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Theme SaaS – Silicon Valley Meets Theme Hospital

Theme SaaS – Silicon Valley Meets Theme Hospital

by fmfamaral·Mar 9, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

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SaaS tycoon simulator with Three.js office views and specific MRR churn mechanics.

Strengths
  • •Three.js isometric office view adds visual personality beyond standard text sims.
  • •Cloudflare D1 backend enables persistent save states and global leaderboards easily.
  • •Mechanics model specific SaaS pain points like tech debt and engineer poaching.
Weaknesses
  • •Business simulation genre is crowded with deeper titles like Game Dev Tycoon.
  • •Single-player focus limits replayability once you optimize the growth loop.
Category
Gaming
Target Audience

Developers and aspiring founders

Similar To

Game Dev Tycoon · Startup Company · Venture Capitalist

Post Description

Hey HN! I built a startup simulator where you play as a founder trying to grow a SaaS company from nothing to $100M ARR (or get acqui-hired trying).

You hire engineers, ship features, manage burn rate, deal with random VC drama, and make decisions that affect morale, tech debt, and churn.

Two modes:

Quick Game (~10 min): 24 months, see how far you can grow

Full Simulation (~1 hr): Open-ended, save/load, leaderboard, acquisition offers

Tech stack: React + Three.js for the isometric office view, Zustand for state, Cloudflare Pages + D1 for the backend, Google Identity Services for auth.

The game engine runs a real-ish simulation each month — users grow based on features and churn, MRR compounds, employees have individual productivity/morale, and random events (server outages, engineer poaching, pivot opportunities) keep things unpredictable.

Would love feedback on balance, gameplay, and wild startup stories to build in.

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