How to play Lagos Life: a beginner’s walkthrough
Lagos Life is a free browser life sim set in Lagos. You build a Sim, work, pay rent every Saturday and share the city with real players. Do these steps in order and your first week will go smoothly.
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Create your account
Open lagoslife.app in Chrome or Safari and sign up. Community guides report that a username and password are enough, with no invite code or waitlist. The game is for players aged 18 and over. If you came from an Instagram or TikTok link and the game acts strangely, copy the address into a real browser. More fixes
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Choose a trait
Traits are permanent. Six of the ten multiply the growth of one skill by 1.5 or 1.6, which makes promotions come sooner. Hustler is the safest all-rounder, Smooth Talker opens the most careers, and Tech Bro or Sis is best for Tech. Compare all ten traits
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Accept your birth roll
The game assigns a starting class you cannot pick. A Nepo Baby starts with a furnished Lekki flat, a car, ₦500,000 and a Branch Manager job. A LAPO Baby starts with a loan to repay but learns skills 25% faster. What each start means
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Pick housing
Choose the cheapest option you can stand while you build income.
Home Area Rent per week Face-me-I-face-you Mushin ₦2,400 Self-contain Yaba ₦6,000 Mini-flat Lekki Phase 1 ₦17,000 Duplex Ikoyi ₦250,000 Mansion Banana Island ₦1,500,000 Rent is charged every Saturday. Moving costs about three weeks of rent. Full housing guide
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Go to work
On a day you are rostered, a Go to work button appears from 06:00. Tap it and your Sim travels to the workplace for you. Arriving late costs work performance. Shift times for every career
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Keep the six bars alive
Hunger, Energy, Fun, Social, Hygiene and Bladder all drain over game time. Bladder is the fastest, so top it up before long shifts or journeys.
Need Drain Note Bladder 7.0 / hour Fastest drain in the game. Top it up before long shifts and trips. Hunger 5.5 / hour Cheap to fix with food. Party jollof is the best Hunger value. Fun 4.5 / hour Pure grinding drains it. Fix it with venues you were visiting anyway. Energy 4.0 / hour Restored by sleep. A foam mattress is the cheap fix. Hygiene 3.5 / hour Restore it at your own bathroom. Social 3.0 / hour Pushes you toward other real players in the shared world. -
After your first shift
Do not buy furniture yet. Keep one week of rent untouched, train the skill your career needs, then save for a POS Stand. The money order that works
Tip: everything here was compiled from community data in October 2026 and the game is still changing. If the game says something different, the game is right. Report a difference.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to download Lagos Life?
No. It is a browser game at lagoslife.app. You can add it to your home screen if you want an app-style icon. See the install guide.
What should I do first in Lagos Life?
Check your rent, which is charged every Saturday. Choose cheap housing, work one shift, and keep a week of rent untouched before you buy anything else.
Can I change my starting class or trait?
Community reports say both are permanent for an account. If you hate your roll, the only reported fix is starting a fresh account.
Why is the game asking me to go to work?
On a day you are rostered, a Go to work button appears from 06:00. Tap it and your Sim travels to the workplace for you. Full explanation here.