Build a band.
Climb the charts.
The Rockstar Game is a free band management sim. A game you play in your browser. You write songs, release singles, EPs and albums, tour fifteen countries and climb the charts against real players in one world that never resets. You can even start your own record label and sign other players' bands. I first launched it in 2001 and rebuilt it from scratch in 2026.
On the charts tonight.
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1 (n/a)
NE1 week -
2 (n/a)
NE1 week -
3 (n/a)
NE1 week -
4 (2)
▼2 weeks -
5 (n/a)
NE1 week -
6 (4)
▼2 weeks -
7 (7)
●2 weeks -
8 (37)
RE2 weeks -
9 (15)
RE4 weeks -
10 (91)RE2 weeks
How it works.
One real day is one game week. Every night at 11:30pm UK time the charts are worked out, the sales are counted and the world moves on, whether you've played that day or not.
Fifteen countries
Each has its own audience and its own charts. You start at home and buy your way into the rest, one at a time.
Twenty genres
Each one sells differently in each country. For example, K-Pop does best in South Korea and country in the US, so your music will have success in some countries more than others.
Promotion
Music videos with directors, radio, billboards and PR firms, plus the odd tabloid scandal. Every campaign shows you what it got you. All publicity is good publicity... mostly.
Rivalries
Declare a rival and every night you go head to head on a best of three: records sold, chart position and popularity. Win a few in a row and the whole feed hears about it.
A world that keeps moving
Charts and sales update every night. There's a feed with hype and achievements, The Rundown of how your night went, and an email if someone knocks you off #1.
Write, record, tour
Write songs, hire the right producer for your genre, release singles, EPs and albums, and tour venues from sweaty back rooms to sold-out stadiums.
Become a record label tycoon.
Record labels were in my plans back in 2001, and they finally arrived in October 2026 with Season 2. Every label in the game is run by a player, and so is every band it signs.
Label HQ: the treasury, how many nights it covers and who's signed.⤢ Enlarge
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Start your own label
It costs £1m of in-game money from your band, and that money becomes the label's treasury. You pick its name, where it's based and whether bands can apply to it.
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Sign other players' bands
Offer a contract of 8, 16, 26 or 52 weeks for a cut of 5 to 30% of their sales and streams, plus an advance if you want them badly enough. Up to 8 bands, for now.
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Pay for their campaigns
The label books music videos, radio and the rest out of its treasury, and nobody spends any points. They run on top of the band's own campaigns, so they still help when the band's are maxed out.
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Label of the Year
The label whose bands earn it the most money in a season takes Label of the Year at that season's awards.
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Or get signed
Flag your band as looking for a deal and every label owner can see it. A deal brings a nightly lift to your popularity and campaigns you don't pay for, in return for a share of your record sales and streams. Your ticket money stays yours.
The label's own page, with its logo and banner.⤢ Enlarge
The roster: every deal, and what the label is paying for.⤢ Enlarge
Booking a campaign from the treasury. It costs no points.⤢ Enlarge
The screenshots are from my test game, with a made-up label and made-up bands.
Also new in Season 2
The fight for the top
The higher your popularity in a country, the faster it slips each night, so staying at the top takes gigs there, not just campaigns. Market Leaders shows who's on top in every country, and for how many nights.
Home and Gear
Five things your band can own, from your mum's spare room to a private island. Each one helps in a small way and has a cost every night. None of it affects sales.
Cities and venues
Every country now has 5 to 10 cities, each with its own rooms, from a 140-seat back room to a 100,119-seat stadium. When you book a tour, the route is filled in for you.
Awards for newcomers
Nearly every award now has a newcomer version, just for bands that started that season, so a new band has something to win in its first season.
Season 2: Top Billing
Doors opened
20 October 2026
The finale
20 January 2027the Awards ceremony - winners take permanent trophies
A season lasts three months. Every sale, stream and sold-out gig counts towards the finale: the Awards. The winners take home their trophies, then the next season starts with everyone level.
The ceremony
Season winners get trophies that stay on their profile forever.
Newcomers compete
Season stats start level, so a brand new band can beat the veterans.
Nothing is wiped
When a new season starts, only the season's numbers reset. Everything else carries on: your records, sales, certifications and trophies.
What the game looks like.
Your band's HQ: where you stand tonight, and how last night's rivalry went. ⤢ Enlarge
Twenty genres against fifteen countries, and how well each one sells there. When a genre surges, a whole country buys more of it for a while.⤢ Enlarge
The promotion hub: videos, radio, billboards and PR, and what each one did for you. ⤢ Enlarge
Miss Became Missus VS Zigire ★
Last night's grudge match · Miss Became Missus took it 3-0 · every band needs a nemesis
This could be your band by tonight's chart update.
It's free, there's nothing to download, and every season starts with everyone level. Your first single is still to be written!