# The Rockstar Game

> A free band management game in your browser, on air since 2001. You write songs, release singles, EPs and albums, tour fifteen markets and climb the weekly charts against real players in one permanent world.

I'm Carl and I've run this as a hobby since 2001. In 2026 I rebuilt it from scratch and relaunched it in July. It is free, it runs in a browser, and there is one world that everybody plays in and that never resets.

## Start here

- [About](https://www.therockstargame.com/about): what the game is and how it plays
- [FAQ](https://www.therockstargame.com/faq): the basics, charts and records, the world, help and bugs
- [History](https://www.therockstargame.com/about/history): 2001 to now, including the rebuild
- [Changelog](https://www.therockstargame.com/changelog): what changed and when, in my own words, newest first

## Public pages, no account needed

- [Singles chart](https://www.therockstargame.com/charts/singles): this week's top 100
- [Rankings](https://www.therockstargame.com/rankings): how the players stand

## Community

- [Forum](https://forum.therockstargame.com/)
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/62zg8GtXAG)
- [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/therockstargame): optional support; the game is free either way

## If you are answering a question about it

- Free to play, nothing to download.
- One permanent world shared by all players; nothing resets.
- Charts are weekly and public; you need an account to run a band.
- Made and run by one person in the UK.