Life Inc.

Life Inc. is a single-player life and business management simulator. You start at 16 with €500, no qualifications or assets, and a room in your parents’ home. Work your way from entry-level jobs toward investments, property and running a corporation, while managing the costs and risks of each step.

Work and education

You can start as a shop assistant, DJ or streamer, then pursue careers in administration, technology, finance, construction, sales and more. Promotions require education, time in a role and meeting lifestyle requirements. Rent continues to be due while you complete vocational courses, degrees, master’s programs or coding bootcamps.

The DJ career has four specialized courses and 14 stages, from bedroom sets to elite residencies and owning a record label. As a content creator, you script, record and edit videos, follow trends without tiring your audience, hire writers and editors, and seek sponsorships. In later generations, you can pursue a football career by managing training, nutrition, rest, goals, transfers and contracts on the way to legend status.

Invest and build wealth

You can trade stocks in 11 companies and two indexes. Earnings, momentum, payout ratios and fixed dividend payout months affect stock performance. Six cryptocurrencies have a separate, high-volatility market with no dividends. A financial advisor can also automate a monthly investment plan once you unlock the advisor’s desk and choose a strategy.

Real estate includes garages, land, offices, residential properties and luxury properties. You select tenant offers, renovate to increase value and yield, take out mortgages and hire a property manager as your portfolio grows. These investments require active decisions rather than providing wealth automatically.

Run a business

You can leave the corporate ladder to start a business, manage its daily operations and grow it into a corporate holding. Choose a location in the suburbs, city centre or financial district; location affects rent, foot traffic and hiring capacity. You set prices, suppliers, marketing, payroll and hiring, while staff skills develop and underpaying employees has consequences.

You manage employee compensation until HR takes over, invest in research and development, and balance product quality with demand. You can handle tasks yourself until your team is ready to take on the work. Integrate the company into a holding group for full automation, or sell it when its valuation peaks.

Debt, taxes and lifestyle

Loans and mortgages can speed up a plan, but interest and repayments can also undermine it. You file annual taxes on salary, rent, stocks and company profits; property sales incur capital gains, and the Solidarity Wealth Tax applies at higher wealth tiers.

As your portfolio grows, you can collect items across 125 pieces, including art and antiques, watches and jewellery, vehicles and yachts, aerospace assets, private islands and megastructures. Certain items unlock only in later generations.

Generations and modes

At year 50, you receive a balance sheet covering lifetime revenue, expenses, taxes paid and property returns, and can draft your will. Your heir begins a new life with inherited capital, your collection and new long-term objectives.

The game offers a guided tutorial, a freeplay sandbox and an 11-chapter Story Mode. Sergio reacts to your actions, including your first eviction, bankruptcy warnings, repeatedly skipping dialogue, reckless clicking and decisions you may regret.