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title: "Alter Ego - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "What if you could live your life over again?  In this text-based interactive fiction, you choose what happens next. It's in the style of pick-a-path gamebooks, but with over a thousand multiple-choice"
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# Alter Ego — United States
> A life simulation game

![Alter Ego App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple116/v4/a3/cc/be/a3ccbec6-ff1d-80d5-b76b-d81a498ac89b/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-0-6-0-0-sRGB-0-0-0-GLES2_U002c0-512MB-85-220-0-0.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Choose Multiple](https://apptail.io/developer/choose-multiple-yqYb)
**Category:** Games
**Rating:** 4.4/5 (185 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.playalterego.AlterEgo
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.6.0 (released 2023-05-31)
**Original Release:** 2009-09-22
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id329703516)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/united-states)

## Alter Ego Description
What if you could live your life over again?

In this text-based interactive fiction, you choose what happens next. It's in the style of pick-a-path gamebooks, but with over a thousand multiple-choice questions, it's much longer and deeper than traditional gamebooks. Alter Ego starts at birth and ends at death, including two substantially different versions, depending on whether you choose to be male or female. 

Will you grow up to be confident and happy? Will you fight with bullies, or befriend them? Will you find a date to the senior prom? Will you marry and have kids, or start your own business and become a millionaire? The choice is yours.

This game will change your life.

(Alter Ego was originally published in 1986 for the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Apple II, and Macintosh. The current edition of the Alter Ego game is a production of Choose Multiple LLC. This edition includes an updated interface and fixes bugs in the original version of the game, but the content of the game hasn't changed from the original 1986 version of the game.)

## Alter Ego Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/1e/21/71/1e217116-7912-b603-8765-9a695bbb0df1/f0cd69aa-4a8b-4397-a4e8-6353e5ed61db_Simulator_Screenshot_-_iPhone_14_Plus_-_2023-05-30_at_21.43.19.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/a5/cf/16/a5cf1678-d2b5-cae7-3b89-5e2d6dda1012/c8221f6f-c93b-4680-96de-67c0533b6071_Simulator_Screenshot_-_iPhone_14_Plus_-_2023-05-30_at_21.44.06.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/6d/32/83/6d328323-381a-9d3d-0867-0dafda00d0ff/ccb5be93-d363-42eb-8b54-355665860223_Simulator_Screenshot_-_iPhone_14_Plus_-_2023-05-30_at_21.43.34.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource116/v4/76/5d/34/765d34f1-6bfd-d287-4a20-d4683245064e/aa63010e-3458-4664-ba1d-bb5d97cae31f_Simulator_Screenshot_-_iPhone_14_Plus_-_2023-05-30_at_21.43.39.png/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/6c/7d/1a/6c7d1a3b-2ef6-66dc-59e2-e505ad03c641/49b90f97-eabb-49ee-9e55-f222a2a40d6d_Simulator_Screenshot_-_iPhone_14_Plus_-_2023-05-30_at_21.43.43.png/1284x2778.png)

## Alter Ego Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 128 (69%)
- 4 stars: 25 (14%)
- 3 stars: 16 (9%)
- 2 stars: 6 (3%)
- 1 stars: 10 (5%)

## Alter Ego Reviews in United States

### ****- "Cute concept. Bit dated."
As I understand it, this is a copy-paste of a computer game from the 1980s—but as such, there are some features that don’t quite align with 21st-century values:
- very pro corporal punishment
- very heteronormative—just flat-out doesn’t acknowledge that LGBT+ people exist
- some events, without necessarily needing to be, are written differently depending on the player character’s sex (there’s one in the Infancy stage that, if you’re a girl, you’re pulling all the cards out of mom’s purse, but for boys it’s taking apart dad’s calculator)

If there was a game that was just like this but more in line with modern sensibilities, it would be un-put-down-able.
-- CactusPony, 2024-12-21

### ***-- "LGBTQ+ OPTIONS PLEASEEEEEEE"
How in 15 years do you guys not add the option to be gay? It would be an interesting choice to make in the game that could happen in adolescence, or maybe just randomly. It’s not super taboo to be gay anymore, please make it happen
-- G.B.J.J_Lewis, 2024-10-02

### ***** "Love this game!"
I always come back to this game and binge it for months at a time. I wish that you didn’t get a turn counted when you click on a category like “work” and back out that it didn’t count as a turn. Same with experiences that you end up being too old for or can’t do cause a parent is dead. Wish the game got occasional updates too. Overall I will always keep playing!
-- jaybae0909, 2023-07-25

### ***** "Old school for the new crew!"
Love it love it love it! Had it on 5 1/4 floppy’s back in the day(if I remember right, box opened like a ‘piece of vinyl’) anyway,  ‘life simulator’ where you actually care about the choices you make and the person you become. One caveat, especially for younger generation(I’m 49), lots of reading….I love reading what the impact my choices actually make but it’s as much a story as a ‘sim’. 6 star!!
-- Get2daChoppah, 2023-06-29

### ***** "Heartwarming and Entertaining"
The game has a few quirks. It was made in the 80s, so many situations haven’t aged perfectly. Some parts of the game, like relationships, seem odd or buggy (you might randomly break up with your partner without the game ever informing you if you date in adolesence).

However, playing to the end is a joy if you take it seriously. I shed a few tears the first time from the ending text, which is something I can’t say other life simulators can do. You feel more connected to these scenarios since they’re more detailed than is typical.

Good for a few playthroughs before you’ve seen most of the content. I’d say it’s worth the price.
-- BubbaFights, 2023-04-21

### ***** "New Idea"
I really love your game! It was the first one ever of its kind back then! I think you can revive! People will 100% like it since BitLife is super popular and uses a similar growing up theme! But this game has so much potential!! You could redesign it and keep a lot of the same stuff but make it more inclusive with race, gender, and sexuality! You could have more choices added that lead to different life’s and careers! And when the player dies you can make the children continue the game similar to BitLife! You could add more pictures and graphics for events/life choices to make it more user friendly! You could add more customization for characters and abilities that can be purchased! You could add more control or not, over other characters in the players life! And after this one gets updated overtime you could even create a whole new game similar concept and mechanics but a different theme like in medieval  times! Or in the future! There’s many things that can be done to improve it and make it popular! Meanwhile I’ll continue to play the game!
-- Willwin23, 2022-11-19

### ***** "Love love love"
Been playing this game on the browser for almost two decades, decided to finally pull the trigger and buy it for my phone. Such a good game! I think about it a lot even though it has been a while since my last play.
-- Booooyougirl, 2022-06-23

### ****- "Please UPDATE"
Please update the user interface. Add more options? Please I’ve loved this game since I found it on the internet when I was in elementary school
-- TeeTracy, 2022-04-24

### **--- "LGBT"
the game is fun but it is not inclusive. i wish i had homosexual options
-- YoonieJoonie, 2022-04-21

### ***-- "A five star app that was not updated through numerous ports."
Normally I allow the gaming convention of ‘let it rest in the museum as created’ for most dated works, and appreciate them in accounting for time of their inception.
In this case though, as it is a text-based game, and more importantly is set as an ‘alter ego’ of what a modern child could be experiencing growing up, the choices are to note the actual dates or to modernize the material. I’ll drop a few suggestions below:
➡️A college degree can come from multiple disciplines and have multiple levels of mastery. 
➡️Financial models need to be redone. (Eg you can bust your tail, become a doctor or lawyer before even reaching young adulthood, then be expected to pay your loan balances in full before hitting the next ‘stage’ of growth.
➡️No reason not to have full-spectrum personalities, preferences and identities here, seeing as how the game tries to flesh out exactly who you can become.

I hope someone can tackle this and either update or reboot this franchise, since it’s a cool and mostly unique idea. ✌🏻
-- Drenster02e, 2021-09-26

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## Alter Ego Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Belgium | Games | #71 |

## Alter Ego Discovered Keywords
- alter ego
- ego
- ego app


## Alter Ego Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/united-states)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/united-kingdom)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/australia)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/germany)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/canada)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/italy)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/new-zealand)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/finland)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/singapore)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/switzerland)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/netherlands)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/norway)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/israel)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/belgium)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/philippines)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/austria)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/chile)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/france)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/sweden)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/ireland)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/indonesia)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/brazil)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/malaysia)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/denmark)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/taiwan)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/mexico)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/united-arab-emirates)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/south-korea)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/kuwait)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/kazakhstan)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/lebanon)
- [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/sri-lanka)
- [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/luxembourg)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/latvia)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/madagascar)
- [Namibia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/namibia)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/nigeria)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/nepal)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/peru)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/pakistan)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/poland)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/portugal)
- [Qatar](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/qatar)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/romania)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/russia)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/saudi-arabia)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/slovenia)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/thailand)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/tunisia)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/turkey)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/ukraine)
- [Uganda](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/uganda)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/south-africa)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/armenia)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/argentina)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/azerbaijan)
- [Barbados](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/barbados)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/bulgaria)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/bahrain)
- [Bermuda](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/bermuda)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/brunei)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/belarus)
- [Belize](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/belize)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/colombia)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/czechia)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/dominican-republic)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/algeria)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/ecuador)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/estonia)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/egypt)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/spain)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/greece)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/hong-kong)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/croatia)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/hungary)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/india)
- [Jordan](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/jordan)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/japan)
- [Kenya](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/kenya)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/uzbekistan)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/vietnam)
- [Uruguay](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/uruguay)
- [Macao SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/macau)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/alter-ego-riMd/north-macedonia)

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