Life Simulator: One in 8 Billion

1. Choose the world, country-drawing method and approximate length of one life, or keep the default settings.
2. Click Be born to receive a random birthplace, family and identity. Then click Begin this life.
3. Read your life record and follow your health, happiness, knowledge and relationships.
4. From childhood, choose a yearly focus and respond to decisions about education, work, family and other events.
5. Use Pause, the 1x–16x speed controls or Next decision to control time. Auto mode can make choices for you.
6. Optional reflection pauses let you write thoughts at important ages. Music can be toggled from the toolbar.
7. A life ends when the character dies. Review the record, return to the opening screen and begin another life.
8. Progress is saved in this browser. On phones, tap the same controls and open the overflow menu for additional options.

Be born into a randomly selected family and live one lifetime shaped by statistics from 172 countries. Follow a life from infancy through school, work, relationships and old age, choosing where to place your attention and how to respond to opportunities and setbacks. Explore today's world, a past era or a projected future. Compare your path with four people born in the same second, watch your life map grow, and keep a local record of the life you lived.