Updated Jul 22, 2026 ยท v1.2.6
Indie turn-based tycoon simulation game: dev your apps, beat your rivals.
App Developer Tycoon is a turn-based indie simulation game. You just quit your job to build apps from your bedroom. Mum is charging you $5 a day. ByteWorks already has 4 apps live. The App Store Review Board is watching. The clock is ticking. App Developer Tycoon is a startup-simulator and a turn-based narrative tycoon game about the indie developer grind โ from bedroom coder to Silicon Valley HQ. โโโ HOW IT WORKS โโโ Each day you get Action Points to spend. Learn a new skill. Attend a calendar event. Keep your app pipeline flowing. Every decision has real consequences. A coding game will keep your app on its toes. โข LEARN โ A different skill is available to study each day. Miss it and it's gone until tomorrow. โข ATTEND EVENTS โ Hackathons, investor pitches, design workshops, networking coffees. Some cost money. Some earn money. All of them matter. โข BUILD APPS โ Choose a genre, write a compelling description, give it a name worth remembering. Then wait for the results. โโโ THE APP STORE IS UNFORGIVING โโโ Your apps are reviewed by real (simulated) users. A bad name tanks your score before a single person downloads it. A great description can save a mediocre app. Launch something brilliant and you might read: "I don't usually leave reviews. I'm leaving one now." Launch something terrible and: "My nephew built a better version for a school project." โโโ BUILD YOUR EMPIRE โโโ Progress from Bedroom โ Garage โ Co-working Space โ Studio โ Silicon Valley HQ. Each workspace unlocks new genres, project slots, and possibilities โ but comes with rising daily rent. The pressure never stops. โโโ A WORLD THAT REACTS TO YOU โโโ ByteWorks is watching. If your app goes to #1, they'll notice. If they clone your genre, they'll email you about it. The rivals are aggressive. The story events have teeth. โข Story events with real consequences โข A living app economy โ trends shift, apps decay, nothing earns forever โข 46 Easter eggs hidden in app names (try naming your app "App Developer Tycoon") โข Tutorial emails from Mum, Dad, your insufferable cousin Kevin, and the App Store Review Board โโโ FEATURES โโโ โ Turn-based daily loop โ never feels rushed โ 10+ app genres to unlock โ Skill tree up to Level 25 per skill โ Rival studios that ship, compete, and taunt you โ Revenue charts, finance logs, Hall of Fame โ Auto-saves your progress How far can you go? https://carbonsnitch.github.io/AppDeveloperTycoon/app-ads.txt
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