Lagos Life Game Guide
Jobs, money tips, locations, guides and useful tools for Lagos Life players.
- Launched 1 October 2026
- 1m+ players in five days
- Browser game, free to start
What Lagos Life is
Lagos Life is a browser game by Nigerian developer Ijeoma Shalom Rayhamen, launched on 1 October 2026. You create a character, get handed either a Nepo start or a LAPO start with a loan to repay, and then live: work shifts, keep your needs up, buy food, pay rent, meet people and try to move up. The city day follows the real day, and everyone you walk past is another player.
Lagos Life at a glance
- Made by
- Ijeoma Shalom Rayhamen, a Nigerian developer based in the UK
- Launched
- 1 October 2026, Nigeria's Independence Day
- Players
- 1m+ within five days; the game's dashboard showed 1.2m players and 100k+ online at peak (BusinessDay, 5 October 2026)
- How to play it
- A browser tab. No download, no console, free to start
- The idea
- Live a Lagos life in real time: job, rent, food, friends, status — with other players in the same city
Lagos Life Game Guide is a fan site and is not affiliated with the game's developer.
Your first week, in four steps
The whole loop, with screenshots from a real save — nothing here is a mock-up.
- 01
Make a character
The look is yours to play with. The two things that move the numbers are the birth lottery — Nepo Baby or LAPO Baby, once per account — and the two traits you keep out of ten.
The birth lottery: LAPO Baby gets a loan, Hustle 2 and faster learning.Open full-size image ↗ - 02
Work one shift to the end
Open the phone, tap Jobs and pick a career you can enter. Pay settles when the shift ends, so stay for all of it — the panel afterwards tells you what the day earned.
A finished shift: ₦11,600 and 95% performance.Open full-size image ↗ - 03
Eat, wash, sleep
Six needs sit in the bottom left corner. Two of them under 20 starts building neglect, and neglect is what makes you ill. Energy at zero means you pass out; a bad one ends at General Hospital with a ₦15,000 bill.
Food is cheap early on — the Buka counter at Amala Shitta.Open full-size image ↗ - 04
Pay the rent on Saturday
Rent leaves your account every Saturday, and the home you pick decides how much cash you start with. A cheap room and a longer walk beat a nice flat you cannot keep.
Your room — the thing the Saturday rent is paying for.Open full-size image ↗
What the game looks like
One shared city, a phone full of apps, and work that pays by the shift.
What changed in the game
Dated, so you can tell how fresh this is.
By 6 October 2026
Port Harcourt and Abuja are on the map
Three cities now, each with its own airport and motor park and 32 places. Two universities and a refinery tour in Port Harcourt, the government and the courts in Abuja.
5 October 2026
Pay went up, seven careers are new
The developer announced all job pay up 2–3×, with six careers named, and Law arrived without a skill requirement.
5 October 2026
Oil & Gas joined the list
₦20,000 for a field technician up to ₦96,000 as country MD, at the Trans-Amadi base in Port Harcourt.
1 October 2026
Lagos Life opened
Free in a browser, with the Nepo Baby and LAPO Baby starts and a city that runs on the real clock.
The numbers, from the game itself
Everything on this site is read out of the game, not guessed. These are the figures people look up most:
- 22careers, each with five ranks
- 24activities that pay money
- 8businesses you can buy
- 28places on the map
- ₦2,400cheapest rent a week
- ₦150,000cheapest business
best pay for one shift: ₦99,000
The numbers people look up first
Read out of the game's own data, updated when it changes.
Best pay for one shift
The fifth rank of each career, per shift.
- Music₦99,000
- Oil & Gas₦96,000
- Aviation₦95,000
- DJ₦93,000
- Product Management₦92,000
Fastest businesses to pay back
Price back in, counting ordinary days only.
- 📶 Recharge & Data Kiosk₦150,000 · 47 days
- 🥤 Zobo & Chapman Stand₦300,000 · 52 days
- 🏧 POS Stand₦500,000 · 53 days
What this guide gives you
This is an unofficial player-made guide, not affiliated with the developer. We read the game's own numbers and turn them into steps you can follow.
What do you want to do?
- How to PlayYour first day in order: account, needs, the ₦1,750 Buka shift, first job.
- Make MoneyAll 24 activities that pay, and what each one is worth per hour.
- Find a JobAll 22 careers, what each rank pays, and the skill each one trains.
- The NumbersAll 22 careers, 24 paying activities and 28 places, in the tables behind this site.
- Explore LocationsAll 28 places on the map: what each one is for, what it costs and what it needs.
- Health & moodIllness, the chemist, the hospital bill and what MindSpace sells.
- CitiesPort Harcourt and Abuja: what they add, and the fares to get there.
- Furnish Your HomeWhat furniture costs, what the decor score pays in mood, and which pieces change the numbers.
- RelationshipsMeeting people, friendships, dating and social play.
- Find an AnswerShort answers, including what changed in the 5 October pay rise.
- Play on Your PhoneOpening the game on iPhone or Android, and keeping this guide beside it.
Lagos Life: the basics
- What is Lagos Life?
- A free multiplayer life sim in your browser. You make a character, work shifts, pay rent every Saturday, eat, make friends and date in one shared Lagos with other real players.How do you actually play it, from the first screen? →
- Is it free, and do I need an app?
- Free, and no download: Safari or Chrome is enough. There is no App Store or Play Store version.How do you open it on an iPhone or Android phone? →
- Who made it?
- Ijeoma Shalom Rayhamen, a Nigerian developer based in the UK. She has said the idea came from The Sims 3 and from Lagos Run.Who runs this guide, and which addresses are official? →
- How many people play it?
- Over a million players within five days of the 1 October 2026 launch; the game's own dashboard has shown 100k+ online at peak.What else are players asking right now? →
- Can I cash out my naira?
- No. The game's terms say in-game naira, items and houses have no real-world value and cannot be sold or moved out of the game.So what actually pays in this game? →
- What should I do first?
- Open an account, read your origin and traits, check the six needs, then take the ₦1,750 gig at the Buka.What does the first day look like, in order? →
Popular Guides
4 guides
- How to play Lagos LifeYour first day in order: account, the six needs, the birth lottery, your first naira and your first job.
- How to make moneyWhich gigs pay most per hour, and which business earns its price back fastest — with the numbers the game itself uses.
- Jobs, pay and promotionEvery career, what each rank pays, which skill it trains, and which ones are still locked behind a level-3 skill.
- The game's own numbersLocations, homes and rent, transport fares, careers, side gigs and businesses — the full tables to look things up in.
Recently Updated
Newest first
- Did Lagos Life raise job pay and add new careers?Pay is up and seven careers are new, including the six the developer announced.
- Every career in Lagos LifeWhat each rank pays and which skill it trains, in one sortable table.
- Every activity that paysThe side gigs behind the money page, ranked by what an hour is worth.
- Amala Shitta: where the ₦1,750 Buka shift isWhat you can do at Amala Shitta, what each thing pays and when it opens.
- Balogun Market: buy, resell, haggleThe Buy & Resell run, and the rest of what the market pays.
Playing right now?
Open the official game in a new tab and keep this guide beside it — money, jobs and locations stay one tap away.