// idle & incremental · android · free

AI Lab Tycoon: Misaligned

An idle game about running an AI lab, and the choices that follow.

Start from a 2018 server closet. Scrape data, train models, ship them, hire a team, automate the lab. Push capabilities and a hidden number quietly climbs. Reach superintelligence, or something worse. The game does not wink at you.

GET IT ONGoogle Play ▶ Play the browser demo

What it is

A live control-room dashboard (terminals, sparklines, alerts, schematics) wrapped around an incremental loop with real decisions. It is built for both the five-minute check-in and the long session, and it is dry on the surface and genuinely unsettling underneath. If you liked Universal Paperclips and you have felt the moral weight of Frostpunk, this is aimed at you.

Training runs

Every few minutes, launch a run. It returns three models with semi-random capability rolls. You keep one. Frequent, meaningful decisions instead of one big prestige.

Paradigm shifts

Every few days the field moves on. Reset most progress, unlock a new era (Deep Learning → Transformers → Multimodal → Agentic → and beyond) with new mechanics.

P(doom) / Misalign

A counter-resource that ticks up from the capability/alignment imbalance and from certain choices. It is hidden-ish. It is patient. It is keeping score.

Automate everything

Hire interns through Nobel laureates. Each tier automates a previously manual action. Offline progress runs while you are away.

Try it in your browser

A short interactive taste of the loop. The full game (paradigm shifts, the tech tree, four endings) is on Android.

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Four endings

  • Aligned ASI: the hardest path. Sustained alignment investment, kept honest. Humanity continues. You are remembered.
  • Pyrrhic victory: you reach ASI, but the number is high. It works. Mostly.
  • Misalignment: let P(doom) hit 100%. The interface is taken over element by element. Designed to be screenshotted.
  • Shutdown: voluntarily halt while alignment is still high. Humanity continues. You are forgotten.

FAQ

Is it free?
Yes, the full game is free on Google Play with no in-app purchases. It is supported by optional rewarded ads you choose to watch.
How long is a session?
It serves both. A five-minute check-in: claim offline progress, launch a training run, leave. A longer session: hire allocation, capability picks, event chains, the research tree.
Is this like Universal Paperclips?
It shares that lineage (the dread that the number only goes up), but it is a longer-form idle game with a live dashboard, training-run decisions, paradigm shifts across AI eras, and four endings rather than one.
Is this the same as the browser game "AI Lab Tycoon"?
No. This is AI Lab Tycoon: Misaligned, a complete Android game by Gravenpall, focused on training runs, paradigm shifts, P(doom), and four endings. Other unrelated games share a similar name.
Is there an iOS version?
Not yet. The full game is Android-only via Google Play. You can play the short demo on this page from any browser, including on iPhone.
What is P(doom)?
A hidden counter-resource, shown in-game as MISALIGN. It rises from the gap between capability and alignment, and from certain choices. Low P(doom) is hard to keep. High P(doom) changes how the game ends.
Is there a browser version?
There is a short playable demo on this page. The full game, with paradigm shifts, the research tree, and all four endings, is the free Android release on Google Play.

Run the lab

Free. Android. The number is waiting.

GET IT ONGoogle Play