was quite slow, especially due to so many dead ends and wasted effort. Eventually however, we solidified our direction and decided to take the risk to resign from our well paid SWE jobs and work on it full time. It took more than a year but yesterday we have finally released it on Steam:…
2022 · its alternatives →
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2022 · benoitessiambre.com · its alternatives →
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Real Fake▲192Guess which startups are real vs. AI generated
2024 · realfakegame.com · its alternatives →
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San Fran Sim▲300An isometric startup-tycoon game. Ship features, squash bugs, survive the burn rate — and keep the kombucha stocked. Play free in your browser.
Jul 2026 · sanfransim.com · its alternatives →
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Learn growth and data-driven product management in Simulator
2019 · gopractice.io · its alternatives →
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2025 · 90s.dev · its alternatives →
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Row Zero is the best spreadsheet for big data. Build secure spreadsheets connected to your data warehouse with a bigger, faster Excel alternative in the cloud.
2024 · rowzero.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m a chemical engineer and I manage logistics at a refinery down in Texas. Whenever I try to explain downstream operations to people outside the industry (including my kids), I usually get blank stares. I wanted to build something that visualizes the concepts and chemistry of a plant without completely dumbing down the science, so I put together this 5-minute browser game. Here's a simple runthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is-moBz6upU. I pushed to get through a full product pathway to show the V-804 replay. I am not a software developer by trade, so I relied…
Mar 2026 · fuelingcuriosity.com · its alternatives →
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Learn how to use data to build and grow products
2020 · gopractice.io · its alternatives →
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Spawned▲222Build, launch, and discover products in a single platform
Feb 2026 · spawned.com · its alternatives →
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I am a solo developer, and I built Core MBA because I was frustrated with the "video course" default in business education. I wanted to build a "compiler for business logic"—a tool where I could read a concept in 5 minutes and immediately test it in a hostile environment to see if my strategy actually compiles or throws a runtime error. The project is a business simulator built on React 19 and TypeScript. The core technical innovation isn't just using AI; it's the architecture of a closed loop between a deterministic economic engine and a generative AI validation layer. The biggest technical…
Jan 2026 · core-mba.pro · its alternatives →
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Fun free no-download game you
2021 · vnav.io · its alternatives →
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2023 · sillycovalley.com · its alternatives →
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Agentic R&D factory to test pivots and benchmark strategy
Mar 2026 · labs.timekeepur.com · its alternatives →
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Free Real-World Intelligence: Give Your AI Real-Time Access to the Physical World. Grassland lets developers give their software an API for accessing real life environments regardless of economic, geographic or political barriers.
2019 · grassland.network · its alternatives →
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Free browser-based business and economy simulation game. Trade stock, exchange currencies and run your own businesses.
2017 · moneyga.me · its alternatives →
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This is something that I've been working on on-and-off in my spare time for the last few years. I started in 2020 during Covid trying to do a Mount and Blade style map in UE4, and it grew from there until where it is now - I would just add a feature, then another, until it came together. Since the start of the year I've really been trying to polish it some more. I've got the full thing planned for a Q3 25 release. Github release if you don't have Steam: https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release
2024 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Craft and grow your own village
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Startup Company▲105A business simulation sandbox game
2018 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Manage your own farm and drive massive machines
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2025 · reprobate.site · its alternatives →
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AdVenture Capitalist set in medieval times.
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Today I'm open sourcing "Grid studio", a web-based spreadsheet application with full integration of the Python programming language.
2019 · hackernoon.com · its alternatives →
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