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Inflation Avenue: a free game about inflation and real value
Prices climb every year on the avenue. Spread your coins so they still buy as much at the end.
What is Inflation Avenue?
10,000 coins and a few years on an avenue where bread, rent and cinema tickets cost more every year. Spread your money across cash, a savings account, a share of a rented flat and a market fund, and see what it can still buy at the end.
Inflation Avenue is a free money game about inflation. You start with 10,000 coins on an avenue where bread, rent and cinema tickets cost more every year.
Spread your money between cash, a savings account, a share of a rented flat and a market fund. The score is what your coins can still buy at the end, in year-1 prices.
At a glance
- Category
- Money Moves
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Play time
- 4–6 min
- Price
- Free, in your browser, sign-up optional
How to play
- Spread
- Move 10% steps between the buckets. Whatever you don't place stays in cash.
- Live the year
- Prices rise; each bucket grows or drops. Beat inflation to keep your buying power.
- Three levels
- Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.
- Coins
- Example numbers in plain fictional coins, made up for the game. Not financial advice.
Scoring
60 per year your money beats inflation, 10 otherwise, plus points for real value at the end.
Win by keeping at least the buying power you started with.
What it trains
- Inflation
- Why the same coins buy less each year.
- Real value
- Measuring money in what it buys.
Strategy and tips
- Cash shrinks quietly
- The number stays the same, but each year it buys less.
- Beat the rate
- A savings rate below inflation still loses buying power, just more slowly.
- Mix the risk
- Things that follow prices or grow over time can keep up, with their own ups and downs.
Why play Inflation Avenue?
Inflation is why a sum that feels big today buys less in ten years. Thinking in real value helps with saving, pay rises and long-term plans.
Frequently asked questions
Is Inflation Avenue free?
Yes. It is free and runs in your browser, with no download. Signing up is optional.
Is this financial advice?
No. Every number is an example in fictional coins, made up for the game. It teaches the ideas; for real decisions, look at your own situation and local rules, or ask a qualified adviser.
Are there levels?
Yes: Beginner, Intermediate and Expert. The numbers, the hints and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.