Year Rings: Relive an Era

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.