YOU - A Life Game
Big decisions.
A place to practise.
YOU is a single-player life simulation you play in your web browser. Choose a job, rent or buy a home, save, invest, start a family, and watch how a whole life plays out. Then rewind and try a different path.
The game is in final testing and opens to players soon.
How the game works
Start from your own situation, make choices and let time run. Every choice has knock-on effects on your money, your time and your wellbeing.
Make choices
Work, study, housing, transport, family, travel, hobbies, savings and investments. Nothing changes until you confirm.
See what happens
Time moves forward a day, a week or a year at a time. Bills arrive, markets move, life happens.
Try another path
Rewind your choice and compare. Learn from what happens, without real-world consequences.
All money, prices, jobs and investments in YOU are fictional. The game is for entertainment and practice, not financial advice.
Pricing
Free to play. One optional purchase, once. No subscriptions, no ads, no loot boxes.
Easy
Free
- The full game on Easy difficulty
- Your life saved to your account
- Play on any device with a web browser
Full game unlock
US$19 one-time
- Adds Medium, Hard and Very hard difficulty
- Unlocked on your account for good
- Secure payment by Stripe
Prices are in US dollars. Your bank may convert the amount to your own currency. The unlock is a digital product, added to your account automatically within seconds of payment.
Questions
Do I need an account?
Yes. You sign in with your email address and the game sends you a sign-in link. Your life is saved to your account, so you can carry on from another device.
Is any real money involved in the game?
No. Everything inside the game is fictional: wages, prices, savings, investments and crypto. There is no gambling, no real trading and no real-money prizes. The only real payment is the optional full game unlock.
What changes on the harder difficulties?
More work and repair setbacks, health interruptions, larger market swings and more frequent downturns. Easy has fewer, milder setbacks and calmer markets.
How do I pay, and what happens after?
Choose a harder difficulty in the game and press Unlock. You pay on Stripe's secure checkout page, then return to the game with every difficulty unlocked. We never see or store your card details.
Is this financial advice?
No. YOU is a game. Its rules and numbers are simplified and fictional, and real products, taxes and laws differ.
Policies
Plain-language terms for YOU - A Life Game, run by Budget Broski in New Zealand.
Refunds
Changed your mind? Email hello@budgetbroski.com within 7 days of buying the full game unlock and we'll refund it in full. After a refund, the harder difficulties lock again.
If the unlock doesn't work or isn't as described, contact us at any time and we'll fix it or refund you. This policy doesn't affect your rights under New Zealand consumer law, including the Consumer Guarantees Act.
Privacy
- What we keep: your email address, the name you give your account, your saved game, and whether you've bought the full game unlock.
- Why: to sign you in, save your game, unlock what you paid for, and reply when you contact us.
- Payments: handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.
- Who helps us: trusted service providers host the game, store accounts and saved games (in Australia) and send our emails. They only use your information to provide those services to us.
- No ads or tracking: we don't sell your data, show ads or use advertising trackers.
- Your choices: email us to see, correct or delete your account and saved game.
Terms
- YOU is a game for entertainment and practice. Its numbers are fictional and nothing in it is financial, tax or legal advice.
- The full game unlock is for your own account and can't be transferred.
- Please don't misuse the game, try to break it, or access other players' accounts.
- We may update the game and these terms. If a change affects what you've paid for, we'll tell you.
Contact
Questions, refunds, or anything else about YOU:
hello@budgetbroski.comBudget Broski · New Zealand. We usually reply within two working days.