Independent game studio · iPhone and iPad
DAY ONE Games makes free games for iPhone and iPad. Every clip on this page is real gameplay, recorded from the games themselves.
Four worlds
Old Gus lends you three rickety beach chairs. Rent them out, open 24 businesses, meet the hosts of five islands and find the pieces of Grandpa Barnaby's treasure map. Then sell your resort to investors and do it all again, richer.
Start with $500. Find leads, close clients and hire a team until your digital marketing agency is worth millions. Then sell it, earn Legacy Points and build the next one.
Plays offline, no account needed. All in-game money is fictional.
Build a ridiculous boss from swappable parts, watch it fight, then switch sides and try to beat your own creation. We're making this one as a father and son team.
The studio
DAY ONE Games is the game studio of DAY ONE Marketing LLC, founded by Evan Dawson. The first game, Startup to Empire, came out in August 2026, and every game keeps getting updates after launch.
Press kit
Use any of our gameplay video, screenshots, icons and logos. The kit has all of it in one download, with a fact sheet.
Download the press kit (ZIP, 25 MB)One-line description
DAY ONE Games is an independent studio making free games for iPhone and iPad: Sand to Suites, Bad Penguins and Startup to Empire, with Make a Boss! on the way.
Studio boilerplate
DAY ONE Games is the game studio of DAY ONE Marketing LLC, founded by Evan Dawson. Its first game, the business tycoon Startup to Empire, came out in August 2026, followed by the Arctic rescue game Bad Penguins in September and the island tycoon Sand to Suites in October. All three are free on the App Store with optional purchases. Next up is Make a Boss!, a build-and-battle game made by a father and son team.
Interviews and questions: evan@onedaystartswithdayone.com
Contact
Each game's support page answers the common questions and tells you how to reach us.
