Life Simulator 3 - Real Life

A Google user

5 years ago

Very slow paced. More immersive than Bitlife in some ways, more lacking in others. Unlike Bitlife time moves by the day, which drags it out. Paid options speed up time, and while there are free options to do so, they aren't very noticeable. For a game supposedly touting financial management, I didn't have problems with that until I had suprise twins pop up, and even then, it wasn't hard to manage. This plays more like an idle game, but isn't great at it.

A Google user

5 years ago

It doesn't matter how much you have saved, you can't spend over your monthly income because the game says you will go into debt. Also, when changing some items like the amount of videos made per week, it doesn't take into account the current amount being paid vs what the new amount is. Example:1 video=$400, 2 videos=$800. You should only need $400 profit to upgrade, but it makes you reach $800.

A Google user

5 years ago

Super awkward. Time system is horrible. Choosing to advance years would be a solution, or several different speed settings with a premium 10x speed or something, but this makes me want to stop playing. Dating is awful, your family and partner have no likes/dislikes/goals to account for and you have no say about starting relationships. This game is just about passing time and budgeting money for things, and asks you to watch ads way too often. There's potential but not worth playing yet.

shayne chafin

4 years ago

Oddly addicting, as soon as you get the hang of it- which is pretty quickly, if you are reasonably intelligent. That being said, there really is not any gameplay. You basically watch ads for buffs. Yes, you have to make some decisions, but it is extremely basic. Could be a lot better but ok for killing a little time.Looking at other reviews-maybe financial tutorial. Many do not seem to understand how the "saved$" vs "monthly income" works. Idk why-its simple,but i see a lot of comments about it.

A Google user

5 years ago

The game is easy enough, but the options are still limited, it doesn't matter if you have 1 million in savings it will not let you spend saved money for any recurring payment that your income can't cover. Something simple like marking your current insurance and food shopping or owned car/plane/boat (and you can purchase a lower one on accident) apparently isn't important. No way to really show time movement calculations, limited relationships, gets repetitive FAST.

A Google user

5 years ago

The first time or two playing is good, as you continue it gets more and more boring. You have very little options and it takes forever to get through basic things. The game is basically just watching ads to make the time speed up just a little bit for five minutes waiting for something to happen. If the financial aspect was combined with the choices and quickness of bitlife, it would be amazing. Hopefully it will update over time and get better.

A Google user

5 years ago

I like that this is more financial based life sim compared to the others. This does have a lot of issues though. For instance, the "business" career path makes absolutely no sense and there should be more options for that. Also, the game is too easy and it's boring. Repetitive scenarios. I do think that the big variety of majors and careers is pretty cool though. Just feels like an incomplete game.

Cohen Manegold

5 years ago

I believe that this is the BEST life sim out there. I think that it's intuitive use of ad points is genius. It never forces you to watch ads, it just gives you great rewards for watching them. It's a win-win for everyone. Not only that, but the points you get from watching ads can be used for EVEN more rewards. Great choice for a casual idle gamer.

Sarah L

3 years ago

it's a fun game, but it's riddled with bugs and glitches. everytime I make a choice in game, like stopping paying for a gym class or something, it usually takes a minute to actually go through, but time progresses so even though I'm not using that thing anymore, I still pay for it. it also desperately wants you to pay for things with real money, but you don't need to. there should also be an option to turn off "special rewards for watching ads" bc the icon pops up so often and gets in the way

Em

3 years ago

The time progression is far too slow, and situations get boring and repetitive fast. The game isn't bad; it just needs much improvement. I love the use of ads; they are not required or forced upon you, and they reward with great deals. Although the game was enjoyable for the first few in-game months, it needs more activities and options to get more stars from me.

A Google user

6 years ago

The modern original, InstLife, is better, imo. This is a concept that's been rehashed quite a few times. I kinda like some elements of this, like the cute avatar, and the random event popups, but VERY annoying if I'm scrolling through the jobs or whatever. Interface is counterintuitive. Keeping your partner is a bore, REAL pain in the butt, largely driven by monetary gains (presents)--the way time passes, it's constant upkeep. And, I died at 31 of natural causes? No, thanks. Uninstalling.

A Google user

5 years ago

Advancing in the game is almost impossible. Time (years, months, etc.) takes hours in "real time". That means education, promotions and aging takes forever. Progressing in life with a wife and kids or whatever, is hard without going into complete debt. The game will ask you to purchase starter packs and life tokens that "help" but $5.99 is not worth it. But if youd like to have many, many options that are complex in a simulation gane. This is it *uninstalled the app after a few weeks*

A Google user

5 years ago

It's a fun game for passing time. Though there are several issues with how the game calculates things. I'll list a few issues I've had but while they're annoying, the game is still fun. Investing becomes impossible, even though each Investment actually increases your income, if you dont have the thousands free income each month, you cant purchase it, which makes no sense. Also if you buy shares they for some reason sell for a tenth of their value.

A Google user

6 years ago

Updated: The developer fixed this annoying issue. Woo! The quick response was appreciated, too :) Great game! I just wish that there was some method to avoid accidentally hitting event buttons. I've gotten fired a few times because I accidentally hit the option to skip work when trying to utilize the bank or purchase things. It gets a bit frustrating! If this is fixed, I'll happily bump this to five stars :)

A Google user

5 years ago

It's a very fun and simple game, and can get addictive. However, it's kind of missing the "meat and potatoes" of the game and definitely leaves more to be desired. It would be fun if we could customize it a little more, like adding personalities and skill of some sort to the characters, otherwise you're just basing your future partner off their name, avatar, and job, or going after careers based off how much money you'll get, vs what your character wants to do/would be good at.

Mason Davalos

1 year ago

Great! I would play this game over and over. However, the very annoying thing is that sometimes you lose your income when running a business. This is a problem, as it doesn't say what happened. I would like it if you could change it so that it shows I have lost income (popup, or when you go to the business screen) I would also like it if you can make the (birthdays for children) a random event, as sometimes I accidentally click to not have a party for my child even though I want to.

Notice Sky

1 year ago

Pretty good game, although there are a few things that seem like they should be fixed. For one, the back button on my phone can't be used. Second, I can't aquire negative income. I post videos and make enough money to pay for everything but since I don't have "income" I can't rent a house, buy food or clothes, or really anything else that takes a monthly income. So I make 100k per video but I can't rent a house? Also, random events still shoe up when time is paused, huge oversight.