FAANG Simulator
Shares rank 32 of 48 browser games by recommenders
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.
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.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Funny, satirical take on work
“That was fun! Although I was automatically retired, with $1.7M in net worth.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “FAANG Simulator” “It's all a casino, and your labor/life is the table stakes.”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “FAANG Simulator” “very funny game and ngl I want my own Milton in real life”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “FAANG Simulator” - Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “FAANG Simulator”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Bugs in popups and graphics
“I maybe have encountered a bug? Got a popup asking if I want to take severance but I was already laid off”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “FAANG Simulator” “consistently manages to cause a graphical bug where all of my open firefox windows fully grey out”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “FAANG Simulator”
Other browser games people recommend
The four most recommended other browser games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TinyWind | 61 | 19 | 76% | 1 | — | — |
| Starfling | 59 | 17 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| Starcraft: Ashfall | 46 | 12 | 79% | 1 | — | — |
| Half-Life 2 in a Browser | 42 | 11 | 79% | 6 | — | Approved |
| FAANG SimulatorThis page | 8 | 4 | 67% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's all a casino, and your labor/life is the table stakes.”
“I maybe have encountered a bug? Got a popup asking if I want to take severance but I was already laid off”
“my screen too short vertically - I didn't realize there's a whole half of the game hidden from me”
“very funny game and ngl I want my own Milton in real life”
“Heavy drug wars vibe. I love it.”
“I like how retirement progress is tracked in a "freedom bar"”
“That was fun! Although I was automatically retired, with $1.7M in net worth.”
“consistently manages to cause a graphical bug where all of my open firefox windows fully grey out”
“Game seems to be heavily weighted towards building side projects”
“font choice makes it extremely hard to read the text on mobile”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.