Where you live
Lagos Life houses and neighbourhoods
Your home in Lagos Life is not just a save slot. It sits in a named Lagos neighbourhood, it holds your items, and it quietly defines which version of the city you are playing.
- Yaba · Mushin · Banana Island
- Homes hold items
A house is a progress bar with an address
Every player in Lagos Life has a home, and every home has two things attached to it: a neighbourhood and a growing set of items. That is it — but those two facts do a lot of work.
The item count is your progress made visible. Rather than a level number, you get a house that fills up. The neighbourhood is where in Lagos you actually are, and the game uses real names, which means the choice carries meaning even before you see any stats.
Housing is also a shared statistic. The city dashboard at the top of the map shows how many homes exist across the whole city, so your house is part of a number that thousands of other players are also moving.
The neighbourhoods
| Neighbourhood | What it is in Lagos | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Yaba | The mainland's technology and student heartland. CcHub, UNILAG, startups, cheap food, constant noise. | Players who want to be in the middle of things. It is the most "plugged in" address on the map. |
| Mushin | Dense, loud, mainline Lagos. Markets, crowds, workshops, and a strong sense of place. | Players who want the real, unglamorous Lagos rather than the postcard version. |
| Banana Island | The wealthy island address — the aspirational end of the map, near Ikoyi. | Players playing a long game. It is a statement about where you are heading. |
There is no published scoring difference between neighbourhoods. Choose the Lagos you find more interesting — that is genuinely the decision the game is offering you.
What to do with a house
- Fill it. Items are the visible accumulation of play, and the count is public on the map's home listings.
- Treat it as your base of operations. Homes sit on the city map alongside the locations you travel between — see the full location list.
- Use it to plan your day. Your neighbourhood determines what is near you, and the game runs a daily weather and power cycle that affects moving around. Read the daily tip before you set out — tips and tricks covers what that tip is telling you.
Reading the map's housing data
Lagos Life publishes home listings that include the owner's username, their neighbourhood, their character's appearance and how many items the home holds, plus whether they are currently online or at home. That is a genuinely social design choice: your house is not a private instance, it is an entry in a city register.
Practically, it means two things. First, your neighbours are real accounts you can recognise on the map. Second, if you are playing socially — or campaigning, or advertising — a well-stocked home in a well-known neighbourhood is a form of presence.
Homes and the rest of the city
Housing is one of six or so systems running at once in Lagos Life. The others are the daily weather and NEPA cycle, the election, the money economy, the 29+ locations and the in-city advertising. If you are just starting, the beginner guide sequences them properly; if you want the map itself, go to locations.
Play Lagos Life
Lagos Life is free, runs in your browser and needs no download at all. You can play it on this site right now, or keep reading the beginner guide first.