📖 Player guide
How to play Hometown
Tips and tricks for the free Nigerian life game. Start smart, make money, get a house and car, run your state and have fun with real people.
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- 🚀Getting startedHometown is a free Nigerian life game you play in your browser. You start with small money in your home state and build your life from there, alongside real players.9 tips →
- 💰Making moneyThere are many ways to hustle in Hometown. Mix quick jobs with things that earn while you are offline.8 tips →
- 🏠Houses and carsYou start without a house. Agents will send you offers on your phone, and you can work your way up to owning property and cars.18 tips →
- 🌾Farming, mining and the forestEvery state has a Farm Belt, a mine or quarry and a forest camp just outside town. What you grow and dig depends on your state, like tin in Plateau, cocoa in Ondo and yam in Benue.6 tips →
- 🏭The player-run supply chainHometown’s economy is designed to connect real players: producers supply businesses, businesses make goods, and other players and states buy and move them.14 tips →
- 🛍️Shops, flyers and the stock exchangeBusinesses in Hometown are run by real players, and you can invest in them.3 tips →
- 🚒Fires, floods and insuranceHomes can catch fire, and heavy rain can flood them. How bad it gets depends on what your Governor has built.3 tips →
- 🗞️The Chronicle: the town's storyThe whole of Hometown lives one story together. A new chapter of the Sabi Road saga lands every morning, and what players choose and do decides what happens next.5 tips →
- 🎖️Governor, State Wars and the budgetEvery state is run by a real player. The Governor controls the state money and decides what gets built, and every state competes weekly in State Wars.10 tips →
- 🧭Hunts, races and missionsOpen Explore on your phone for goal-based activities all over the map, with weekly leaderboards and prizes.6 tips →
- 🎓Campus lifeStudents can join their university and play for it against other schools.4 tips →
- 👥Friends, chat and invitesHometown is better with people. Real players have a green tag with a red dot when they are online.5 tips →
- 👑VIP, wallet and paymentsEverything in Hometown can be earned by playing. VIP is optional, for players who want extras.6 tips →
- ❓Help and settingsQuick answers to the questions players ask most.10 tips →