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Startup Gambit is a game that lets players invest in historical startups and experience their rise and fall. Players make strategic investment decisions based on real companies from business history, learning how… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites.

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   Startup Equity Adventure Game▲36

   I put this together (with Claude) as a semi-gamified way for folks to learn about startup equity. Take a look, and share your scorecard :)

   Apr 2026 · options-game-polymathrobotics.pythonanywhere.com · its alternatives →

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   The Startup's Gambit▲100

   Which chess opening best captures your startup’s strategy?

   2020 · chess24.outgrow.us · its alternatives →

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   Gambit▲77

   New gaming platform from the founders of chess.com

   2015 · gambit.com · its alternatives →

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   The Startup Playbook▲548

   How-to guide for building your startup from the ground up

   2018 · startup-playbook.com · its alternatives →

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   The Beginnings▲527

   Beginnings of billion dollar companies

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Startup Concepts▲559

   Startup concepts explained via comics

   2021 · its alternatives →

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   A random startup generator▲607

   2015 · tiffzhang.com · its alternatives →

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   Startup Fighter▲117

   2014 · startupfighter.com · its alternatives →

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   Startup Decks▲708

   View 100s of startup pitch decks or submit your own.

   2019 · startupdecks.co · its alternatives →

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    Startup Company▲105

    A business simulation sandbox game

    2018 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Startup Economics▲264

    Understand how funding events will affect your startup

    2016 · smartasset.com · its alternatives →

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    The Pitch▲561

    The podcast where early stage startups pitch investors

    2015 · thepitch.show · its alternatives →

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    Slides▲282

    Raise capital for your startup.

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    I made a sandbox game to help with financial planning▲409

    A browser based, retro sandbox game that let

    2021 · simulator.money · its alternatives →

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    StartupCrowns▲112

    The startup community growth game.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Startup Patterns▲408

    Bite-sized startup lessons for busy founders

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Startup Game▲117

    How do you startup?

    2023 · pushtostart.tv · its alternatives →

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    The Founder▲114

    A dystopian business simulator

    2017 · thefounder.biz · its alternatives →

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    Early Stage Founders Playbook▲313

    Actionable marketing lessons for indie-hackers

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Finance for Founders▲273

    Startup finances 101 - videos, templates & tools for free

    2022 · usecaribou.com · its alternatives →

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    Startup Founder Playing Cards▲112

    Card deck featuring startup founders (pre-launch)

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    WorldMap.lolfrom $5/mo▲197

    Put your startup on the map. Literally.

    Aug 2026 · worldmap.lol · its alternatives →

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    MoneyGame – Browser-based business simulation game▲73

    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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    LearnGPT for startup founders▲91

    Personalised playbooks and P2P learning for founders

    2023 · its alternatives →

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