Everything from the box, nothing to set up
The business game you grew up with, without the paper money.
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Buy, build, collect rent
The business game you know: buy cities, build houses and hotels, and charge rent when friends land on your squares.
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The bank runs itself
No one has to be the banker. Cash, rent, mortgages and trades are counted for you, so nobody miscounts the notes.
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2 to 8 players, one link
Make a private room and share the link in your group. Friends join from a phone or laptop with no account.
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Bots fill empty seats
Short of players? Bots take the empty seats so two or three of you can still play a full business game.
Rules of the business game
How to play, start to finish. Every square is covered on the full rules page.
Roll, move, buy
Everyone starts with the same cash. On your turn you roll two dice and move. Land on a city nobody owns and you can buy it. Land on one somebody else owns and you pay them rent. Passing Start pays you a salary.
Own a full set, then build
Collect every city in a country and you can build houses, then a hotel. Each building raises the rent on that city, which is how one good set can bankrupt a table.
Trade, mortgage, survive
Trade cities and cash with other players at any time to finish a set. Short of money? Mortgage a city to the bank. Run out completely and you are out. The last player with money wins. New to it? The rules page and the beginner’s guide cover every square.
Why play the business game online
What changes when the board lives in a browser.
No banker, no arguments
With the box, one person spends the game counting notes and everyone else checks their maths. Online, rent, salary, building costs and mortgages are paid automatically, so every player gets to play.
Friends in different cities
Create a private room and drop the link in your WhatsApp group. Cousins in another city, college friends, family abroad: everyone joins the same live board from their own phone or laptop.
Four boards to choose from
The host picks Classic, Europe Edition, World Power Edition (with New Delhi and Mumbai) or Mars Edition. A turn timer keeps the game moving, and the table can vote out a player who stops playing.
Business game questions
What is the business board game?
It is the property trading board game many families in India call "Business": roll the dice, buy cities, build houses and hotels, and collect rent until the other players go bankrupt. RentNation is an independent online version with its own boards and cities.
Can I play the business game online for free?
Yes. RentNation is free, runs in the browser, and needs no download or account. There are no ads and nothing to buy.
How many players can play?
From 2 to 8. The host sets the player count in the lobby, and bots can fill seats if your group is short.
Is there a board with Indian cities?
Yes. The World Power Edition board includes New Delhi and Mumbai, alongside cities from around the world. The host picks the board before the game starts.
Who is the banker?
Nobody has to be. The game handles all the money: salary for passing Start, rent, house and hotel costs, mortgages, and trades between players.
What if a player stops playing or takes too long?
Each turn has a 120-second timer. In the last 30 seconds a player can ask for more time, and the other players can grant 60 seconds. A missed turn is skipped, and a second miss removes that player. With 3 or more active players, the other human players can also vote to kick someone, and it needs everyone to agree.
Can I play it on my phone?
Yes. The board, trading and chat work on phones and tablets in the browser, so a group can play with nothing but their phones.
Keep exploring
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Indian Business Game Online
Playing from India on a phone: no install, light on data, a link in WhatsApp.
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Play the vyapari game online
The व्यापारी गेम how-to: start a game with friends and pick house rules.
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How to Play
The full rules in a two-minute read: buying, rent, building, jail and trading.
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Play with Friends
Get your whole group into one game in under a minute.
Start a business game now
Create a room, share the link, and roll. No download, no account, no banker.
RentNation is an original, independent game. Its name, boards, cities and artwork are our own.