Retrolife: Life Simulator
Growing Up in Real History
Only for iPhone
Expected Nov 9, 2026 · Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Be born between 1950 and 2010 in the USA, West or East Germany, or the USSR, and live a whole life through the real news of every year. No ads. Fully offline.
Be born in 1950, 1975 or 2010. Grow up in the USA, in West or East Germany, or in the Soviet Union, and live a whole life, one real year at a time.
Retrolife is a text life simulator set in the real decades of real countries. Every year brings that year's news, illustrated, and the small things people actually lived with: the first home computer, the cooperatives of the late Soviet years, the night the Berlin Wall came down.
A LIFE, YEAR BY YEAR
• Pick a country and a birth year from 1950 to 2010
• School, the army or alternative service, college or trade school, your first job, love, children, retirement
• 39 careers with real steps up the ladder
• Prices and wages in the money of the year: dollars, Deutsche Marks, East German marks, rubles, euros
• More than 1,400 life events with choices that change your health, happiness, money and the people around you
REAL HISTORY AS YOUR BACKDROP
• Real news of every year, with illustrations
• Historical turning points: the first man in space, the missile crisis, the Wall going up and coming down, the 1991 coup, the dot-com crash, the 2008 crisis. What they mean for you depends on how old you are
• Life does not stop at today: future eras run up to the 2060s
YOUR FAMILY, YOUR DYNASTY
• When you die, your heir carries the family on
• A family tree that grows across generations
• Echoes of the past: something from your childhood comes back decades later
GOALS, KEEPSAKES, FRIENDS
• Life goals and a challenge of the week
• A yearbook, a life chart, an album and a passport of eras
• A tear-off calendar with a page for every day you play
• "Live it better than me": share a life code and let a friend start the same life
• Postcards to share your story
• Music for every decade
FAIR AND OFFLINE
• The whole life and every country are free to play
• No ads
• Plays fully offline, no account needed
• Optional one-time Premium: choose your exact birth year and character, rewind a year, and dress the game in the style of any era
Retro risograph-style illustrations. Play in English, German or Russian.
Rated 13+: romance, light crime, occasional alcohol and tobacco. History is shown through everyday life.
The developer, Roman Koropets, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Roman Koropets
- Size
- 115.6 MB
- Category
- Simulation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 2 more
- English, German, Russian
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Medical Treatment information
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
- Copyright
- © 2026 Roman Koropets
