Mind The Gap: London Tycoon

The market's moving. Rent's due Sunday. Your mum's sofa is waiting if you bottle it. MIND THE GAP is a retro pixel-art trading game about hustling your way up in London, one dodgy deal at a time. Inspired by the classic buy-low-sell-high trading games — rebuilt for the city where a meal deal counts as a financial plan. You're Gaz: 26 years old, skint, and eight grand in the hole to a lender whose slogan is "We lend fast. We collect faster." You've got 35 days to trade your way from a Croydon sofa to the top of the London ladder. HOW IT WORKS - 5 moves a day, 35 days on the clock, one very impatient loan shark at 48% APR. - Buy cheap in Croydon, flog it dear in Mayfair. Every station has its own market. - Prices swing with the daily news — read the paper, spot the move, get there first. - Perishables rot, bargains lie, and anything marked DODGY comes with consequences. BUILD YOUR FIRM - Hire from a pool of 26 crew members, from Accountant Alan to Big Mick the Porter. - Crew earn their keep with passive perks — more bag space, better prices, less heat. - Move up the housing ladder from Croydon to Canary Wharf. Pay rent every Sunday or it's back to your mum's. MIND YOUR HEAT - Flog dodgy gear and the heat rises. Max it out and you're doing time in Belmarsh. - Keep your health and your head together — London has a way of taking both. - 9 different endings. King of London if you're sharp. A one-way coach to Grimsby if you're not. PROPER LONDON - A pixel transit map of 17 zones, Wembley to Barking, each with its own vibe and prices. - The Daily Gap newspaper: all the news that's fit to flog. - Local jobs, market tips from Dodgy Dave, and British humour throughout. No real brands — only lovingly crafted parodies. FREE TO PLAY, NOT PAY TO WIN - Completely free. Optional rewarded ads for a leg-up — never required. - No energy timers, no paywalls, no waiting. - Cloud save and leaderboards via Google Play Games. Mind the gap between what you paid and what you charge. That gap is the whole game.