Observed arrival · 2026-10-18
Retrolife: A Life Simulator in Real Decades
Retrolife presents a text life simulator that follows a character year by year through the USA, USSR/Russia, or Germany from 1950 to 2010.
- For
- Players drawn to historical life simulations
- Worth noticing
- It spans 1950–2010 across the USA, USSR/Russia, and West or East Germany, pairing yearly headlines with period jobs and family milestones.
Field notes
The page preview lets visitors choose among the USA, USSR/Russia, and Germany, then turn a decade dial with era imagery, news, and music. The simulation description includes 39 period jobs and 1,400-plus small stories, alongside age-specific historical events and family succession; these figures are presented by the site. Separate linked calculators cover birth-year context, generational labels, gas prices, and historical salaries. The iPhone release is marked “Coming soon,” while an Android beta is linked.
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