SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim
Billmeade Gaming · 2026 · Simulation, Strategy, Life Sim, Turn-Based Tactics, 2D
PC
Mostly Positive76% · 38
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About SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim
Start with nothing. End with everything — or nothing again.Pick your character and the journey will begin at 18 with a single, defining choice: Academic pursuit or the immediate grind? Build your legacy from the ground up as you navigate the complexities of adulthood.Will you build a family empire where your children become your most trusted executives? Or will your parenting choices limit their potential? In this life sim, the "right upbringing" is the difference between an Ivy League CEO and a missed opportunity.Self Made is a deep financial life simulation where every month is a decision. Buy low, sell high, start a business, get married, raise kids, go to prison — the American Dream has never been this volatile.TRADE THE MARKETOver 50 stocks across Tech, Healthcare, Finance, Energy, Retail, and more — each with real financial fundamentals. PE ratios, dividend yields, earnings per share — this isn't a clicker game. Study the market, read the news, and make your move.
- Follow sector trends and react to breaking news
- Track earnings calendars and trade the gap
- Ride bull markets and survive the crashes
- Unlock insider tips from shady business contacts (just don't get caught)
- Start a Company — Design products, hire employees, manage R&D, and take your startup public with an IPO
- Own a Sports Franchise — Manage the New York "Gents", sign players, upgrade the stadium, and fill seats
- Launch a Rocket Company — Fund R&D, complete missions, secure government contracts, and push the frontier of space
- Run a Media Empire — Generate headlines, control the narrative, and build an audience (But don't get caught manipulating stock prices with bogus stories!)
- Found a Charity — Solve global problems in education, healthcare, climate, or poverty
- Date — Eleven unique love interests. Take them on dates, fall in love, get married, or get your heart broken
- Raise a Family — Have kids, name them, and choose between community college and the Ivy League
- Climb the Career Ladder — Work fast food, grind through an office job, earn your MBA, or become an executive
- Buy the Lifestyle — Upgrade from a basement to a penthouse. Buy sports cars, private jets, and yachts.
- Insider trading investigations with evidence gathering and courtroom trials
- Hire lawyers ranging from a public defender to a multi-person defense team
- Serve time in Club Fed (Fancy Prison) — or worse
- Market crashes can wipe out years of progress in a single turn
- Bankruptcy is always one bad bet away
- 50+ tradable stocks with real financial fundamentals
- Options trading with authentic Black-Scholes pricing
- 5 unique businesses to build from scratch
- 11 romanceable characters with distinct personalities
- Dynamic news system that reacts to your decisions
- Quarterly earnings events with after-hours price gaps
- Real estate empire building from duplexes to Condos
- Full career progression from minimum wage to executive officer levels
- Prestige system tracking your reputation and status
- Multiple victory conditions — Net Worth, Philanthropy, or Legend
- Lifespan Start at 18 and the game ends when your health hits 0 from age (can be mitigated with multiple factors).
- Minor Dark humor and satirical writing throughout
- Retro trading terminal aesthetic with diegetic office environments
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Great little game. It's games like this that remind me why in the last years I spent my money on Indie Developers instead of big studios. Fine ideas and proper implementation don't require huge budgets. The game is not perfect and a lot can be improved or added, Nevertheless, I find it fun and replayable. Thank you for this little gem.1 found this helpful
I want to like this game. There's some good substance here, but it's so buggy I can't give it a thumbs up in its current state. Set your character's life aspiration to philanthropy? Too bad, game has decided to hard lock your life aspiration to accruing wealth for its own sake (not even quitting/relaunching and/or starting a new game won't make lick of difference; this has now become permanent for me). Have just enough money to pay off your open debt this turn? Too bad, the game might decide it won't let you pay it all off until next turn for some inexplicable reason. If the developer fixes these issues I'll revise my review.
Has some quirks for sure, but an enjoyable game. As always with these kinds of games the first start is always the most rewarding and get significantly easier once your company is profitable.
great game you should add where you can play as a football player and you're able to move to different countries and states that would be fun and the cheapness during a sale is insane
fun game..ended up with fortune of about 280 billions before i died at 96 year old...bought a football team,media empire etc...but only after 19 hours game time it would perhaps need more deepth or endless mode...
Totally recommend. I hope to see more games like this!!!
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