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BROKE.EXE

BROKE.EXE is a satirical trading simulator inside a fictional desktop OS. Earn cash in minigame jobs, then trade simulated stocks and crypto - long, short, leverage, stop-losses. Build passive income, run mining rigs and trading bots, and climb from $0 to $10,000,000. No real money involved.

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Starcode Tech
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About the Game

BROKE.EXE

Rent is due. Your fridge has one egg. Your bank account is negative.

Your mysterious uncle Vinnie vanished after the 2008 financial crisis, leaving behind only an old computer and a mountain of debt.

Now a loan shark is knocking at your door, your inbox is full of threats, and the only way out is to make money.

Trade. Work. Gamble. Automate. Whatever it takes.

Welcome to BROKE.EXE.

A Desktop Is Your Playground

Everything happens inside TraderOS, a fully interactive desktop operating system.

Every program is another way to earn—or lose—money.

Switch between apps, manage your finances, build your empire, and try not to go bankrupt before breakfast.

Master the Market

Trade a fully simulated financial market featuring:

  • Live candlestick charts across multiple timeframes

  • Long & short positions

  • 2x–10x leverage

  • Stop-loss and take-profit orders

  • Margin calls and liquidations

  • Dynamic news events that influence prices

  • Market trends, crashes, and periods of high volatility

The market doesn't care about your feelings.

Earn Money Any Way You Can

When trading isn't enough, there are plenty of other ways to survive.

Work Jobs

Flip burgers, deliver pizzas, complete freelance programming gigs, and earn honest money.

...before Tony takes his cut.

Build Passive Income

Invest in increasingly ridiculous businesses, from vending machines to luxury investments, and watch your income grow.

Rent Mining Rigs

Lease crypto mining hardware, pay electricity costs, and hope the market stays on your side.

Deploy Trading Bots

Unlock increasingly advanced automated trading strategies—from simple trend followers to the powerful Q.U.A.N.T. Core, capable of predicting short-term market movements.

Gamble Responsibly*

Play Plinko, Mines, Crash, and other casino games.

*Responsibility not included.

Learn, Upgrade, Repeat

Purchase questionable online trading courses.

Unlock new indicators.

Improve your strategies.

Build a fortune.

Eventually become successful enough to sell your own overpriced trading course.

Escape Debt

Start with almost nothing.

Pay off the loan shark.

Grow your account.

Build automated income.

Reach $10,000,000.

Prestige to unlock permanent upgrades and begin an even bigger financial journey.

Features

  • Fully interactive desktop operating system

  • Deep trading simulator with realistic mechanics

  • Dynamic simulated market with news-driven events

  • Trading bots and automation systems

  • Jobs, passive businesses, mining, and gambling

  • 20+ progression goals and prestige system

  • Random life events and story-driven emails

  • Automatic saving

  • Plenty of questionable financial decisions

No Real Money. Just Bad Decisions.

BROKE.EXE is a fictional trading simulator.

No real markets.

No real cryptocurrency.

No microtransactions.

No financial advice.

Just one very old computer, too much debt, and the hope that this trade will finally be the one.

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