Limbic Base

Mobile games for the part of your brain that keeps score.

Limbic Base makes games for iOS and Android, named after the limbic system — the part of the brain behind motivation, memory and reward.

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On the name

Your brain prefers almost to done.

The limbic system is one of the oldest parts of the brain. Long before language or logic, it decided what was worth attention, what to remember and what to chase. It runs largely on anticipation: dopamine responds more to the prospect of a reward than to the reward itself.

Once you notice that, you see it in every good game. A rising number feels better than a finished one, and the best loops never quite close — they open into the next small decision. That idea gave us the name, and it's where every game we make starts.

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Golden Grind: Business Empire

Start broke. Compound your way out.

An idle tycoon for iOS and Android. Buy businesses, invest across four markets, and keep earning while you're offline.

Free to play. No account needed.

Hands-on, or hands-off

Grind the first paycheck yourself, or let ten businesses run the show while you're at dinner.

Four markets, real behavior

Savings barely move. Crypto swings hard. Stocks and real estate sit in between — each modelled on how the real market behaves.

Cash out. Start faster.

Prestige wipes the board but not what you've learned. Every run after the first climbs faster.

Brag with numbers

Trade friend codes and compare net worth, prestige level and business count in real time.