# Indie Hacker Tycoon — The solo-founder career sim

> The solo-founder career sim (iPhone/iPad app by Dhaval Ajitbhai Shah.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/indie-hacker-tycoon/id6783726915 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dhaval Ajitbhai Shah](https://appshunter.io/developer/1878955346)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 28 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-07
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/indie-hacker-tycoon/id6783726915/reviews.md

## What is Indie Hacker Tycoon?

You quit your job with a few months of runway and one rule: ship apps, get users, hit $5,000 in monthly revenue before the money runs out.

Indie Hacker Tycoon is a satirical solo-founder career sim — pick a genre, design your app, then market it across X, TikTok, YouTube, cold email, and more. Every channel has its own trends, crowding, and a knack you build by using it. Marketing isn't a side menu here — it's the whole game.

THE LOOP
• Design an app — genre, audience, and how you build it (Vibe-coded, SaaS, or a thin wrapper)
• Market it — organic posts, UGC, paid bursts, or AI-generated content (cheap, fast, risky)
• Look after yourself — health sets your energy, happiness makes your work land
• Advance the month and watch the feed react — bankruptcies, viral hits, and brutal YouTube comments included

A LIVING MARKET
The market shifts under you. Genres fall in and out of demand. A rival startup races you the whole way — clone your hits, undercut you, or get bought out entirely. Big decisions (VC money? A co-founder? Open source your core?) branch the run with a real cost attached.

PICK YOUR OWN ENDING
Lifestyle business isn't the only way to win. Build something valuable and sell it. Go big and chase a real unicorn. Run a profitable portfolio of apps at once. Or skip revenue entirely and build a devoted cult following. Four founder identities — Operator, Craftsman, Growth Hacker, Influencer — each tilt the run differently.

FREE TO PLAY, NO PAY-TO-WIN
The full Lifestyle career — every mechanic, every channel, every system — is free, forever. Pro Founder ($6.99, one-time) unlocks the other four ambitions, the other three founder identities, and removes ads. Energy is never sold, never timer-gated. We just think founders deserve a good story.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Founder | $6.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.0.4 — 2026-08-05

See all five ways to win right from the goal bar, share your best runs, and rate the game from the menu. Plus small quality-of-life fixes.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-07-09

Minor updates to keep the game running smoothly.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-08

Added Daily Challenge, Rival Personas, Keep Building, Founder Codex, Angel Mode

### 1.0 — 2026-07-07

No release notes.

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All apps by Dhaval Ajitbhai Shah: https://appshunter.io/developer/1878955346

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