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Lagos Life video guides
We watched the creators so you can skip to the useful bit. Each page has our summary, timestamps and the takeaways, with credit to the channel.
Tutorials
9:25Creating a Lagos Life account, step by stepMoneyPro-TipsA clean walkthrough of sign-up from lagoslife.app to the first room. It covers the 18+ rule, the optional email, building the Sim, picking traits and a big dream, losing the Nepo/LAPO lottery and moving into the UNILAG hostel. Useful if you just want to see each screen once before you try it.
11:53Beginner tutorial: home, buy mode, map and phoneZik the Programming GuyGoes through the four bottom tabs in order: Home (sleep, sit, dance), Buy (placing and rotating a standing fan and a gas cooker, selling items back), Map (trekking for free or taking a ₦150 danfo) and Phone (jobs, messages, events, courses, Forbes and the Hustle board). It also shows the stadium ticket counter and the PC keyboard shortcuts.
12:19Full tutorial: needs, goals, skills, jobs and the government apptopisqotvA tour of the profile tabs (needs, feelings, goals, wishes, skills, career), the Buy catalogue room by room, and almost every phone app: jobs, Meet Sumo events, salary index, Hustle, Chowdeck, rides, Invest, Boutique, the Lagos State Government app and the Forbes list. Ends on the map, including the ₦1 billion net-worth door policy at Ikoyi Golf Club.
25:13Every feature in one sitting: sign-up to top-upsSamuel Awoyemi H-QTVThe longest feature tour in our list. It starts at sign-up, explains Nepo vs LAPO, then spends real time on the police station after the creator gets arrested trying the ATM hack at CcHub. It walks through every phone app, rides a ₦100 cab to Amala Shitta for a ₦550 jollof, goes to work as an intern and finishes on the top-up screen.
9:18Playing on PC: keyboard shortcuts and controlsZik the Programming GuyShort and practical. Shows the keyboard shortcut sheet (M, H, B, P and friends), how to move and rotate furniture with the arrow keys and R, cooking after ordering groceries from Chowdeck, and where to find the bank, top-up and Forbes list on the phone.
8:55Insurance explained: home, possessions, vehicle, health, businesstopisqotvExplains the Assurance app: six cover types, Basic/Plus/Premier tiers, weekly renewal, deductibles, and the personal risk list that tells you how likely burglary, fire, flood or a phone snatch is for you this week. The creator lives in Banana Island and walks through which covers she buys and why.
12:02Six UNILAG short courses worth takingIfeanyi WilliamchiWalks through the Courses app: each lesson is a 45-minute class with a three-question quiz, and passing a course gives a certificate and a career boost. He picks six: Software Developer (₦3,000 a class), Chef (₦1,500), Fashion Designer (₦2,000), Real Estate Pro (₦2,500), Entrepreneur (₦2,000) and Money Smart (₦1,000), reading out each lesson.Making money
16:25How to make money early: laptop, CcHub, Balogun and investingKKC GamesAn early-days money tour. The creator earns at home with a laptop and the Instagram shop, buys a ring light and tripod for content, does freelance gigs at CcHub, helps at the buka, tries the betting at the viewing centre (and loses), and makes ₦4,800 reselling at Balogun. He also shows a chat scam attempt and his first POS and Buka investments.
1:32The startup pitch shortcut at CcHubElonsnipe TechA 90-second tip that explains why so many early players got rich quickly: get Charisma to 3 and Coding to 5, then repeat Pitch Your Startup on the CcHub event stage. It is not a glitch, just a high-paying activity with a skill gate.
22:35Getting rich without handouts or crime: a self-made challengeKatherine PsychThe creator gives away her starting ₦1 million to a stranger so she can start from scratch, then grinds back up the honest way: laptop gigs, the Instagram shop, Amala Shitta, a product management shift, the WhatsApp hustle, reporting crime, comedy and finally a startup pitch that pays ₦1M. She ends with ₦1,170,400, more than she gave away.
9:49A seven-step money plan, plus real-life side incomeIfeanyi WilliamchiSplits the topic in two. First, real-life money: offering your real services or products to players in chat (it is not a cash-out). Then a seven-step in-game plan: get a job, add side gigs, train the skill tied to your career, buy a first business, reinvest the profit, add land later, and stop spending like you are already rich.
9:44Money makers vs money spenders in the phone appstopisqotvA framing video: every phone app either makes you money or spends it. Jobs make money, rides and Chowdeck spend it, shops depend on whether you own them. It also warns that the bank records every transaction and that unusual flows have led to restricted accounts, then covers Invest, Cars, rentable houses in all three cities and the Forbes list.
9:24Becoming an interior decorator other players hiretopisqotvDecorators are some of the highest earners between players. The video explains how to learn the catalogue, build a portfolio from your own home, price your work for your clients’ level, and get hired: through the “…” menu in a chat (decorator, cook, DJ, driver, bodyguard, photographer, tutor), through ads in Lagos Gist, or from posts on the Hustle board.Gameplay & updates
26:12Spending ₦1 trillion: event centre, mansion, staff and Big Man pricesKKC GamesAfter receiving ₦1 trillion from another player, the creator tries to spend it before EFCC notices. Everything costs far more than usual (an event centre for ₦6 billion, a Lekki Phase 2 plot for ₦750 million), which is the game’s Big Man pricing for very rich accounts. He tours CcHub, UNILAG, Balogun and the casino, moves to Banana Island, decorates, and hires a house help, chef, driver and security.
10:57Apartment makeover: living room, bathroom and kitchentopisqotvA makeover in parts. The creator repaints, sells the tripod and the old kerosene stove, rearranges the living room twice, moves the WC and adds a rain shower next to an existing jacuzzi, then rebuilds the kitchen into an L shape with a double-door fridge, gas cooker and an AC.
34:19Live: exploring the map and taking a software courseAfroBreezeA relaxed live stream of a fairly new player wandering around: The Library (which turns out to be a lounge that opens at 10pm), The Palms, Freedom Park, the canopy walk and finally UNILAG, where he passes the first Software Developer lesson quiz and hits the daily class limit.
6:29Convoy, bus company, Abuja trip and a private jet homeKKC GamesAn update tour from a wealthy account: riding in a convoy with an escort, travelling to Abuja on his own bus line (crossing the Niger), arriving at Jabi Motor Park, settling an EFCC case through a lawyer, booking a flight with the new cabin classes, flying home by private jet and showing a celebrity mansion on the map that was not open yet.
39:59First-day role-play stream: chatting up players across LagosNirudona LiveA comedy stream from launch day (the counter shows 278K visits). The streamer, a LAPO Baby, cracks jokes with players at venues, gets invited into homes, learns you cannot sit until the host invites you, receives food gifts like small chops, gets pulled into a Quilox group chat and spots an in-game ad. Adult humour; useful mainly to see how social the game is.
5:39First impressions: character, traits, student life and landThe Average African Kid PodcastA short first session. He builds a Sim with an afro and Ankara-Adire fit, picks Musical and Tech Bro, chooses Lucky Landlord as a dream, lands LAPO, picks student life in a medicine-adjacent course, and then spends half his money on land before he has worked out the basics, which is a good example of what not to do first.News & reactions
12:04Nigerians react: billionaires, ₦10M gifts and the $1bn valuationRNN TVA compilation of social media reactions: players receiving ₦10M from strangers, people bragging about Bugattis and refineries, a creator explaining how a ₦9 billion balance barely moves after buying a ₦180M cinema set. It closes with the facts: launched 1 October 2026, over a million players in days, a reported $46,900 in the first four days of revenue, and the developer’s claim that the game is worth $1 billion.
12:25Talk show: Lagos Run vs Lagos Life and what they say about Nigerian techNigerian TribuneTwo hosts discuss the two viral browser games, Lagos Run (drive a danfo) and Lagos Life (live a life), who built them, the Nepo/LAPO joke, players flexing Lekki and Banana Island homes, networking that spills into real life, and the arrival of Abuja.Community & tech
8:39Lagos Life vs GTA: city, life sim, money, cars, policeIfeanyi WilliamchiResponds to a viral claim that Lagos Life will beat GTA. Compares the two on city, life simulation, money, cars, police and graphics, and concludes they are different kinds of games: GTA wins on scale and graphics, Lagos Life wins on feeling like home.
15:47How a browser game like Lagos Life gets builtIfeanyi WilliamchiNot a gameplay video. A developer’s explainer on what it takes to build a browser game at this scale: HTML, CSS and JavaScript on the front end, a back end and database to remember every player, game engines, and hosting strong enough for 160,000 people online at once.
8:49Fan project: a Lagos-inspired game built with AIStixx LabInspired by the Lagos Life craze, the creator prompts an AI tool to generate a small Lagos-themed open-world prototype and publishes it. It is not Lagos Life and has nothing to do with the official game, but it shows how much the game has inspired Nigerian creators.