Interview

May 3, 2022

Meet the creator of Polytopia, Elon Musk’s favourite video game

The Tesla founder’s game of choice is, fittingly, all about world domination


Tim Smith

7 min read

The Battle of Polytopia's creators made a Elon Musk mockup in the game, to show their appreciation for his support

Elon Musk is a busy guy. But when he’s not preoccupied with buying Twitter, plotting to colonise Mars or figuring out how to biohack our brains, he still finds time to enjoy a bit of gaming.

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The Polytopia "tech tree"
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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