Game update

Patch 1.4.1: Career Portal in Play Your Life Mode (US)

Escape the Grind · published 27 Sep 2026, 05:05 UTC

All news Players around this date Read on Steam

Career portal is now available in the US version of Play Your Life (PYL) mode!

We've also introduced a field in PYL that asks what you do for a living- the magic here is to then surface extremely relevant jobs and courses in the career portal, as opposed to random ones. The goal is you end up getting the same opportunities in-game like you would in real life, allowing you to maximize your earning potential, just like IRL.

Hint: Job hopping improves your earning!

Enjoy,

Nick

Other announcements

All news

In-game event26 Sep 2026Update 1.4.0: Career Portal (US)Career Portal is here!!! Your income is now something you can control and have more agency over.. The Career Portal adds a live jobs board with job openings, courses and degrees that qualify you for higher paying roles, and promotions and raises that come with time. Apply, interview, and climb from your current job to the executive suite- if you want, and pay for courses/degrees to upskill and…In-game event19 Sep 2026Update 1.3.0: Divorce Settlement (US, UK, Canada, France)When a marriage ends you get a real decision instead of a dice roll. Where the children live, what your country's rules say you owe, and how you actually satisfy it: pay from cash, split a pension, buy your ex out against the home, sell through an agent you choose, or put the sale off until the children are grown. Researched market by market. The US works on income shares and splits a 401(k) by…Game update5 Sep 2026Patch 1.2.3 - General ImprovementsJapan was showing its mortgage deposit options in Japanese even if you were playing in English. Fixed! Mortgages . The shorter loan term option used to knock the same 0.625% off the rate in every country. Every market now has its own figure that shows the approx different in APY rate if say you choose a 30 year loan v. 15 year loan- and some regions do not give discounted rates if you choose a…