The Landlord's Game · 2026 edition

The Squeeze

Rent ratchets every month. Working harder only feeds it. The only way out is the one Elizabeth Magie built into the board in 1904 — organize, and change where the rent goes.

Month
1
of your lease
Wallet
$0
cash on hand
Rent due
$0
at month's end
Arrears
0
evicted at 3
Tenant power0%
Reach 100% and the building organizes — rent gets socialised and everybody wins. This is the only win.
Stress0/10
Landlord heat0%
This month — spend your hours

Same lesson as the 1904 board and the whole story: the fix was never working harder.
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Month-to-month · 2026

You're one rent hike from the curb.

You've got a wallet, four hours a day after work, and a landlord whose software raises the rent every month. Grind and you'll last a while — but the ratchet always wins that race. To actually get out, you have to build enough tenant power to change the rules. Survive long enough to organize the whole building.

A short roguelike — a run takes a few minutes. Every landlord plays a little meaner.