Startup Dev Story vs Science & Runway

Found your own software startup and grow it from a one-person garage hustle into a world-changing tech giant, one pixel at a time. Startup Dev Story is a cozy, fast-paced business simulation inspired by the management-sim classics. Hire developers, designers, and marketers, organize them into teams, and cook up products in the Lab by mixing a type, an audience, and secret ingredients. Discover powerful combos, ship them, and watch the subscribers (and the cash) roll in. But the tech world never sits still. Survive and thrive across shifting eras, the SaaS & Mobile Boom, Crypto Winter, the AI Revolution and beyond, each one reshaping what sells and who your rivals are. FEATURES • Hire & grow a team, level up staff, manage energy, loyalty and burnout, and promote your stars. • The Product Lab, combine type + audience + ingredients to discover hidden synergy recipes. • Ride the eras, adapt as the market transforms decade after decade. • Rivals & market, competitors ship their own products; trends rise and fall. • Research & perks, unlock new product types and kit out your office. • Three difficulties, from a gentle Learn-the-Ropes run to a brutal lean-runway challenge. • New Game+, bank a veteran co-founder and a cash head start for your next venture. • Multiple save slots, run parallel companies. • Handcrafted pixel art and a chiptune soundtrack, all generated with love. Free to play, supported by ads. No account required, your progress is saved on your device. Can you survive the burn, out-ship your rivals, and IPO your way to the singularity? Your startup story starts now.

You're a biotech founder with $1.8M starting funding and a countdown clock. Every month, choose how to spend it: hire researchers, upgrade your lab facility, fund the R&D, and push your science forward. Pick your research project and the risk that comes with it. Low-risk projects have clear path but modest returns. Or go for a Moonshot project that has very low odds but can change the science forever! Your company moves through real stages, from Discovery to Exit-Ready, and your company valuation changes accordingly. Along the way, investors will offer equity deals, acquirers will come knocking with buyout offers and all the craziness of doing research! When the money runs out or you decide to sell your company, your story becomes your legacy. An archived record of the company you built, the science you funded, and the lives you affected. Play again with a new strategy, a new project, and a new outcome. Science & Runway is a full simulation, not an idle clicker. Every project, every hire, every event is calculated from real startup mechanics. No ads, no in-app purchases, no timers waiting to be skipped. Features: - Four research risk tiers, from steady science to civilization-scale moonshots - Full financial simulation: burn rate, facility tiers, R&D budgets, equity and investment offers - Six-stage company progressions from Discovery to Exit-Ready - Random events that shape your science and runway - Real decisions to be made: Are you going to accept the acquisition offer or complete your scientific vision and save lives?