A music game without gacha.

We come from the music industry

We grew up on the records that put Sweden on the map. We've spent years inside studios, at festivals, on tour buses, in green rooms. The stuff that looks glamorous on TikTok and is mostly just waiting in real life. We love this industry. We also know how brutal the on-ramp is for kids who want in.

Music gear is expensive. Studio time is expensive. Knowing the right person is, somehow, the most expensive thing of all. The door is closed for most fifteen-year-olds with a pop song stuck in their head, and that's the part of the industry we want to break open.

The new tech is actually really cool

AI-generated music gets a lot of takes online. Most of them are either “this will end art” or “this is the future bro.” We think it's neither. It's a tool. A wild, weird, surprisingly emotional tool. Hand a kid who's never picked up a guitar a synth that responds tofeelingsinstead of chord charts and watch what happens. They make something. They share it. They make another one. That's the whole game.

We genuinely love this generation. They grew up making memes before they could make sentences. Give them the tool, get out of their way, see what they bring back. We bet on that.

So we're building the game we wanted at fourteen

Superstar Legacy is the music career simulator we kept waiting for. You start in your bedroom. You pick a feeling. The game gives you back a real song with cover art and lyrics in seconds. You drop it. Fans show up. A manager texts you. A venue offers you a slot. You climb.

That whole career, every venue tier, every song, every fanbase milestone, is free. We charge for cosmetics. That's the deal.

Why no gacha

Gacha is the most profitable monetization mechanic in mobile gaming. It's also a slot machine wearing a costume. The randomness, the “one more pull” pressure, the rare-rate-buried-in-a-popup. All of it is gambling psychology aimed at an audience that's often kids and people who can't afford to spend that way.

You can't build a game about earning your audience and then put a slot machine inside it. The whole point breaks. So we won't.

What you'll never see in Superstar Legacy

• Gacha. Loot boxes. Any randomized paid pull.
• Sub-1% drop rates on anything that costs real money.
• FOMO countdown timers on basic content.
• Stamina that locks you out of playing.
• Pay-to-win bonuses. Skill, time, and taste move the career. Your wallet does not.

What we charge for instead

The full career, every venue tier, every song you make, every fan you earn, is free to play. The paid bits are simple, small, and we'll be transparent about each one before launch.

• Cosmetics. Outfits, room decor, gear skins. Stuff that makes your artist look the way you want them to. Never affects gameplay outcomes.
• Optional generation overflow.Everyone gets a free daily allowance of AI song generation. If you want to burn through more of it in a session, that's an optional add-on. It pays for the actual compute, not for any advantage. Songs you make this way aren't any “better”. You just get to make more.

Specific prices, structures, and product names are still getting figured out. We'll show our work when we're ready. What you can count on right now is the principle: every paid item is shown for what it is, at a clear price, without premium-currency layers designed to obscure cost.

What we're actually building

A music career game. A creative tool. A safe place for a fifteen-year-old with a hook stuck in their head to find out they're an artist. Songs you keep, yours forever, no training-pipeline weirdness, no “temporary use” terms-of-service creep.

And, hopefully, a quiet little door into the music industry that doesn't require the right family, the right city, or a four-figure gear list to walk through.

Superstar Legacy opens early access on iOS in Spring 2026. Sign up for the closed beta if this sounds like the kind of game you want to play. Or read more in the devlog. We're trying to show our work as we go.

With love, from a small studio in Stockholm. CLTR DMG AB.