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24 alternatives to SillyCoValley – I made a fast-paced startup simulation game
SillyCoValley is a fast-paced startup simulation game launched in August 2023. Players experience the rapid decision-making and challenges of building a company from the ground up. The game is designed for anyone… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SillyCoValley – I made a fast-paced startup simulation game launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1AR
2015 · tiffzhang.com · its alternatives →
- 2IG
I was at FB/Meta from late 2013 to early 2023, mostly working in the compiler/runtime spaces. I got hit in the spring 2023 layoff wave. I immediately started making games in my newfound free time (a lifelong interest, and I even worked in AA(A?) back ca. ~2000), and in October 2023 I stumbled upon the idea of a roguelike pachinko/plinko game inspired by Luck Be A Landlord. Things snowballed quickly, I started talking to publishers, then worked like crazy through all of 2024, almost the hardest I've ever worked in my career, and launched the game in December 2024. It's sold…
2025 · its alternatives →
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Startup Company▲105A business simulation sandbox game
2018 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
- 4AF
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 →
- 56M
2013 · playadrift.com · its alternatives →
- 6TB
Hello HN! You can read this [1] blog post if you want to know more about some ideas that I have for this thing. This is just an experiment right now, there isn't any real game (yet). Any feedback would be appreciated, do you think this could become something that would be fun to play? [1] https://unit520.net/posts/dead-trees-an-absurdist-block-layi...
2022 · unit520.net · its alternatives →
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Actionable marketing lessons for indie-hackers
2022 · its alternatives →
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Test your business skills in our virtual investment game
2019 · weown.com · its alternatives →
- 9IM
2022 · weighoff.net · its alternatives →
- 10
Manage your startup to reach $1 billion valuation in 1 year
2016 · toggl.com · its alternatives →
- 11PE
2015 · ponzi.es · its alternatives →
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I would say this is the real factory simulator game haha
Jul 2026 · logisheets.com · its alternatives →
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How-to guide for building your startup from the ground up
2018 · startup-playbook.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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Supervalo.▲180An imaginary venture capital valuation game.
2020 · olivecapital.vc · its alternatives →
- 17AG
2018 · mind-circus.org · its alternatives →
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Please let us know what you think. We would be so so grateful for feedback from the community. Thank you in advance!
2023 · mindlygames.com · its alternatives →
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How To Launch▲262Startup launch playbook & cost calculator, by The Upstarters
2017 · its alternatives →
- 21MM
Fun free no-download game you
2021 · vnav.io · its alternatives →
- 22
Pitch Deck▲76A game about making ridiculous pitches for startup ideas.
2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Does your team have what it takes to build a unicorn 🦄
2021 · its alternatives →
- 24
Get rich quick as you simulate a businessman.
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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