| Game | How |
|---|---|
| The Sims 4: High School Years | An expansion pack where teenage Sims attend classes, customize lockers, pull pranks, and go to prom. |
| Persona 5 Royal | A role-playing game where you live as a Tokyo transfer student taking exams, working part-time jobs, and meeting friends. |
| Bully | An open-world action game where you play rebellious teen Jimmy Hopkins navigating cliques and classes at a boarding school. |
| BitLife | A text-based simulator where you pick study habits, join school clubs, get a driver's license, and work part-time jobs. |
| LifeSim | You play a teen on a real 3D world map and talk to friends, teachers, and parents in your own words. |
Is there a teenager simulator game?
Teenager life simulator
Yes. A teenager simulator lets you play through secondary school, friend groups, part-time jobs, and family rules. In LifeSim, you live as a teen on a 3D map of any real city. It is free in the browser on phones and desktops with no download.
A transfer student in TokyoHow to start this life in LifeSim
- Write your teen's name, age, city, and school story in the character box.
- Edit your cast to set up your parents, siblings, best friends, or a shift manager.
- Add school exams, club meetings, and weekend shifts to your calendar and daily to-do list.
- Search the 3D map for real parks, libraries, or cafes and invite friends on an outing.
A week as a teenager in Tokyo
On weekdays in Tokyo, you wake up for school and check your daily to-do list. Compulsory education ends at age 15 in Japan, and most teens continue to high school. After afternoon classes or cram school, you use place search to find a cafe in Shibuya or Harajuku. You plan an outing and walk there with your best friends on the 3D map.
At night, you talk to your parents about curfews, chores, and exam scores. Everyone in your cast has a memory journal and remembers what you promised last week. On Saturday, a happening appears on the map, such as karaoke or a pickup game in a park. You join the group text thread and go there together.
How other games handle teenage life
Several games focus on the teenage years in different ways. The Sims 4: High School Years lets you decorate lockers, attend classes, and go to prom inside a fictional school. If you want room interiors and furniture, The Sims 4 does that better.
Persona 5 Royal combines Tokyo high school life and exams with turn-based dungeon combat. Bully is an action game about cliques and classes at a boarding school. BitLife uses text menus to track school clubs and part-time jobs year by year. LifeSim has no combat, mini-games, or interiors, but gives you open conversations in any real city on Earth.
How to set up your teen life
Type your name, age, city, and story into the single text box at the start. For example, write that you are a 16-year-old student in Munich attending a Gymnasium or Realschule. You can edit your cast to add strict parents, an annoying sibling, a crush, or a cafe shift manager.
Set your life goals, such as passing the SAT in Boston or saving money from a weekend job. Fill your daily to-do list and calendar with sports practice, tutoring sessions, and friend outings. Your chats and activities can change your cash, health, and relationships each day.
A sample life: first paycheck in Melbourne
Chloe is a 16-year-old teenager in Melbourne, Australia. She wants to earn spending money, so she takes a weekend job washing dishes at a local cafe. She sets a life goal to save up for a new guitar while keeping her school grades up.
On Saturday morning, she searches the real Melbourne map for a cafe near the beach and walks there. She talks with her shift manager and earns cash from the activity. By Monday, she is tired, and her teacher texts her about a missed homework assignment. Chloe must talk to her parents and her boss to balance her weekend shifts with school.
Other games for this life
Lives to start as a teenager
Questions
Can I drive a car or take a driving test in LifeSim?
No. LifeSim has no vehicles you drive and no driving mini-games. You can practice for a test with a parent in your story through open text chat.
Can I walk inside my bedroom or school classrooms?
No. The 3D map shows real buildings from the outside only, with no interiors or rooms. You visit real schools, cafes, and parks on the street map and talk there.
At what age do teenagers get a driver's license in different countries?
In the United States, teens get learner's permits between ages 14 and 16. They can get independent licenses by age 16 or 17. Most European countries set the minimum age at 18, while the United Kingdom sets it at 17.
When does compulsory schooling end for teenagers?
Mandatory full-time education ends at age 15 in Japan after junior high school. It ends at age 16 in the United Kingdom and many U.S. states. Germany requires at least part-time vocational or academic schooling until age 18.
Does my teenage character grow up into an adult?
Yes. Time moves day by day, and characters age through life stages. You can start at age 13 and keep playing into adulthood.
Cities for this life
More lives: Ages and stages
Other lives
How LifeSim works
- Life sim with AI NPCs
- Life sim where NPCs remember you
- Life sim on a real map
- AI character creator
- Photo to game character
- Life sim with no dialogue trees
- Game where characters text you
- Living world game
- Life sim random events
- Draw a building in a 3D city
- Plan outings with friends
- Life sim with aging and death
- Life simulator with no download
- Free life sim with no in-app purchases
