RENTBARON

Idle landlord tycoon

RENT
BARON

Start with one leaky flat. Die owning the skyline.

A pixel landlord game where every tap is a knock on a door. Collect rent, pick your tenants, fix the boiler, evict the deadbeats. The whole world is ranked by one number: your dynasty's net worth.

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Rent Baron key art

The extreme-simple contract

Every tap is a knock on a door.

Knock to collect rent. Knock to meet an applicant. Knock to confront a deadbeat. Knock to check the damage. The game is doors and what's behind them. Everything else is spending the money the knocking makes.

The tenants

People, not slot machines.

Hundreds of tenants, each with a job, a temper, a habit and a one-liner. You'll remember the saxophonist in 2B who paid late but fixed the radiator himself. You pick each one on what they show you, and gamble on what they don't.

  • About 400 different tenants, each with their own personality
  • 48 quirks that actually matter: the cat collector, the night-shift nurse, the influencer
  • Treat them fairly and they refer their cousins. Burn them and word gets around
Rent Baron tenants

The application card

Five stats. Only some are showing.

Every applicant shows their income and two random stats. The rest stay hidden until they move in, and that gamble is the whole decision. Run a background check to see one more.

Income★★★★★
The rent they can actually afford.
Reliability★★★★★
How often they pay on time.
Tidiness★★★★★
How often their unit breaks.
Temperament★★★★★
How hard the confrontation goes.
Tenure★★★★★
How long before they move on.

The drama

A red door. Three choices.

When the rent's late, the door turns red. Knock on it, hear the excuse, and decide. One screen, three buttons, and you live with the outcome. How you play builds a quiet reputation, and it shows up in who knocks on your door next.

Safe · slow

Gentle reminder

Best case: full back-rent next cycle and a little goodwill. Worst case: another excuse, another missed month.

The gambler's option

Firm demand

Best case: most of the money, right now. Worst case: the tenant sours, and something in the unit mysteriously breaks.

Teeth · costly

Eviction notice

Best case: the unit's free in a day. Worst case: they contest it. Frozen unit, legal fees, and a hit to your reputation.

The empire

44 buildings. Eight districts. One skyline.

Climb from a leaky studio on Coal Lane to a private island under The Skyline. Every building visibly improves as you put money in, and owning a whole district earns its Deed: a permanent bonus and a plaque on your leaderboard profile.

01Coal Lane Leaky studios, walk-ups, your first doorsSTART HERE
02Bricktown Duplexes, shophouses, the first real block$50K
03The Wharf Dockworker flats, canneries, houseboats$250K
04Midtown Brownstones, mid-rises, a neon motel$1M
05Greenfield Suburbia, cul-de-sacs, retirement villas$5M
06The Heights Luxury towers, penthouses, boutique hotels$25M
07Crown District Theatres, grand hotels, embassy row$100M
08The Skyline Skyscrapers, a casino, a private island, a castle$500M

The bank

Leverage builds empires. Missed payments take them.

Borrow against your net worth and buy into a district early. Careful players never have to, but the ones who borrow big and survive are the ones who top the board. Miss enough payments and a pixel bailiff boards up your most-leveraged building. The stakes are what make it feel grown-up.

  • A real credit line with real consequences
  • Repossession is real. The bank is not your friend
  • Loans die with you, which makes borrowing late in the game a real gamble
The bank

Dynasty

Write your will. Do it all again, richer.

Once your empire is big enough, you write a will and pick an heir: Frugal, Charming, Ruthless or Handy. They start the next life on the fortune you left behind. Cash and buildings reset, but your Legacy Bonds, your heirloom castle and your dynasty crest carry forward. The name above your empire counts up: Baron, Baron II, Baron III.

  • Prestige that builds across generations, forever
  • Keep one heirloom building through every reset
  • Dynasty Net Worth is the leaderboard number, and resetting is the only way to the top
Write your will

The world leaderboard

Slow is the point.

Net worth builds over months, not sessions, and that's why the leaderboard means something. Climb the global, country, friends and district boards. Tap a rival to walk through their best building at an Open House, look at the brickwork, and leave a calling card. Everyone gets a local rivalry, not just the top few.

Play fair

Built to respect your time.

You can reach every building, tenant and district for free. Spending saves you time, it never blocks your way.

No ads unless you askYou watch an ad only if you want a shortcut. We never force one.
No energy systemThe only thing gating your progress is money, which is the whole point.
Nothing locked behind cashReach the skyline for free. Money only ever buys you time.
Slow by designMoney that takes months to build actually means something.

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