Run a software startup from a garage to an IPO. Ship features, squash bugs, hire a team (and a dog), survive the burn rate, and learn real SaaS metrics inc. MRR, churn, LTV, CAC, while a dry announcer narrates your every mistake. Free, in your browser, no signup required.
It's Theme Hospital meets RollerCoaster Tycoon, set in a lovingly legally-distinct San Francisco (Goggle, Chirper, Hacker Mews). The sim under the hood is real: raise prices and conversion drops, ship without QA and bugs breed, a rival will undercut you to "free, for now."
It's free, runs in the browser, no account. Every run has a seed you can share as a challenge. Would love your feedback! I'm here all day.
Happy Saturday!
About San Fran Sim on Product Hunt
“A startup tycoon game”
San Fran Sim launched on Product Hunt on July 11th, 2026 and earned 220 upvotes and 28 comments, earning #3 Product of the Day. Run a software startup from a garage to an IPO. Ship features, squash bugs, hire a team (and a dog), survive the burn rate, and learn real SaaS metrics inc. MRR, churn, LTV, CAC, while a dry announcer narrates your every mistake. Free, in your browser, no signup required.
On the analytics side, San Fran Sim competes within Indie Games, Funny Games and Games — topics that collectively have 108k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how San Fran Sim performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted San Fran Sim?
San Fran Sim was hunted by Daniel Kempe. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Daniel Kempe
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It's Theme Hospital meets RollerCoaster Tycoon, set in a lovingly legally-distinct San Francisco (Goggle, Chirper, Hacker Mews). The sim under the hood is real: raise prices and conversion drops, ship without QA and bugs breed, a rival will undercut you to "free, for now."
It's free, runs in the browser, no account. Every run has a seed you can share as a challenge. Would love your feedback! I'm here all day.
Happy Saturday!