Raise money
Work, ask family for help, borrow or trade at the market. Exchange rates move every day, so the amount you need keeps changing.
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A browser game about moving abroad from Nigeria. Raise the money, prepare your visa application and wait for the decision.
Free to play · No download needed · Works on phones
About the game
A game about moving abroad
In Nigeria, "japa" means leaving the country for a better life abroad. In Japa Chronicles you go through the whole process: earning money, gathering documents, dealing with agents and waiting for the embassy's decision.
Prepare your application
Collect genuine documents, or risk shortcuts that can sink your file. Check your forms for mistakes before you submit.
Get a decision
Depending on the country, you face an interview, enter a points pool or wait for a caseworker. Then you are approved or refused.
Every run is different
Every run gives you a different life: a job, savings and a home city.
Set your goalStudy, work, visit or invest.
Travel to the embassyStart in one of nine cities
and travel to Lagos or Abuja.
Explore the cityVisit places and finish six side
quests before your deadline.
Share your resultMake a card of your run and share it anywhere.
Destinations
Five destinations, five visa systems
Each one is based on its real-world visa process.
UK
FREE
United Kingdom · London
Study, work and visit routes
CA
FREE
Canada · Toronto
Study permit and the points pool
US
FREE
United States · New York
Student and visitor visas, and the work lottery
DE
FREE
Germany · Berlin
Blocked account, job-search card and a German interview
DM
FREE
Dominica · Roseau
Citizenship by investment route
Coming later: Japan Study Pack, China Study Pack, Eastern Europe Study Pack.
Lagos
Explore Lagos in 3D. Ride the danfo to Tejuosho Market and Computer Village, then on to the visa section.
Abuja
Explore Abuja in 3D. Get around Garki Market and Banex Plaza, then head to the visa section.
A reality check
The Long Road
A ten-stop journey north. Always free. A quiet, serious route about irregular migration across the desert, based on real field reports.
Choices and consequences
Achievements include
Shortcuts come with risks
You can pay agents, offer bribes or look for spiritual help, but every option has consequences. The game does not reward fraud.
★ Juju No Work★ Brown Envelope★ Clean Japa★ Third Time No Charm
See every achievement
Bought documents
HIGH RISKCheap forgeries are often caught. Expensive ones are harder to spot, but getting caught means a ten-year ban.
Bribes and touts
HIGH RISKAppointment touts and middlemen promise faster results. Many of them are scams.
Luck
UNCERTAINVisit a herbalist or a prayer camp. Helping people around the city also raises your luck.
Side quests
LOW RISKEarn extra money and luck by helping people around the city.
What's included
Everything you need to play
- Lagos and Abuja to explore in 3D
- Five destinations based on real visa processes
- Accounts, avatars and saved progress
- Six side quests and 13 achievements
- Daily challenges and leaderboards
- Titles and outfits that change how you look, never how you play
Partnerships
Advertise in Japa Chronicles
Put your brand in front of players as they explore Lagos and Abuja.
Billboards
Billboards along the main roads of both cities, seen by every player who walks past.
Sponsored items
A product players can buy in the city with in-game money, such as an energy drink that steadies their nerves before the interview.
Interested in partnering with us?
Email us to talk about putting your brand in the game.
Email us
Sponsored items cost in-game money, like everything else in the city. Nothing a player buys with real money makes a run easier or harder.
About us
About the team
We are an independent game studio in Nigeria, making games inspired by everyday life here.
We build Japa Chronicles with feedback from players, streamers and the Nigerian diaspora. Get in touch to share feedback, report a problem or talk about working together.
Support
Found a bug or need help with your account? Use the Big Boss Office in the game, or email us.
Careers
We sometimes hire for game design, 3D art and community roles. Send us your portfolio.