The Founder: Investment Game

Contains adsIn-app purchases
1.3K reviews
Content rating
PEGI 3
50K+
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PEGI 3
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About this game

Welcome to The Founder, the ultimate business-building game where your goal is to become the world’s first trillionaire! From backing visionary founders to growing diverse companies like tech startups and luxury resorts, every decision you make will shape your path, whether you’re steering toward success or navigating tough challenges to avoid failure.

Ever dreamed of building a business empire fit for a rich man, turning a used-car dealer into a tycoon, or writing my own success story in business life? The Founder lets you chase those ambitions and more while you climb from humble beginnings to sky-high valuations.

Key Features:
💡 Strategic Decision-Making - Make critical choices in board meetings and executive challenges, feeling every bit the head of state in your own president simulator moment.
💡 Realistic Business Development - Grow companies across tech, retail, hospitality, and beyond - perfect practice for any determined adventure capitalist.
💡 Build Your Portfolio - Partner with founders, raise valuations, and collect dividends like an idle guy searching for the next life simulator games hit.
💡 Interactive Gameplay - Negotiate contracts, handle crises, and keep your firm from becoming a runaway prison empire for tycoons.
💡 Social Leaderboards - Compare wealth, choices, and life paths with friends as players swap stories in BitLife.
💡 Customizable Strategies - Shape your path to riches, buy and flip districts, and truly own the world like a landlord tycoon.

Along the way, you’ll snap up bargains in an auction-city style tycoon simulator, work toward being an idle billionaire tycoon, and craft the ultimate life simulator saga.

Do you have what it takes to invest in big ideas and build the next global empire?

Download The Founder now and start your journey to a trillion-dollar legacy!
Build companies, make bold decisions, and grow your portfolio in The Founder!
Updated on
Jul 21, 2025
Available on
Android, Windows

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Personal info, App activity, and Device or other IDs
  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, Financial info and 3 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

1.26K reviews
James Cook
February 4, 2026
Such a cool/fun concept but with disappointing execution. There's no strategy. Every problem has three possible choices, and it's pretty much entirely random which ones are good or bad. There should be at least some strategy like ways to research or look into the market of certain things so you can make educated decisions, not just pick a random one with your fingers crossed.
27 people found this review helpful
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Nikolas Reynolds
June 6, 2026
at first I was really co fused on how to progress in this, in still early on with a networth of about $300,000, but now I feel like I know what I need to do to progress and the game can't get boring as you can't play for hours straight. you make a few decisions, grow each company a little, and wait for it to load. the only thing I wish could be changed is the time you have to wait between each thing. lit would be nice if the times weren't a third of a day
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Thabiso Masemola
July 17, 2026
Pros: This game is a breath of fresh air for this genre. It takes a different look at the running and growing of business. I really like the fact the game isn't riddled with ads. The player gets to decide which ads he wants to engage in as opposed to having gameplay being constantly interrupted with an ad. Cons: The developers need to get in touch with Meta about the functionality of their ads. Often, I'm faced with having to stare at a "frozen ad", forcing me to now close the game.
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What’s new

Stability Improvements.