# Startup investing history game

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Startup investing history game and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People enjoy this browser game of investing in historical startups. The most common caveat is that it breaks on mobile browsers, and spamming investments reliably wins.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun to play (3 comments): "Pretty fun! Only complaint is that the responses from the founders take a bit long to load." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45997335)) "very cool game! needs some juice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45997804)) "I really enjoyed playing it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45997787))

## What people warn about

- Broken on mobile browsers (2 comments): "Not playable on mobile browser" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45996993)) "Illegible in Safari on iPhone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46000044))
- Spamming investments guarantees easy profit (2 comments): "spam 90% and you're basically guaranteed profit, I did it like 10 times." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46006320)) "if I just invest in everything I don't lose" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45998617))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Wiki Spy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wiki-spy.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Startup investing history game", https://hackerapproved.com/p/show-hn-startup-investing-history-game/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).