Rich life simulator

BitLife lets you be born into royalty or build a fortune through menu choices. The Sims 4: Get Famous adds mansions in Del Sol Valley, gold-plated furniture, and solid gold toilets.

Plutocracy is a PC strategy game where you lobby officials and outmaneuver Gilded Age tycoons. Those games do house building, flying, and financial numbers better than LifeSim. LifeSim has no interiors or stock markets, but it gives you open text chats in real cities.

Instead of doing household chores or standing in lines, you control your own schedule. You can set life goals like curating an art collection or funding a charity foundation. You can also aim to keep your children grounded.

Your daily to-do list covers your meetings and social outings. Add tasks like meeting your estate lawyer, booking a private fitness session, or visiting a Savile Row tailor. Your cash changes as you do activities and talk to people.

Wealth brings freedom over your time, private museum tours, and access to good healthcare. It also brings worries about privacy, security, and whether new acquaintances only want your money. Helpers like private chefs, chauffeurs, and bodyguards usually sign strict non-disclosure agreements.

Rules for wealth change by country. Most residents in Monaco or the United Arab Emirates pay no personal income tax, though French nationals in Monaco and American citizens abroad still face home-country taxes. In England and Wales, family courts can override prenuptial agreements, while the United States, France, and Germany treat them as binding.

Arthur, 45, starts his life in Mayfair in London, United Kingdom. He sets a life goal to fund a museum wing and protect his family estate. He edits his cast to include a household manager and a nephew.

On Tuesday, his nephew asks for cash over lunch to fund a questionable lifestyle brand. Arthur uses open chat to say no and offers him a charity job instead. On Friday, Arthur plans an outing with board members to an auction house in London.

At a charity auction, an old social rival keeps outbidding you on a rare painting. You can chat them into backing down, spend cash to win, or pivot your donation. At home, your household manager warns you that someone leaked dinner party stories to a gossip columnist.

You must question your staff and friends in person or by text to find the leak. Later, a childhood friend visits you at an exclusive club and feels out of place. How you treat the waitstaff and handle the afternoon expenses decides if the friendship survives.