Next Forty
Year 1 / 20Cash $10,000

Twenty to forty.
One hand of cards.

Next Forty is a startup investing game and life simulator you play one card at a time. You are 20 with $10,000 to your name. Every year new company files land on the table; you invest in one and pass on the next. At forty, your net worth is the sum of the calls you made.

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One year

Every year, a hand is dealt onto the table.

The cards always come in this order. You decide from what you know, the cash you have and this year’s inflation.

OpeningYear 12

Welcome back, Deniz

What the country is talking about: a sharp contraction.

This year’s inflation7.1%
DossierNo 034

SınırDosya

The same cargo crosses three borders, and its documents change names every time.

Price per share · minimum ticket$20 · $2,500
Deposit12 months

Lock the rate today

A deposit’s rate locks the day it opens and never changes again.

Annual rate7.67%
ClosingYear 20

The year is ready to close

The year report opens with a seal: where it came from, what you hold now.

You earned this year+$1,760
Throw right: invest, buy, seal.Throw left: pass, let go.Every call comes out of the same budget.
Four acts

The city grows with you.

Twenty years split into four five-year acts. Each act changes the city, ages your portrait, and gives the companies you hold a place on the map.

Act I

First Job

Ages 20-24

Everything was cheap, and everything was possible.

Act II

Rising

Ages 25-29

A seat at the table got expensive.

Act III

Risk

Ages 30-34

The biggest bets get made in these years.

Act IV

Harvest

Ages 35-40

You reap now what you planted years ago.

What money is really worth

Cash left in the till melts.

The game says every figure twice: in today’s dollars and in year-1 dollars. Inflation changes every year and waits for no one.

The figures here come from a real run: the final year of a player who kept cash in the till and made a few small investments a year, turning forty.

Year 20 · Finale
Net worth$32,384
Starting capital$10,000
In year-1 dollars$4,264
Net worth
Start
Real value

A fortune that looks tripled never got back to half of where it started in purchasing power.

At the end of twenty years

The finale weighs your fortune in year-1 dollars.

  1. It Was a Hard RoadSometimes the lesson is worth more than the gain.
  2. Congratulations, Investor!Small decisions, a big future.
  3. A Capitalist Is BornYou placed the right bets, twenty years running.
  4. A Legend Was WrittenA story for your grandchildren.
100company dossiers, each with its team, financials, market and risk
20years, from 20 to 40
15goals; the ones you reach stay reached
6languages: Turkish, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German and French, switched from inside the game
OfflineNo account; your save never leaves your device. Free to play, supported by ads.
MusicA heavy drama score that changes with the scene