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Build a Phone Empire Beginner Guide: The Core Loop Explained
How Build a Phone Empire works, based on the developer's own description: design, build, hire, research, launch, compete and sell for a Legacy bonus.
FAQ
What is Build a Phone Empire?
What happens when you sell your company?
Can I play Build a Phone Empire on mobile?
How many goals are there?
What is Build a Phone Empire and how does a run work?
Build a Phone Empire is a Roblox Official simulation and tycoon game by DEVTEC STUDIOS. You start in a garage in 2007 and try to build the biggest phone company in the world. A run moves through design, building, hiring, research, launch and competition, then ends when you sell your company and restart with a permanent Legacy bonus.
Everything in the next sections comes from the developer’s description on the Roblox page, read on 2026-10-08. We mark what we know, and we leave out what nobody has published.

What do you actually do in each step?
| Step | What the description says | Evidence | Not published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design | Choose screen size, cameras, corners, buttons, colour, finish and logo, pick the parts, set the price and hand it to your team | Official | How many critic points each part is worth. Part prices from a 2007 save are in the Design Studio guide |
| Build | Walls, doors, floors, paint, desks and decorations, from a garage to a Headquarters | Official | Upgrade costs and size limits |
| Hire | Your Roblox friends show up as candidates and work in your office as their real avatars | Official | Candidate stats and wages |
| Research | New tech year by year, unlocking tablets, smartwatches, earbuds, foldables and laptops | Official | The full research tree and cost formula. Sample cards are in the research guide |
| Launch | A marketing campaign, critics’ reviews, live sales, rival companies and new regions | Official | How reviews are scored and how rivals scale. One real launch is in the money guide |
| Compete | Global leaderboards | Official | What the leaderboards rank |
| Sell and restart | Sell your company and start again with a permanent Legacy bonus | Official | The size, formula and what it boosts |
What can research unlock?
The description names five device types that research unlocks: tablets, smartwatches, earbuds, foldables and laptops. It says research runs year by year. The full tech tree and the year each device arrives are Unknown . A few cards, with their costs in research points and days, are read from creator videos in the research guide. The upcoming Admin Abuse event lists “new research options beyond 2026”, which may extend the timeline. Which technologies arrive is Unknown until the event runs.
Which platforms does Build a Phone Empire support?
The listing says it plays on phone, tablet and PC, and Roblox shows a maximum of 8 players per server. The Admin Abuse event listing announces console support. Which consoles and when are Unknown . Your company saves automatically, according to the description.

How many goals does Build a Phone Empire have?
The description says 28 goals with cash rewards. We have seen five of them on screen in creator videos, with rewards from $5,000 to $500,000, and list them in the money guide tagged Reported . The other 23 are not confirmed yet, so we do not guess at them.
How should a first session go?
We have no tested optimal route, so this is only our reading of the order the developer lists. Treat it as a way to see every system once, not as a proven strategy.
- Design a first device and set a price. The Design Studio guide walks through all 13 steps.
- Fill your first desks with candidates.
- Spend research points on the next unlock. See the research guide.
- Launch the device with a marketing campaign. The money guide shows what one launch cost and earned.
- Read the critics’ reviews and the live sales, then change the next design.
Once you know what slows you down, the game pass guide shows what each paid upgrade says it addresses.
What do we still not know?

- How parts change sales and critic scores. Unknown
- The full research tree and unlock years. Unknown
- 23 of the 28 goals and their rewards. Unknown
- The size and formula of the Legacy bonus. Unknown
- What the Admin Abuse mechanic does. Unknown
For dated changes, read the update log. If you are hunting for free rewards, the codes status page says what is verified.
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