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Browser life simulator

A life simulator you can play in the browser

A free, text-first life simulator with one rule: you do not choose where you are born. The country is drawn from real birth statistics, and the life runs on that country's data.

What is a life simulator?

A life simulator follows one person from birth to death, year by year, and lets you make the decisions that come up: school, work, relationships, where to live, how much risk to take. It is less about winning and more about seeing how a life is shaped by the hand it is dealt.

How this one works

  1. A country is drawn by its share of annual births — not by population, and not by your choice.
  2. A family, a sex and a starting situation are drawn from that country's statistics.
  3. Each year brings an event or a decision. Choices shift the odds; they do not erase the starting point.
  4. Death is drawn from life-table mortality, not from a script.

A random life simulator, not a power fantasy

Most life simulators let you pick a country, a family or a difficulty. This one does not. The draw is weighted by births, so India comes up about once every six lives and China about once every fourteen. That constraint is the point: it is the closest a game gets to the accident of where you are born.

No download, no account

It runs in the browser on phones and desktops. There is no APK and no App Store version; you can add it to your home screen instead. Progress is kept in this browser only.

How to add it to your home screen

Built on real statistics

Birth shares, life expectancy and mortality come from UN World Population Prospects 2024 and UN IGME; income, schooling, urbanisation and health spending come from the World Bank, WHO and UNESCO. Every country has a page with 16 indicators and world ranks.

Browse the country pages

Compared with app-based life sims

Aspect 1 in 8 Billion Typical app life sim
Where it runs Browser, no install iOS / Android app
Starting point Drawn from real birth shares Often chosen by the player
Events Data-driven, shorter set Large hand-written set
Tone Dry, statistical Comedy, meme-heavy
Price Free Free + in-app purchases

Frequently asked questions

Is this a life simulator or a text game?
Both. It is a text-first life simulator: the interface is text and numbers, but the model behind it uses real country statistics rather than a fixed script.
Is it free?
Yes. No account, no download, no payment.
How is it different from BitLife?
BitLife is an app with a huge hand-written event set. This is a browser game built around one constraint: the starting point is drawn from real birth statistics, and the life runs on real mortality and income data. Fewer jokes, more numbers.
Can I use it in a classroom?
Yes. It needs no accounts, no downloads and no chat. It is written for ages 15+ and contains death, illness and inequality at real rates, without graphic detail.
How long does a life take?
About 30 to 90 minutes. A year passes in roughly a minute, and you can pause or speed up.

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