Marseille life simulator

Marseille is France's oldest city and largest commercial seaport on the Mediterranean coast. Daily life happens outdoors at open-air markets, on sunny café terraces, and on coastal rocks where people swim. A life here can be a shipping worker in La Joliette or an artist in Cours Julien.

Marseille sits on the Mediterranean coast and gets abundant sunshine all year. Summers are hot and dry, so locals spend evenings by the sea to catch the breeze. Spring is mild and marks the return of hiking in the Parc National des Calanques.

Autumn is warm, though sudden, heavy Mediterranean rainstorms happen at times. Winters stay mild, but the Mistral often blows down the Rhône valley. This cold, dry wind chills the streets and keeps the sky clear while you walk the 3D map.

Local dishes include bouillabaisse rockfish stew, fried chickpea panisse, and half-cheese, half-anchovy pizza called moitié-moitié. In the morning, residents buy fish at the Marché aux Poissons on the Vieux-Port or spices at Marché des Capucins in Noailles. You can search for these markets on the map and walk there.

In the evening, people play pétanque in public squares and drink pastis diluted with cold water. For nightlife, you can go to the bars of Cours Julien or Quai de Rive Neuve. You can also plan a group outing to La Friche la Belle de Mai.

Say you start as a 28-year-old port logistics coordinator at CMA CGM in La Joliette. In the morning, you check your daily to-do list and search for a café on Place Jean-Jaurès. You walk there on the 3D map and chat with a neighbor in your own words.

At lunch, a coworker texts you to invite you to the harbour near Fort Saint-Jean. After work, a birthday drinks happening appears on the map in Cours Julien, and you join the group. The day ends with a recap, and your friends keep the memory in their journals.

Leo, 20, moves to Noailles to study at the Saint-Charles campus of Aix-Marseille University. He writes his story in the text box and sets a goal to make three local friends. On day one, he searches for Palais Longchamp and walks to the park.

There, he meets a local musician who uses the word peuchère in chat. On day four, the musician starts a group text and plans an outing to Vallon des Auffes. By day seven, Leo goes to a house party happening in Endoume, and everyone remembers his first week.

In the real city, the RTM runs two metro lines, three tram lines, buses, and sea shuttles. People walk the steep stairs of Le Panier, ride levélo e-bikes along the Corniche Kennedy, or drive scooters through traffic.

LifeSim does not have cars or scooters you drive, or trains you ride. Instead, you search for any real station, street, or beach on the 3D map and go there directly. You can also walk through the streets with friends during an outing.