From your first paycheck to financial freedom.

A hands-on, educational investing life-sim. Start at 16 with $200, learn to invest inside a living economy, and drift — decade by decade — toward freedom. Then keep going, and build an empire.

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No sign-up · plays on desktop & mobile · your progress saves locally

16 → 30s

Start small

A part-time paycheck, an index fund, the habit that changes everything.

the long middle

Compound for decades

Ride the economy's booms and busts. Let time do the heavy lifting.

freedom → empire

Own your time

Reach financial freedom, then build real estate, companies, and more.

Why it sticks

You don't read about investing. You live it.

Every year you decide where your money goes and how it's invested — then time advances and a simulated world plays out around you.

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A living economy

GDP, unemployment, inflation and interest rates cycle through booms and busts — and actually move your returns. Rising rates bite bonds and property; inflation quietly erodes cash. Learn why markets breathe.

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Real money, real mechanics

401(k) matches, Roth IRAs, index funds, bonds, real estate, crypto. Slider allocation, one-tap rebalancing, tax drag, employer match, compounding — the levers that actually build wealth.

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Investor → empire

Reach freedom, then leap: develop real estate, found and scale companies, and roll them up through mergers & acquisitions into a conglomerate.

Learn at your level

Toggle Light for quick, plain-English tips or Deep for the full theory — the coach, every lesson, and the economy notes rewrite themselves as you play.

Free to play · one-time upgrade

Play free. Unlock the empire for $5.99.

All of Act I — learning to invest your way to financial freedom — is free, forever. Buy the game once to unlock Act II and a second competition. No subscription. Launch price $5.99 (normally $9.99) for a limited time.

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Act I — the investing life

✓ Play all of Act I — from your first paycheck to financial freedom
✓ The full living economy, real accounts (401k, Roth & taxable), every asset and lesson
✓ Act I Daily Challenge — the free competition: same market for everyone, reach freedom youngest
✓ Light & Deep learning, save & resume, and install it as an app

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Full game

Full Game$9.99$5.99one-timelaunch

Everything in Free, plus Act II — the empire

★ Act II — the empire: develop real estate, found & scale companies, and grow through mergers & acquisitions
★ Act II Daily Challenge — the empire competition, a second daily board with the full toolkit
★ Community & online features (coming)
★ Support an indie project and future updates

Get the full game

One-time purchase · currently free in early access

Your first $200 is waiting.

Sixty-nine years, one portfolio, and a whole economy to outlast. How far will your capital drift?

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