HUSTLE SIM BENCHMARK · TAKEOVER

Gemma 3 4B on Takeover run 1

Reached $1B earned in 3d 2h of game time, against 8h 24m for the game's best line (Deepen first) from the same start. All of Gemma 3 4B's runs.

RESULTReached the goal

GAME TIME3d 2h

BEST LINE8h 24m

SCORE11

DECISIONS14

REFUSED52 of 107

MODEL TIME4.4 min

COSTlocal, no list price

TOKENS IN / OUT44,132 / 978

REQUESTS21

Lifetime earnings at each decisionWhat the run had earned each time the model was asked, on a log scale. Dashed lines mark the goal and the game time the best game strategy needed from the same start.

The game's strategies on this run

Player	Game time to the goal	Score
Gemma 3 4B	3d 2h	11
Deepen first	8h 24m	100
Best income per dollar	8h 24m	100
Cheapest thing available	11h 56m	70
Chase speed milestones	1d 6h	27
Automate everything	13d 9h	3
Collect first	16d 8h	2
Unguided (seed 2)	29d 18h	1
Perks before levels	60d 18h	1
Unguided (seed 3)	64d 10h	1
Unguided (seed 1)	72d 10h	0

Every decision

Where the run stood when the model was asked, the actions it gave, what each cost or why the game refused it, and how far the clock moved while it saved up. The run file carries an arcade-session/1 envelope: the seed, start and these actions replay this exact run at Hustle Sim commit a295bad.


<actions>
PICK delivery
WAIT 5m
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER plasma
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK delivery
WAIT 5m
LEVEL 3 10
HELPER plasma
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK thriftflipping
WAIT 5m
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER plasma
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK delivery
</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER thriftflipping
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK thriftflipping
WAIT 10m
</actions>
<actions>
HELPER thriftflipping
PICK affiliate
WAIT 5m
LEVEL 3 10
HELPER clipping
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK delivery
WAIT 15m
</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER affiliate
BOOST 1
PERK 1 cash
BRAINSTORM
PICK ugc
WAIT 10m
</actions>
<actions>
HELPER plasma
PICK affiliate
LEVEL 2 10
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
WAIT 10m
</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER affiliate
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK influencer
PICK thriftflipping
WAIT 10m
</actions>
BRAINSTORM
PICK streamer
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER streamer
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
WAIT 10m
<actions>
</actions>
BRAINSTORM
PICK streamer
HELPER plasma
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
LEVEL 2 10
<actions>
</actions>
I apologize for the oversight. Here’s the complete reply:

<actions>
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER streamer
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK streamer
WAIT 10m
</actions>
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER socialmedia
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK delivery
WAIT 10m
Okay, my apologies. Here’s the corrected response with the `<actions></actions>` tag:

<actions>
BRAINSTORM PICK "AI writing"
HELPER plasma
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
LEVEL 2 10
WAIT 10m
</actions>
<actions>LEVEL 2 10
HELPER thriftflipping
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK affiliate
WAIT 10m</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER affiliate
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK lawnmowing
WAIT 10m
</actions>
<actions>
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER plasma
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK thriftflipping
WAIT 1h
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER delivery
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK streamer
WAIT 1h
LEVEL 2 10
HELPER ugc
BOOST 1
PERK 1 juice
BRAINSTORM
PICK affiliate
</actions>

Decision	Clock	Earned	Income	Actions	Clock moved
1	0s	$1M$416,245 cash	$36/s5 hustles	PICK deliveryrefused: there is no idea to pick: BRAINSTORM first WAIT 5m LEVEL 2 10$264 HELPER plasmarefused: Donating plasma already has a helper BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 juicerefused: Dog walking has no perk called juice BRAINSTORM$40,500 PICK deliveryrefused: delivery is not one of the ideas on offer WAIT 5m LEVEL 3 10$3,215 HELPER plasmarefused: Donating plasma already has a helper BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 juicerefused: Dog walking has no perk called juice BRAINSTORMrefused: pick one of the ideas first PICK thriftflippingrefused: thriftflipping is not one of the ideas on offer WAIT 5m LEVEL 2 10$1,262 HELPER plasmarefused: Donating plasma already has a helper BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 juicerefused: Dog walking has no perk called juice BRAINSTORMrefused: over the limit of 20 actions PICK deliveryrefused: over the limit of 20 actions	15m 05s	Reply <actions> PICK delivery WAIT 5m LEVEL 2 10 HELPER plasma BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK delivery WAIT 5m LEVEL 3 10 HELPER plasma BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK thriftflipping WAIT 5m LEVEL 2 10 HELPER plasma BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK delivery </actions>
2	15m 05s	$1.04M$414,670 cash	$73/s5 hustles	LEVEL 2 10$6,047 HELPER thriftflipping$24,604 BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 juicerefused: Dog walking has no perk called juice BRAINSTORMrefused: pick one of the ideas first PICK thriftflippingrefused: thriftflipping is not one of the ideas on offer WAIT 10m	10m 00s	Reply <actions> LEVEL 2 10 HELPER thriftflipping BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK thriftflipping WAIT 10m </actions>
3	25m 05s	$1.14M$480,330 cash	$161/s5 hustles	HELPER thriftflippingrefused: Thrift flipping already has a helper PICK affiliate WAIT 5m LEVEL 3 10$15,433 HELPER clippingrefused: Clipping channel already has a helper BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 juicerefused: Dog walking has no perk called juice BRAINSTORM$121,500 PICK deliveryrefused: delivery is not one of the ideas on offer WAIT 15m	20m 05s	Reply <actions> HELPER thriftflipping PICK affiliate WAIT 5m LEVEL 3 10 HELPER clipping BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK delivery WAIT 15m </actions>
4	45m 10s	$1.34M$542,996 cash	$167/s6 hustles	LEVEL 2 10$29,043 HELPER affiliate$132,861 BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 cashrefused: you already own Bought treats in bulk BRAINSTORMrefused: pick one of the ideas first PICK ugc WAIT 10m	10m 00s	Reply <actions> LEVEL 2 10 HELPER affiliate BOOST 1 PERK 1 cash BRAINSTORM PICK ugc WAIT 10m </actions>
5	55m 10s	$1.48M$524,940 cash	$238/s7 hustles	HELPER plasmarefused: Donating plasma already has a helper PICK affiliaterefused: there is no idea to pick: BRAINSTORM first LEVEL 2 10$139,588 BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 juicerefused: Dog walking has no perk called juice WAIT 10m	10m 00s	Reply <actions> HELPER plasma PICK affiliate LEVEL 2 10 BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice WAIT 10m </actions>
6	1h 05m	$1.84M$740,499 cash	$593/s7 hustles	LEVEL 2 10$670,958 HELPER affiliaterefused: Affiliate marketing already has a helper BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 juicerefused: Dog walking has no perk called juice BRAINSTORM$486,000 PICK influencerrefused: influencer is not one of the ideas on offer PICK thriftflippingrefused: thriftflipping is not one of the ideas on offer WAIT 10m	18m 14s	Reply <actions> LEVEL 2 10 HELPER affiliate BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK influencer PICK thriftflipping WAIT 10m </actions>
7	1h 23m	$2.77M$514,951 cash	$851/s7 hustles	bought nothing	0s	Reply BRAINSTORM PICK streamer LEVEL 2 10 HELPER streamer BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice WAIT 10m <actions> </actions>
8	1h 23m	$2.77M$514,951 cash	$851/s7 hustles	bought nothing	0s	Reply BRAINSTORM PICK streamer HELPER plasma BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice LEVEL 2 10 <actions> </actions>
9	1h 23m	$2.77M$514,951 cash	$851/s7 hustles	LEVEL 2 10$3.23M HELPER streamerrefused: you do not own a hustle called streamer BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 juicerefused: Dog walking has no perk called juice BRAINSTORMrefused: pick one of the ideas first PICK streamer WAIT 10m	1h 03m	Reply I apologize for the oversight. Here’s the complete reply: <actions> LEVEL 2 10 HELPER streamer BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK streamer WAIT 10m </actions>
10	2h 26m	$6.22M$739,200 cash	$1,233/s8 hustles	no readable actions	0s	Reply LEVEL 2 10 HELPER socialmedia BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK delivery WAIT 10m
11	2h 26m	$6.22M$739,200 cash	$1,233/s8 hustles	HELPER plasmarefused: Donating plasma already has a helper BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 juicerefused: Dog walking has no perk called juice LEVEL 2 10$15.5M WAIT 10m BRAINSTORM PICK "AI writing"refused: not an action: use LEVEL, HELPER, BOOST, PERK, BRAINSTORM, PICK or WAIT	3h 29m	Reply Okay, my apologies. Here’s the corrected response with the `<actions></actions>` tag: <actions> BRAINSTORM PICK "AI writing" HELPER plasma BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice LEVEL 2 10 WAIT 10m </actions>
12	5h 55m	$22.1M$1.08M cash	$1,799/s8 hustles	LEVEL 2 10$74.5M HELPER thriftflippingrefused: Thrift flipping already has a helper BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 juicerefused: Dog walking has no perk called juice BRAINSTORM$1.94M PICK affiliaterefused: affiliate is not one of the ideas on offer WAIT 10m	11h 42m	Reply <actions>LEVEL 2 10 HELPER thriftflipping BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK affiliate WAIT 10m</actions>
13	17h 38m	$99M$1.6M cash	$2,635/s8 hustles	LEVEL 2 10$358M HELPER affiliaterefused: Affiliate marketing already has a helper BOOST 1refused: Dog walking is already boosted PERK 1 juicerefused: Dog walking has no perk called juice BRAINSTORMrefused: pick one of the ideas first PICK lawnmowing WAIT 10m	1d 13h	Reply <actions> LEVEL 2 10 HELPER affiliate BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK lawnmowing WAIT 10m </actions>
14	2d 7h	$460M$4.62M cash	$7,692/s9 hustles	LEVEL 2 10 HELPER plasmanot run: the goal was reached BOOST 1not run: the goal was reached PERK 1 juicenot run: the goal was reached BRAINSTORMnot run: the goal was reached PICK thriftflippingnot run: the goal was reached WAIT 1hnot run: the goal was reached LEVEL 2 10not run: the goal was reached HELPER deliverynot run: the goal was reached BOOST 1not run: the goal was reached PERK 1 juicenot run: the goal was reached BRAINSTORMnot run: the goal was reached PICK streamernot run: the goal was reached WAIT 1hnot run: the goal was reached LEVEL 2 10not run: the goal was reached HELPER ugcnot run: the goal was reached BOOST 1not run: the goal was reached PERK 1 juicenot run: the goal was reached BRAINSTORMnot run: the goal was reached PICK affiliatenot run: the goal was reached	19h 29m	Reply <actions> LEVEL 2 10 HELPER plasma BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK thriftflipping WAIT 1h LEVEL 2 10 HELPER delivery BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK streamer WAIT 1h LEVEL 2 10 HELPER ugc BOOST 1 PERK 1 juice BRAINSTORM PICK affiliate </actions>