Year Rings: Relive an Era

Live 1990, build your fortune

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Return to 1990s Taiwan or 1929 America and live again — with real inflation, housing, and markets. Every choice you make is written into the rings of a life. Have you ever wondered how your life would end if you could live it again — in 1990s Taiwan, or 1929 America? Year Rings is a text-based life-simulation game set against REAL economic history. From the moment you're born, you make year-by-year choices — study, work, family, investing, and the storms of the times — until your life plays out and you see what you leave behind. PICK A REAL ERA, LIVE A WHOLE LIFE Choose your starting year and live from birth to farewell — a single-player, offline journey watching inflation, interest rates, housing, and markets reshape your fate. GROUNDED IN REAL HISTORY Every run is anchored to historical data: Taiwan's bubble years and Wall Street's 1929 crash and Great Depression. Prices, wages, taxes, housing, and major events are drawn from research — not cartoon numbers. If you know your history, you'll play better. That's by design. ONE YEAR PER TURN - Birth wheel: six social classes set your starting point. - Year Hub: budget your money and time across career, family, health, and investing. - Event cards: era-defining choices find you, one after another. - Year Report: settle your assets, debts, and cash flow each year. - Life Review: at the end, look back on the rings of your life and share a life card. FREE TO PLAY Free download; the "1990 Taiwan" scenario is entirely free. "1929 Great Depression" is free for its first 10 years — unlock the full scenario with a one-time purchase if you enjoy it. No ads, no tracking, no data collection. Year Rings is an entertainment simulation. All scenarios and numbers are fictional and are not real financial or investment advice.

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This update makes each in-game year easier to play and fixes housing and calculation issues: - A clearer, compact yearly decision flow with less scrolling. - A purpose-built iPad layout with wider cards and two-column decisions, reports, events, and life review. - Complete English text for scenario events, news, contracts, and endings. - Rebuilt every exam bank with career-specific questions, three difficulty levels, deeper scenarios, and explanations. - Fixed invalid or duplicate property listings and untranslated labels. - Home purchase results and rejection reasons are now clearly shown in the year report. - Corrected property valuation and mortgage amortization calculations.

Version 1.0.1

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    Information

    Seller
    • Wang LongWei
    Size
    • 18.9 MB
    Category
    • Simulation
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English and Traditional Chinese
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Wang LongWei
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