What NaijaLifeGame does for you
NaijaLifeGame is a free online life game set in a Nigerian city. You create a character, find work, make friends and build a life, alongside 1,599 citizens and counting. Different people enjoy it for different reasons. Find yours below.
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😌 Anyone who wants to relax after a long day 🤝 People who want to meet people ✈️ Nigerians abroad ⚽ Football fans 📈 Hustlers and people who love business 🎓 Students and young adults (18+) 🗳️ People who love politics 🎨 Creative people, builders and fashion lovers 🙏 People of faith 🎥 Content creators and streamers 📣 Business owners and advertisers 📶 People on any phone or small data
😌 Anyone who wants to relax after a long day
No pressure, no long tutorial. Open the game, follow the yellow arrow and enjoy a city that feels like home.
- Play for five minutes or five hours. Your character and money are kept exactly as you left them.
- Turn on Auto and watch your character handle tasks while you rest.
- Free to play, with nothing to download.
What you will use: 🏙️ One shared city 🚪 40 places to enter 🧺 Residents and hawkers 🌙 Day and night on your own clock 🗺️ Map and danfo 🚙 Okada, keke, car and jeep 🏍️ Pay to drive 📰 City headlines 🧍🏾 Create your character 🍲 Six needs to look after 👫 A housemate 🍛 Nigerian food everywhere 💈 Gym, salon and cinema 🤖 Auto mode 📦 Side hustles 🏃🏾 Errands for residents 🚶🏾 Pay for being out and about 💳 Top up when you like 🪩 Club Zanku 🏖️ Elegushi Beach 🏊 Free open pool 🎶 Music while you play 💎 Blue gems 🥅 Penalty shoot-out 🍿 Watch the match together 🧳 5 more cities to visit 👮🏾 Report a theft 🧭 The journey ✅ Daily tasks 🔥 Daily streak 📲 Follow us and get paid 🌐 Plays in your browser 📲 Install it like an app 🔐 Easy sign-in 🛡️ Block and report 🪙 Play money, real fun
🤝 People who want to meet people
The people you pass on the road are real. Greet them, gist with them, call them, and turn strangers to padi.
- Meet Nigerians from every state and from abroad in one city.
- Talk the way you like: city chat, chat rooms, private messages or a real voice call.
- Blocking and reporting keep your space yours.
What you will use: 🏙️ One shared city 🛒 The player Market 💸 Send money to a friend 💬 City chat 🚪 Chat rooms ✉️ Private messages and photos 📞 Real voice calls ⭐ Greet, gist and become padi 🏡 Visit a friend at home 🪪 Public profile page 🪩 Club Zanku 💃 Weekend owambe 📅 Events on a timetable 🤼 Penalty duel against a player 👟 Team football with friends 📺 The Naija Street League 💬 Game Chat 🥊 Street fights by agreement ⛓️ Prison and bail 🎁 Invite friends and both get paid 🔔 Phone alerts 🛡️ Block and report 🔏 Your privacy
✈️ Nigerians abroad
Missing home? Walk the streets, chop amala, enter the owambe and hear the gist, from wherever you live.
- The food, slang, traffic and enjoyment you grew up with, in your pocket.
- The city follows your own clock, so night in the game is night where you are.
- Keep in touch with friends back home inside one shared city.
What you will use: 🏙️ One shared city 🚪 40 places to enter 🧺 Residents and hawkers 🌙 Day and night on your own clock 🌧️ Rain 📰 City headlines 🏠 Homes from Ajegunle to Lekki 🥻 Clothes and the closet 🍛 Nigerian food everywhere 💬 City chat ✉️ Private messages and photos 📞 Real voice calls 🪩 Club Zanku 💃 Weekend owambe 🏖️ Elegushi Beach ⚽ Monkey Post 🏗️ Buy land at Eko Estate 🧳 5 more cities to visit 🪨 Local food, sights and work in each city 📍 Choose your state 🚓 LASTMA and police stops ⛪ Church and mosque
⚽ Football fans
From monkey post by the beach to match day at the viewing centre, football is everywhere in the city.
- Play penalties and small-sided matches yourself, alone or with friends.
- Follow a league that never stops, with a new match every few minutes.
- Challenge other players and settle who is better on the pitch.
What you will use: 🥅 Penalty shoot-out 🤼 Penalty duel against a player ⚽ Monkey Post 👟 Team football with friends 📺 The Naija Street League 🎟️ Stake on a match 💬 Game Chat 🍿 Watch the match together
📈 Hustlers and people who love business
Start with one room and a small purse. How far you go is up to how you hustle, save and invest.
- Practise the habits that matter: earn, save, pay rent, invest, avoid bad debt.
- Build income that keeps coming while you are away.
- Trade with real players and learn what things are really worth.
What you will use: 🚙 Okada, keke, car and jeep 🌟 A life dream 📚 Six skills to grow 🏠 Homes from Ajegunle to Lekki 🛋️ Furnish your room 📦 Side hustles 👔 4 careers to climb 🏃🏾 Errands for residents 🏦 Bank and daily interest 🦈 Loans 🛒 The player Market 🚕 Hire out your vehicle 📢 Big players are hailed 🏗️ Buy land at Eko Estate 🔑 Become a landlord 🏪 Businesses that earn while you are away 🪨 Local food, sights and work in each city 📜 Policies that change the game 🇳🇬 Run for President ⚖️ EFCC and the High Court 🎖️ Levels from JJC to Odogwu 👑 The Respect list 🏆 Monthly crown
🎓 Students and young adults (18+)
A fun break between lectures that also shows how adult life works: rent, salary, savings, loans and consequences.
- See how skills lead to promotion, and how interest and debt grow.
- Runs on a small phone and takes almost no space.
- A friendly place to make friends beyond your campus.
What you will use: 🏍️ Pay to drive 🌟 A life dream 🍲 Six needs to look after 📚 Six skills to grow 🏠 Homes from Ajegunle to Lekki 📦 Side hustles 👔 4 careers to climb 🏦 Bank and daily interest 🦈 Loans 🚶🏾 Pay for being out and about ⭐ Greet, gist and become padi 🏊 Free open pool 💎 Blue gems 🏪 Businesses that earn while you are away 🧭 The journey ✅ Daily tasks 🎁 Invite friends and both get paid 📲 Follow us and get paid 🪧 Rewards for visiting adverts 🌐 Plays in your browser 🪙 Play money, real fun
🗳️ People who love politics
Governors, a President, campaigns, votes, bags at INEC and even coups. Naija politics, with you inside it.
- Run for office, or decide who wins with your vote.
- Leaders change real rules for everybody they lead.
- Every election is a story the whole city talks about.
What you will use: 📢 Big players are hailed 📍 Choose your state 🗳️ Governor elections every week 📜 Policies that change the game 🇳🇬 Run for President 💼 Bags at INEC 🪖 Coups ⚖️ EFCC and the High Court
🎨 Creative people, builders and fashion lovers
Design a character, dress them in ankara and gold, then build a house block by block on your own land.
- Your look is yours: face, hair, outfit, fabric and accessories.
- Build any house you can imagine and let friends visit it.
- Furnish your room the way you like.
What you will use: 🧍🏾 Create your character 🛋️ Furnish your room 🥻 Clothes and the closet 👫 A housemate 🏡 Visit a friend at home 🏗️ Buy land at Eko Estate 🧱 Build block by block
🙏 People of faith
The city has a church and a mosque, with services on the right days and room for a quiet prayer any day.
- Worship is part of city life, treated with respect.
- Give if you wish, and be respected for it.
- Members can apply to serve as a Pastor or an Imam.
What you will use: ⛪ Church and mosque 💝 Offering and sadaqah 📖 Serve as a Pastor or an Imam
🎥 Content creators and streamers
Every day in the city gives you something to record: elections, fights, football, owambe, arrests and big spenders.
- Funny, familiar moments your audience will recognise at once.
- A public profile page to share, and rewards when your followers join.
- Stories that write themselves, because real people are involved.
What you will use: 🏙️ One shared city 🌧️ Rain 🚦 Traffic on the roads 🥻 Clothes and the closet 💸 Send money to a friend 💬 City chat 🪪 Public profile page 📢 Big players are hailed 💃 Weekend owambe 📅 Events on a timetable 🤼 Penalty duel against a player 🧱 Build block by block 🗳️ Governor elections every week 🇳🇬 Run for President 💼 Bags at INEC 🪖 Coups 🚓 LASTMA and police stops 🏃 Snatching and catching thieves 🥊 Street fights by agreement ⛓️ Prison and bail ⚖️ EFCC and the High Court 🎖️ Levels from JJC to Odogwu 👑 The Respect list 🏆 Monthly crown 🎁 Invite friends and both get paid 📲 Follow us and get paid
📣 Business owners and advertisers
Put your business in front of an active Nigerian audience on billboards inside the city, and send them to your link.
- Book a billboard yourself in about a minute and pay online.
- See how many players saw your advert and how many tapped it.
- Players are rewarded for visiting your page, so your link gets real visits.
What you will use: 🪧 Rewards for visiting adverts 📣 Billboards for your business 📊 Views and taps for your advert
📶 People on any phone or small data
The game runs in your browser on a phone or a computer. Add it to your home screen and it opens like any other app.
- No big download and almost no storage used.
- Always the latest version, with nothing to update yourself.
- One account works on every device you own.
What you will use: 🗺️ Map and danfo 🤖 Auto mode 🧭 The journey 🌐 Plays in your browser 📲 Install it like an app 🔔 Phone alerts 🔐 Easy sign-in
Good to know
The game is free and is for adults, 18 and over. The naira inside it is play money: it cannot be withdrawn or cashed out, which is explained in our Terms. What we keep about you is set out in the Privacy Policy. Who we are is on the About page.
Come and see for yourself
Create your character in a minute and take your first steps in the city. It runs in your browser, or you can get the app.