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SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim is a single player tactical management game with economy and business themes. It was developed by Billmeade Gaming and was released on March 2, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Build your empire from a basement. Trade stocks, run companies, date, raise kids, dodge the SEC, and retire a legend — or go broke trying.

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74%Audience ScoreBased on 23 reviews
gameplay3 positive mentions
grinding1 negative mentions

  • Deep and enjoyable financial life simulation with a rewarding loop and multiple wealth accumulation strategies.
  • Developers are responsive and frequently update the game, showing commitment to improving it and fixing bugs.
  • Strong potential and foundation for expansion into more complex finance mechanics like hedge funds, bonds, and corporate activities.
  • Game contains several significant bugs, including crashes related to hotel management and UI overlay issues, which impact playability.
  • Gameplay balance and economic tuning need improvement; some elements like interest rates and returns can make progression frustrating or too easy.
  • Game is currently short and lacks meaningful end-game content, with limited relationship depth and no continuation after the main character's death.
  • gameplay

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay offers a solid foundation built around managing portfolios, trading mechanics, and integrating elements like family, education, and business networking. It provides a rewarding progression loop with active developer support addressing bugs and concerns. Overall, it balances strategic management with engaging mechanics for a satisfying experience.

    • “First off — huge thanks to the devs. The current trading mechanics, market feel, and progression are already a solid foundation.”
    • “Gameplay: manage a sub-portfolio with margin and research (provided by the fund; players may also use their own time to do research), but no penny stocks or highly illiquid assets.”
    • “Also, I have changed my review to a positive review. Although there are some bugs and gameplay concerns, the developer is super active in resolving them. Thanks, team! :)”
  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The provided user feedback does not relate to the game's optimization but instead discusses compensation structures and performance fees. Therefore, no relevant information about the game's optimization can be summarized from this input.

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game’s multi-stage progression system, from retail trader to corporate raider, significantly enhances replayability by offering numerous hours of engaging gameplay through varied roles and challenges.

    • “The progression — retail trader → hedge fund analyst → fund manager → corporate raider — would easily add hundreds of hours of replayability.”
  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is considered tedious, especially when requiring repetitive actions like clicking a button numerous times despite having abundant in-game currency.

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SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim is a tactical management game with economy and business themes.

SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim was released on March 2, 2026.

SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim was developed by Billmeade Gaming.

SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim for its gameplay but disliked it for its grinding.

SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim is a single player game.

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