# FAANG Simulator

8 Hacker News commenters recommended FAANG Simulator and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Players find it a funny, satirical take on career and money, with a freedom bar tracking retirement progress. Common caveats: hard-to-read mobile font and some bugs.

## Why people recommend it

- Funny, satirical take on work (4 comments): "That was fun! Although I was automatically retired, with $1.7M in net worth." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48837980)) "It's all a casino, and your labor/life is the table stakes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48848494)) "very funny game and ngl I want my own Milton in real life" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48838498))

## What people warn about

- Bugs in popups and graphics (2 comments): "I maybe have encountered a bug? Got a popup asking if I want to take severance but I was already laid off" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48842525)) "consistently manages to cause a graphical bug where all of my open firefox windows fully grey out" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48837932))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [TinyWind](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tinywind.md): 61 recommend
- [Starfling](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starfling.md): 59 recommend
- [Starcraft: Ashfall](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft-ashfall.md): 46 recommend
- [Half-Life 2 in a Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life-2.md): 42 recommend
- [Number Gacha](https://hackerapproved.com/p/number-gacha.md): 33 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "FAANG Simulator", https://hackerapproved.com/p/faang-simulator/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).