Independent player guide

Common questions

Short answers to the questions that come up before and during a life.

Save a life or move it to another browser

Lives are stored in your browser. Use Move my lives for a transfer, then verify the destination before clearing the original storage.

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Stop surprise spending and understand your budget

Expand Ways of living inside Spend & invest. Gifts, automatic purchases, investment losses and essential costs affect money in different ways.

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Why do I keep being born in the same country?

Country draws are weighted. Babies born now and The 8 billion alive now use different populations, and neither promises a new country each time.

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Why can you die early with good health?

Life expectancy is an average, and mortality is drawn during the life. Good attributes cannot reserve a fixed number of years.

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How to get rich: tested choices and billionaire goals

Our tested life ended at 88 with about $886K after two businesses, a failed expansion and market crashes. Use its choices and setbacks to plan wealth goals without a guaranteed billionaire formula.

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Pause, speed, Next decision and hidden menus

Keep Auto mode off for a hands-on run. Use Pause for reading, Next decision for upcoming choices and Spend & invest for actions between major events.

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