Ice Age Life
Live one full life in the Stone Age, and lead a band through it. From being born to dying of old age. Or not of old age.
Free. No account needed. Works offline on your phone.
Mammoth, saber cat, fire, forest, bear, hearth
the world you are
born into
What it is
You're born into a small band of hunter-gatherers somewhere in the last ice age. You grow up, you learn to hunt or gather or carve, you make friends, you fall out with people, you have kids. You get old, if you're lucky.
And the band becomes yours to steer. Every season is a board: the weather, the herds and the sickness come up as cards, and you decide who in your band takes which one. Send the wrong person at a wolf pack and you lose them. Send nobody and everyone goes hungry through winter.
Between seasons it's words. Everyone you meet has a hand-drawn face, a name, and their own opinion of you, and what you say to them sticks.
There's no saving and no redoing things. You make your choices, time keeps moving, and eventually the life ends. That's just how it works. But whatever you did carries into your soul, and your soul starts over in a new life somewhere else.
The cost
Nothing. It's free on the web and free on both app stores. There are things you can buy if you want them, on the phone there are optional ads you can watch for a bonus, and the browser version carries a banner under the game. But you can play the whole game without paying for anything, and nothing is locked behind a payment.