Surviving Inflation
Kim loves burgers more than anything. The trouble is, burgers keep getting pricier, a meal that cost 250 coins turns into thousands. Run, collect coins, buy your next meal, and try to earn faster than prices rise. Your energy keeps draining and only a paid meal refills it. Feel firsthand why a pay raise means nothing when prices climb even faster.
Surviving Inflation — a runner where the price keeps climbing
Surviving Inflation is an endless-runner game where you tap to jump and collect coins. Kim, the hero, loves burgers more than anything. The trouble is that while he runs, the price of a burger keeps going up.
Energy drains on its own, and there is only one way to refill it: buy a burger. But burgers are not free, they cost coins. Staying alive itself costs money, so if you cannot earn, you eventually starve.
Clear five stretches and reach the finish line to complete the run. Each stretch runs faster than the last, so the further you get, the less time you have to react.
Why your coins grow while the burgers you can afford shrink
Six items appear as you run. Coins earn money. Burgers refill energy but charge you for it. A pay raise makes every coin you pick up from then on worth 1.3x, and inflation raises the burger price by 1.45x permanently.
That gap is the heart of the game. Wages rise at 1.3x while prices rise at 1.45x. So the number in your balance keeps growing, yet the number of burgers that balance can buy keeps falling.
Stock up and stock down move your coins by 15% to 50%. The swing differs every time, so it cannot be predicted, and the more you hold, the larger the amount that moves.
Your score is not what you earned, but what you can buy
When the run ends you get a receipt: time survived, stretch reached, balance left, price per burger, and at the bottom, how many burgers you can buy. That last number, your balance divided by the price, is the real result.
No matter how many coins you collect, if the price climbs faster the number falls. Economists call this real purchasing power. What matters is not the nominal amount but what that amount can actually buy.
The same thing happens in real life. If your salary went up but your life does not feel any easier, prices probably rose faster. This game makes you feel that rather than explaining it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I play?
Tap the screen to jump. On a computer, the space bar or up arrow work too. Running is automatic, so jumping is the only thing to manage.
Why did I suddenly die?
The run ends when your energy hits zero. Energy drains even when nothing happens, so you have to keep buying burgers. If you are short on coins you walk right past them, which makes earning money the same thing as surviving.
What if my energy runs out mid-jump?
You do not die in the air. The check happens the moment you land, so eating a burger while airborne can save you.
How long does a full run take?
Each stretch is two minutes and there are five, so ten minutes in total. Managing energy the whole way makes reaching the end genuinely difficult.
What can I learn from this?
You come away feeling, rather than reading, why inflation matters. In particular, the difference between nominal income and real purchasing power, and what happens when wages rise slower than prices.