Rockstar Life

Rockstar Life is a casual life simulation game with hand-drawn graphics. You guide a wannabe rockstar from a basement flat through the random decisions and everyday dramas of a music career, aiming to become a successful performer. You cannot choose your band members or your rock genre, but you must deal with the problems they bring and with fans’ reactions to sponsors they think do not fit your style. Choices have unpredictable consequences, and the game has many possible endings.

Build your career

You arrange tours by choosing their destinations, concert halls and length. Tours can earn you money and popularity depending on their setup; bigger bands may also offer you a support tour that can raise your popularity faster, though an accident may bring it to an abrupt end. There are 16 tour types, from local pubs to international stadiums. Depending on your popularity and preparation, you may also be invited to festivals, where you can earn money and popularity.

You write songs and choose when to record and release them. You can sell a song you do not want to record to another band, and name a song after your dog. For recordings, you select the songs, studio and number of copies, then deal with opinions from your record label or bandmates. You can self-publish or wait for a record label to make an offer, and check the Top 100 after releasing a recording.

Make choices

Random events ask you to decide how to respond to situations involving drugs, groupies, other bands and friends. These decisions affect the course of your career, alongside your choices about whether to follow your moral values. A secret point system measures success by more than album sales, and the consequences of your choices can vary between playthroughs.

Manage your skills

You manage your health and other skills to get the most from your actions. You can practise, go to rehab or take a vacation; over several playthroughs, you can learn to make better choices, write better songs and put on better gigs. At the start of a career, answers to a few questions determine your background perks, which affect gameplay. Rockstar difficulty is always on, and every decision has consequences.

Songs and events

The game includes a soundtrack with songs from amateur and semi-professional bands, hand-drawn graphics, Steam leaderboards and Steam achievements. It also features many random life events and different endings based on your actions.