Start with nothing. Build a life.
Your second chance, in a city you help shape.
Realmside is a free online life simulation game set in a living mirror of America. Rent a room, take a job, start a company, buy land, run for office, fall in love. The other people in the city are real players, and the economy is theirs.
How a life starts
- Arrive. You land in New York with C$500 and a week in a hostel bed.
- Find a bed. Rent a room from a player landlord before your hostel week runs out.
- Take a job. Pick shifts at a player company or the city. Every job lists what it needs.
- Build something. Start a business, buy land, put up a building, list your company on the exchange.
A city run by its residents
Landlords, employers, reporters, mayors and judges are all players. Vote in elections, pass ordinances, publish a newspaper, open a bank, or take a case to court. When a state fills up, the next one opens and the map grows.
Two kinds of money
City Dollars are what daily life runs on: earned from jobs, rent and customers, spent on rooms, food, land, buildings and bills. They stay inside the game. City Credits are bought with card or USDT and pay for membership, outfits and titles, or can be traded with other residents for City Dollars.
Fair by design
- No gambling: no loot boxes, no wheels, no stakes on luck.
- Two-step sign-in with recovery codes guards every account.
- Bought credits can't be cashed out, so a stolen card is no use.
- One person, one life: accounts on the same network can't trade with each other.
Questions
- Is Realmside free to play?
- Yes. Creating a resident and playing is free. City Credits buy extras such as membership, outfits and titles, but you never need them to play.
- Do I need to download anything?
- No. Realmside runs in your web browser on a computer, tablet or phone.
- Who are the other people in the city?
- Real players. Your landlord, your boss, the mayor and the judges are other residents, so the economy, the elections and the news are made by people.
- Can I earn real money?
- Realmside is a game, not a way to earn a living. Credits you buy can't be cashed out. Credits other players pay you can be, after an identity check and within limits, and nothing is guaranteed.
- Who can play?
- Adults aged 18 and over.
- Is there gambling?
- No. There are no loot boxes, wheels or bets. What you earn, you earn by playing.