The Cost: Crime Life Sim

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Teen
10+
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Teen
Violence, Blood, Drug Reference
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About this game

You're born with nothing but a name and a neighborhood. From your first words to your last breath, every year is a choice — go straight or take the corner, protect your family or use them, get rich or get even. The Cost is a gritty life-simulation where the streets keep score and nothing comes for free.

HOW IT WORKS
🎂 Age up one year at a time, from birth to the grave
🎭 React to hundreds of life events — crime, family, love, loss
⚖️ Every choice shifts your stats, your money, and your future
🔥 Build Health, Happiness, Smarts and Nerve — or watch them slip
💵 Chase money on the street or off it; debt and heat are real
⚰️ Push too hard and the life catches up — death isn't game over, it's a scene

WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
🧬 No two lives are the same — events, people and outcomes shift every run
👥 Relationships remember. People who love you can turn. The dead stay gone.
🎯 Chase Ambitions and fill a permanent Legacy Board across every life you live
🏙️ Pick your origin — country, family, and the neighborhood that shapes your start

FEATURES
• Cradle-to-grave life simulation with real consequences
• Hundreds of hand-written events across every life stage
• Persistent relationships, hidden loyalty, and betrayal
• Crime, money, heat and survival systems that interlock
• 10 distinct ways your story can end
• Cross-run Legacy Board and "play as your child" continuation
• Built for quick sessions — one more year, one more choice
• Free to play, offline, no account required

How far will you rise before the life takes its cost?
Updated on
Jun 11, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
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What’s new

Internal build v4