SILICON TYCOON is a free factory idle game about building a chip company. Start in a garage with a sand mine and a market, connect machines with conveyor belts, and grow through more than 50 years of real chip history: from 10 µm processors to AI accelerators and quantum chips built in orbit.
How to Play SILICON TYCOON
- Connect the mine to the market: tap Belt and drag, or tap the mine and then the market. Sand starts flowing and you earn your first dollars.
- Research smaller processes in the Lab. Each one makes everything sell for more and unlocks new machines.
- Build production lines: every step turns cheap materials into something worth much more.
- Keep the power on with generators, solar farms and fusion reactors.
- Take client orders for big payments and reputation.
- Go public when growth slows to earn shares that boost every future company.
From Sand to Quantum Chips
| Machine | Turns | Into |
|---|---|---|
| Sand Mine | the ground | Sand |
| Furnace | 2 sand | Silicon ingot |
| Wafer Saw | an ingot | 2 wafers |
| Polisher | a wafer | Polished wafer |
| Lithography | a polished wafer | Etched wafer |
| Die Cutter | an etched wafer | 2 dies |
| Tester | a die | Tested die (if it passes) |
| Packager | tested die + copper wire | Chip |
| Memory Fab | 2 tested dies | RAM module |
| CPU Assembler | 2 chips + 2 copper wire | CPU |
| GPU Assembler | CPU + 2 RAM | GPU |
| AI Foundry | 2 GPUs + 4 RAM | AI Accelerator |
| Quantum Lab | 2 AI Accelerators | Quantum Chip |
The 3 Eras
| Era | Processes | What it looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Garage | 10 µm to 800 nm | A wooden garage lit by one bulb |
| Megafab | 600 nm to 7 nm | A gleaming clean-room megafab |
| Orbit | 5 nm to angstrom | A zero-gravity fab above the Earth |
Tips
- One mine feeds one furnace. A furnace uses 1 sand per second, exactly what a mine digs.
- Use Splitters to feed several machines from one line, and Bridges to cross two belts.
- Copy a working line with the Copy tool and paste it to grow fast.
- Watch the status lights: green is working, yellow is waiting for materials, red is blocked.
- Catch the golden crates that fly over your factory for cash or a production boost.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is SILICON TYCOON?
SILICON TYCOON is a free factory idle game in your browser. You build a chip company from a garage: dig sand, melt it into silicon, slice wafers, print circuits with light and ship CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators and quantum chips, all connected with conveyor belts.
How do I play SILICON TYCOON?
Place machines on the factory floor and connect them with belts. Tap BELT and drag, or tap one machine and then another to connect them automatically. Items flow along the arrows, each machine turns its inputs into something more valuable, and Markets sell whatever reaches them.
What is the power system?
Every machine uses megawatts. Generators, solar farms and fusion reactors produce power. If your factory uses more power than it makes, every machine slows down, so keep an eye on the power bar.
How do client orders work?
Clients like PhoneCorp or the Mars Colony ask for a number of items before a deadline. Complete the order to get a big payment and reputation, and each reputation point adds 2% to all your sales.
What does going public (IPO) do?
The IPO is the prestige system. You sell your company and start again, but you keep your shares. Each share adds 10% to all sales forever, and every IPO unlocks a founder perk such as faster belts or starting in the Megafab.
Is SILICON TYCOON free?
Yes. It is free, works on desktop and mobile, saves your factory in your browser and keeps earning while you are away.