Life on the Grind
The 90s hip-hop life-sim
Free
Grind City, 1995. Get a job, pay your rent, master the mic. First to all four goals takes the crown - solo vs Big Jonesy or with 3 friends, couch or online.
GRIND CITY, 1995. Beepers, boomboxes, brick cellphones and boom bap.
Life on the Grind is a comical hip-hop life-sim board game — an original homage to the classic 90s "get a job, pay your rent, chase your goals" turn-based life games, painted wall to wall in street-art style.
Four goals. One winner:
• PAPER — stack cash, work the career ladder, play the Block Exchange
• VIBES — keep your spirits up while the city grinds you down
• SKILLZ — master rap, DJing, breakin', graffiti, beatboxing and video
• CLOUT — build your rep from open mics to headline residencies
Every turn is one week with 60 hours. Walk the painted board, work shifts, take classes at the Cypher Spot, cook at your crib, survive rent day — and decide whether that gold chain is an investment or a liability.
THE COME-UP
The career mode is the game: cut demos in your home studio, get knocked back by the radio, rework the tape, win the Friday cypher battles and climb from park-bench busking to the Northstar Arena. Sign with ROTZ Records — or back yourself and stay indie.
A CITY THAT PLAYS BACK
• Weekly price swings, booms and market crashes announced in the Gazette
• A five-instrument stock market that survives bank collapses
• Burglaries, breakdowns, spoiled groceries and doctor bills
• Talking shopkeepers with real voice acting
• Three fully playable arcade cabinets: pinball, claw machine and rhythm
PLAY TOGETHER
1–4 players hot-seat on one screen, any of them CPU-controlled — or host an online room and share the 6-letter code. Friends join from iPhone, iPad, Mac or the browser: every version plays in the same rooms.
No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts. No tracking. The whole game, offline, in English and Dutch.
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Information
- Seller
- Jerome Levy
- Size
- 199.9 MB
- Category
- Simulation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
- Copyright
- © 2026 Shio Studios / Hou Het Zout
