Rising Throne

Software that makes the abstract feel real.

Rising Throne is the studio behind Money Visualiser, ValueThen, PaperXTrade and Venture Empire. We turn money, history and markets into things you can see, try and play with.

Explore our brandsAbout the company

Five products, one house

Each brand takes something hard to picture (money at scale, a century of prices, leverage, an empire) and turns it into something you can see and try. Have a go below.

Money Visualiser

See what money really looks like.

Live

10,000 notes in 100 straps and 10 bricks. 33 cm wide, 31 cm deep, 11 cm tall.

Money Visualiser Mobile

A sense of scale in your pocket.

Coming soon

The Money Visualiser scene, rebuilt for touch: orbit, pinch and pan around any amount, save scenes on your phone and keep a conversion on your home screen.

About Money Visualiser Mobile

ValueThen

Put historical money in perspective.

Live

$100 in 1970 buys what

$829.75

buys in 2025

Prices rose 729.8%, about 3.9% a year.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U annual average (CUUR0000SA0).

Compare purchasing power across years and currencies, follow gold back to 1258 and silver to 1688, and read the source behind every figure.

Open valuethen.comAbout ValueThen

PaperXTrade

Practice trading with virtual funds.

In development

PXT demo index

Simulated feed

99.24

Virtual balance
$10,000.00
Open profit
—

Open a position to see leverage at work. Virtual balance only. Not real money, not investment advice.

Venture Empire

Build a private empire, piece by piece.

Release candidate

36of 480 pieces

Businesses
252 across 22 sectors
Animal relationships
210
Patronage campaigns
140
Homes
64
Legacy projects
4 flagship

An offline-first collector game with an idle economy: acquire a 480-piece collection, build 252 businesses, own 64 homes and grow a permanent Empire Completion ledger.

About Venture Empire

What we hold ourselves to

  • Every figure names its source

    ValueThen shows the series behind every result and says N/A when the evidence runs out. Money Visualiser draws each note at the size its central bank publishes.

    In practice:ValueThenMoney Visualiser

  • Play money stays play money

    PaperXTrade and Venture Empire run on virtual funds only. There are no deposits, no withdrawals and no real-money purchases, and the disclaimer never leaves the screen.

    In practice:PaperXTradeVenture Empire

  • What is yours stays with you

    The Money Visualiser extension never sends prices, page content or addresses off your browser. Venture Empire keeps your progress on your device, with no account and no location tracking.

    In practice:Money VisualiserVenture Empire

  • Made for every reader

    Our products ship in up to seven languages, with numbers formatted the way you read them. Large text, reduced motion and screen readers are supported, not afterthoughts.

    In practice:PaperXTradeVenture Empire

Latest from the house

All news

  1. ValueThen

    ValueThen now compares two places across the same years

    Pick two places and one period, and see how prices changed in each, side by side, with both sources cited.

  2. Venture Empire

    Venture Empire reaches release candidate 0.2.1

    Our collector game enters final device review on Android phones and foldables, with a full accessibility pass.

  3. PaperXTrade

    PaperXTrade 0.1.3 reads numbers the way you do

    Prices, balances and profit now follow your language’s number format, from $1,234.50 to $1.234,50.

Partnerships, press and product support

contact@therisingthrone.com

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