Comparison

Startup Empire Tycoon vs Deckbuilder

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Startup Empire Tycoon

Start a tech company from scratch and grow it into a global empire. Hire employees, develop products, secure funding, and compete with rivals to become a billionaire CEO. Every strategic decision shapes your company's destiny.

Highlights
  • Start from a garage and grow globally
  • Develop products for millions of users
  • Hire diverse employees
  • Upgrade and customize office space
  • Raise venture capital and manage finances
  • Research new technologies
  • Compete with AI and rival startups
Features
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Build your startup empire, one decision at a time. Startup Empire Tycoon is a business simulation game where you become the founder and CEO of a tech company. Hire your team, win customers, raise venture capital, and fight to keep the company alive. Every week brings a new call to make. BUILD A COMPANY WORTH BETTING ON Start small and watch your office grow with your business. Track cash, revenue, valuation, and runway as your company finds its footing. HIRE YOUR DREAM TEAM Recruit developers, sales staff, and support specialists. Fill your CTO, CMO, and CFO seats with leaders whose perks shape your strategy. Balance payroll, morale, and growth. OUTSMART YOUR RIVALS Compete against two rival companies for customers. Choose your focus: core product, AI, hardware, or hype. Ride market trends and adapt when the tide turns. RAISE CAPITAL. PLAN YOUR EXIT. Negotiate Seed, Series A, and Series B funding. More cash means more room to grow, but each round costs equity. Aim for an acquisition or take your company public. MAKE THE WEEKLY CALLS Handle startup events, tradeoffs, and surprises. Guided missions help new founders get started. Free play weeks replenish over time, with optional in-app purchases for extra weeks. YOUR COMPANY AT A GLANCE Follow your valuation, check your team's morale, and keep company stats close with home screen widgets. Compare your results on the optional leaderboard. How far can you take your company? Game interface and in-game text are currently in English.

About

Deckbuilder

Features
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DECKBUILDER is a roguelike deckbuilder: build a deck of startup moves, fight rival companies turn by turn, and steal cards straight from their announced roadmaps. STEAL FROM THEIR ROADMAP Enemies show their upcoming moves before they happen. Play steal cards to take those moves for yourself — their attack becomes your card. FIGHT THROUGH FOUR ACTS Choose your route through a branching map of fights, elites, shops, events and rest sites, with a boss at the end of each act. Lose and the run is over. Win all four acts and take your company public. BUILD A DIFFERENT DECK EVERY RUN Choose new cards after battles, upgrade them at rest sites, and buy perks and single-use drinks in the shop. Three founder classes offer different starting decks and mechanics. COLLECT BETWEEN RUNS Earn Demo Day spins as you clear acts. Spins award cards for your permanent collection or foil, holo and prismatic card finishes. Duplicates grant options, which you can spend on a specific unowned card or finish from the collection catalog. A prismatic finish is guaranteed within 12 spins, and the odds are shown in the app. SHARE A SEED. TRY THE DAILY. Every run has a seed you can share and replay. The daily challenge uses a shared map and modifiers for everyone. PLAY WITHOUT ENERGY TIMERS There are no energy timers or limited lives. The app contains ads; a one-time purchase removes them. PLAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish (Spain and Latin America), Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese are supported. The game follows your device's preferred language, and you can change it in Settings.

Screenshots

Startup Empire Tycoon4 screens
Deckbuilder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Startup Empire Tycoon at none against Deckbuilder's shown. Deckbuilder's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Startup Empire Tycoon sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Deckbuilder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Startup Empire Tycoon ships an update every 2 months, Deckbuilder every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Startup Empire Tycoon versus Deckbuilder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStartup Empire TycoonDeckbuilder
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRon Kantorhourafter

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Startup Empire Tycoon

One-time3
  • 20 Weeks$1.99
  • Revive$2.99
  • 60 Weeks$4.99
1 purchases

Deckbuilder

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Startup Empire Tycoon free?
Startup Empire Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deckbuilder free?
Deckbuilder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Startup Empire Tycoon or Deckbuilder have ads?
Deckbuilder shows ads; Startup Empire Tycoon does not.
Which is updated more often, Startup Empire Tycoon or Deckbuilder?
Startup Empire Tycoon ships an update every 2 months, and Deckbuilder every 10 days. Most recently, Startup Empire Tycoon was updated on October 25, 2026 and Deckbuilder on October 22, 2026.

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