Tu casa. Tus panas. Tu manera de resolver.
Sobreviviendo Venezuela is a life-simulation game set in Caracas, played with Venezuelan humor. Make your apartment a home, keep your energy, hunger, hydration and mood up, find work, meet the neighbors and figure out how to resolver, one day at a time.
How you survive
In Caracas, nothing is free. You work, you earn, you resolve.
The game runs on two kinds of money. Like real life in Venezuela, they don’t do the same job.
Your workday and your errands are paid in the currency of the era. You spend it at the Abasto on food and bottled water, and prices go up a little every day.
Earned through missions, errands and minigames. Bolos pay for house upgrades at the hardware store, and you save them in the bank to open the next era. They are virtual: never bought, never withdrawn, never exchanged for money.
Do your workday and up to three errands a day.
Buy food and water before prices climb again.
Keep energy, hunger, hydration and mood up.
Put Bolos in the bank and open a new era.
Work & errands
Your regular job, Monday to Friday, starting between 6:00 and 12:00. Paid in the currency of the era.
Make bouquets to order, up to 4 a day. The better the bouquet, the more stars, the more Bolos.
Neighbors ask for help: Doña Carmen wants three arepas dominó (+50 Bolos and a plant). Up to 3 errands a day, from 7:00 to 20:00.
Errands come in four trades. Each one has levels, takes time, sometimes needs materials, and pays from ★ to ★★★ depending on how well you do it. In Repairs, using the screwdriver minigame earns an extra star.
Markets, cakes and parcels, delivered on time and in one piece: Yorman’s ten packages in a downpour, Yusmary’s three cakes, Doña Carmen’s parcel to her sister in another city.
Keep the elderly company, mind children, pets and plants: an afternoon with Doña Gladys, homework with teacher Marisela’s kids, taking Don Chucho to his check-up with Dr. Héctor.
Appliances, bikes, dripping taps: Simón’s bike chain, Don Chucho’s radio that only goes “shhhh”, the washing machine that won’t spin.
Flyers, invitations, logos and menus for the neighborhood: a birthday banner for Doña Carmen’s grandson, Yorman’s flyer for Saturday’s party, a new menu for the corner arepera.
Your neighborhood
Food and bottled water, paid in bolívares. Prices rise a little every day.
Water tank, buckets, cooler, lamp… home upgrades paid with Bolos, the ones that help you through the days without water or power.
Rescues, cares for and rehomes dogs, cats and other animals. There is always a free option to adopt.
Make bouquets for customers, learn the flowers of Venezuela and decorate your home.
Your neighbors
Residencias Los Samanes is full of characters: Doña Carmen, Don Chucho and Yorman to start, then Yusmary, Doña Gladys, teacher Marisela, Simón and more. You start as strangers; every errand, visit and game of dominó fills your friendship bar.
Beach, parties & panas
There’s always a plan, with or without Bolos. Going out lifts your mood even when money is short.
The week’s matches, your team, and the polla with your panas. Free, no betting.
Free. Lifts your mood and your friendships.
Saturday or Sunday, early, before the midday sun.
Saturday or Sunday on the terrace, with dominó afterwards.
Friday or Saturday night.
Any day, afternoon or evening.
Stories, customs and moments of Venezuela explained with humor, on the YouTube channel.
Every outing has a free option.
Mi urbanización
Your building, your panas and the project of the week.
Every week Residencias Los Samanes works toward a shared goal, like El tanque del edificio: a community water tank of 640 liters for the days without water, closing on Sunday. You contribute by playing: daily missions, the challenge, the question of the day, going out, doing your chores. Up to 60 liters a day per person. Nobody donates Bolos, everyone plays.
A group of up to 30 real people, family or panas, who join with an invite code. Create it or join one from Mi gente.
Every day, the same minigame for everyone (today: Destornillador). The fastest wins. Challenge your family on WhatsApp or any other app.
Mi gente: your family and panas, wherever they are
If part of the family left and part stayed, this is where you meet again. Create a private circle, invite with a code whoever is in Lima, Madrid, Miami or in the same building, then chat, share minigame challenges and make video calls.
- Only people with the code can join: never any chat with strangers.
- Teens 15 to 17 join only family circles created by an adult.
- Under 15: no account of their own; they play on an adult’s account.
- You can always block, report or leave a circle.
Play solo at your own pace, or with your people: the choice is always yours.
Your character & your home
Choose a neighbor from the cast or create your own character: skin tone, hair, body, clothes, glasses, wheelchair or cane.
Who do you live with? Alone, as a couple or with family; no children, one or two; looking after your grandmother or helping your parents.
Up to six pets: cats, dogs and others, from Boris, Sacha, Chloe and Luna to Abyssinian, Bengal, Russian Blue, Norwegian Forest and the Venezuelan criollo. Name them, spoil them once a day; they wander the house and sleep on the bed or sofa.
Tap any furniture and your character uses it. Mover cosas lets you rearrange and decorate. The house changes at night and for every holiday.
17 eras of Venezuelan life
Your character, your Bolos and your friends travel with you. Each era has its own house, its own calendar and its own money, and you find it just as you left it. Eras open by saving Bolos in the bank: the more you save, the further you travel. Each new era stays a mystery until you open the one before it.
Where every story starts. Prices are stable, the city is full of life and everything seems within reach. Learn the basics: work, eat, meet the neighbors and start saving.
Credit is everywhere: appliances, a car, a better home, all on installments. Easy to buy, harder to keep up. Opens with 600 Bolos saved.
Life speeds up and you need to stay sharp: compare prices, plan your week and look out for your neighbors.
Getting the basics means queuing. Your time becomes a resource: choose which line to stand in and when.
A city on edge. Shops close, routines break, the building pulls together, and every household has an opinion.
The box arrives, and it’s lentils again. Cook what you get, swap with the neighbors and get creative in the kitchen.
The taps run dry. Fill buckets, plan showers and stretch every drop while keeping your hydration up.
The blackout. Candles, a dead fridge, no phone: get through the nights and keep your mood alive by candlelight.
Passports, documents, goodbyes. The biggest decision of the game: stay in Caracas or pack your suitcase.
Start again from zero, at home or abroad: a new job, a new place, new prejudices to face, and the same will to resolver.
Your money changes form overnight. Learn to live between bolívares and dollars, exchange rates and price tags that never stay still.
Stay home: work remotely, cook with what you have and keep in touch with your family by phone and video call.
An optional chapter about the dangerous route through the Darién jungle, told with care for those who walked it.
The reunion at the airport. Decide whether to come back, and what home means now.
A chapter built on a documented historical event, lived from inside the family home.
A chapter of remembrance, honoring the victims.
A satirical what-if: Venezuela in another universe. Pure fiction, played for laughs.
Eras are inspired by real moments in Venezuelan life and told through one family’s everyday experience. Era 17 is satirical fiction.
And also
Changes with the era: landline, flip phone, keypad, smartphone. Once a day someone calls, or you call: a tip, an invitation, food.
The real calendar: Halloween, Christmas, Carnival, New Year’s Eve, national holidays and gaita season. Register your birthday and the neighbors throw you a party.
Weekly goals (condo fee, bills, work days, going out), a daily streak that is never lost, and a monthly stamp.
Arepa dominó, pabellón, hervido, quesillo, reina pepiada, from the recipe book.
A history of Venezuela in 10 chapters, cultural challenges, trivia and words in Spanish, English and French.
In the browser on computer, tablet and phone, no install.
Tiendas: real businesses
Inside the game, Tiendas links to real businesses outside the game. The link opens a new tab and any purchase is made with real money, directly with the seller: the game sells nothing and Bolos can’t buy anything there.
Personalized gifts and collections by Airam Cordido, on Etsy.
Everything for phones: cases, accessories and tech. Adriana’s shop, on TikTok.
Art & design, fashion, food, books, services: categories are open. Yours could be the first.
Plans
The whole life in Caracas: home, work, neighbors, beach, parties, get-togethers and parrilla with dominó. Every minigame with its free content. No ads for now.
No ads, ad rewards included (×2 Bolos, continue, hints), Medium difficulty, more themes and styles, regional Corre Venezuela destinations, context in the cultural challenges, less saving to change era.
Everything in Premium, plus Hard difficulty, personalization (My table, My deck, My team, My album), Halloween and Christmas themes, the exclusive Los Roques, Delta and Llanos destinations, and the lowest saving to change era.
Subscriptions are not on sale yet: the full game is currently free to play.
34 minigames inside the game
Every minigame lives inside Sobreviviendo Venezuela, under Minijuegos, and pays out in Bolos. Their content is free; Premium and Legendario add difficulty levels and new Corre Venezuela destinations.
Board & table games
Swap neighboring tiles to line up 3 or more of the same.
Jigsaw puzzle: Easy 12 or 24 pieces, Medium 48 or 96, Hard 192 or 384.
Falling blocks that speed up every 10 lines and every 45 seconds, or a calm 8×8 placing mode.
9×9 with a single solution, played with symbols matched to 1–9.
Find the pairs: 6, 10 or 15 pairs.
Double-six in pairs, seven tiles, no drawing. First pair to 100 wins.
Unscrew the colored screws in the right order, fill the boxes and let every plank fall.
Corre Venezuela
Run through Caracas, dodge obstacles and collect Bolos.
Plaza, city promenade and branching routes.
Andean village, trail and lookout. Effort drains when you sprint and recovers when you jog.
Beach, coastal walk and village.
Underwater adventure, with no oxygen gauge.
Paddle a canoe through open channels, mangroves and jetties.
On horseback: walk, trot and gallop across the plains.
Cards with friends
52 cards, the dealer stands on every 17. Ten hands, no betting.
Fixed-limit Texas Hold’em, 2 to 6 seats, 100 session chips (not Bolos).
Spanish 40-card deck, three cards and the vira, to 24 points: Truco, Retruco, Vale 9, Vale Juego.
40 Spanish cards, 2 to 4 players, to 24, with every cant: Ronda, Trivilín, Patrulla, Vigía, Registro, Casas.
The French classic: four seats in pairs, 32 cards, to 1000.
Everyone against everyone, eleven cards, first to 3000.
Klondike: draw 1 with hints and undo, draw 3, or draw 3 with three passes.
Food & culture
Cook Venezuelan dishes: prepare, cook and serve. Every dish is free.
Ten challenges in seven categories (match, order, dialogue, rhythm), each one earning a badge.
Ten questions, four options, from a bank of 210 sourced questions.
Seven days on a salary in bolívares, two exchange rates and daily inflation. Eat, pay the bills and make it to Sunday’s parrilla.
Words & languages
Hangman in Spanish, English and French. Six mistakes, no timer.
Word search: 8×8, 12×12 with diagonals, or 16×16 in every direction.
Crosswords 7×7, 11×11 and 15×15. CHECK shows what to fix without giving the answer.
Five rounds, no repeated letters, 4 to 8 categories against the clock.
Word chain: ten points per valid word; Hard chains on the last syllable.
Sharp eyes
Two almost identical scenes: find what is missing, changed, flipped or recolored.
The power is out, the water is off or you lost your keys: search your studio and solve it.
A scene full of things: find every object on the list, some small or half hidden.
Waves
Five waves on 20 Venezuelan beaches: paddle, take the wave, steer and balance.
Minigame · SWELL
Surf the waves of Venezuela: choose a beach from Anare to Morrocoy, set the difficulty, pick your surfer, board and rash guard, then paddle and take the wave.
The California edition is playable here: SWELL Surf.