Break Even:The Grind

Game overview

Break Even: The Grind is a top-down pixel game focused on simulated gambling. Set in a rainy environment, you have starting funds of five hundred dollars and must manage your finances while navigating various gambling options. The main activities revolve around using pull-tab tickets at the LUCKY STUB and engaging with slot machines at MOONBEAM SLOTS. The game's financial mechanics emphasize bills that arrive on a strict schedule, creating a pressure to balance gambling with daily expenses.

Gambling mechanics

Players can participate in five pull-tab games and operate five slot machines. The act of peeling off pull-tabs provides a tactile interaction, with sounds generated as the game is played. By winning, or losing, money over time, you try to cover essential expenses like rent, utilities, and groceries, which are unavoidable and come at set intervals.