Husband Simulator

Free browser game: 50 levels and 500 everyday moments with your partner. Pick what you’d really do, beat the timer, and find your blind spot.

How it works

Each scene is an ordinary moment: she walks in tired, the dentist isn’t booked, the match is on when she wants to talk.
Pick one of four responses before the timer runs out. Fast good answers earn more XP and combos.
The worst answer costs a heart. Lose three and she’s off to her sister’s for the weekend.
Score 15 of 30 points to pass a level and unlock the next. Aim for three stars.
Customise your avatars, collect badges, and see your blind spot with real-life actions to try tonight.

When she's drained, she needs less effort from you, not more questions.

She walks in, drops her bag by the door and doesn't take her coat off.
“I'm fine.”
Best move: Put the kettle on. Hand her a tea. Say nothing yet.
She's back from school pickup, Leo and Mia arguing behind her about whose turn it is on the tablet.
“Please tell me dinner is sorted.”
Best move: “Pizza's ordered. Arrives at quarter past.”

Doing the task helps. Taking it off her mind completely helps more.

She's wiping the counter with one hand and scrolling the school calendar with the other.
“Did anyone book the dentist for Leo?”
Best move: Open the dentist's booking page. Book it now, right next to her.
Cereal on the table, shoes not on anyone. She's reading a note from Leo's school bag.
“Leo has costume day on Friday. As a vegetable.”
Best move: “I've got the costume. Carrot or broccoli?”

Most nights she wants company, not a solution.

She's sitting up in bed, reading work email on her phone, jaw clenched.
“My boss is impossible.”
Best move: That sounds exhausting. What did he do?
The pasta is boiling and her laptop is open on the counter, slides everywhere.
“I present to the whole board tomorrow at nine.”
Best move: Take the spoon: “I've got dinner. You do the slides.”

You're in the room, but your attention is somewhere else.

The match is in the 78th minute. She sits at the other end of the sofa, knees up, not watching.
“We never just sit together anymore.”
Best move: Pause it. “Phones in the drawer? Come here.”
She leans on the counter with a glass of water. You're typing a long reply to the group chat about Sunday's five-a-side.
“I've been thinking about changing jobs.”
Best move: Put the phone face-down on the counter. “Tell me more.”

Explaining yourself first sounds like defending yourself.

The morning after you snapped at her about the car keys. She's pouring cereal for Mia.
“Coffee's there if you want it.”
Best move: I was short with you last night. I'm sorry.
She opens the dishwasher and finds your frying pan blocking the spray arm. Again.
“This is the fifth time we've had this conversation.”
Best move: Fair. I'll reload it now. Pans go by hand from now on.

She notices what you notice, and what you let slide.

She drops onto the sofa, dusty jeans, hair tied up, looking quietly pleased with herself.
“Did you notice anything today?”
Best move: The garage! It looks brilliant. How long did that take?
She comes in, takes off her scarf slowly and turns her head a little too casually.
“So? Anything?”
Best move: Your hair! Shorter at the front. It really suits you.

In public, she needs a teammate. Your family is yours to handle.

Lunch at her mother's. Her mom has just said the lasagne is “a bit dry, but fine” for the second time.
“Anyone want more salad?”
Best move: “This is really good. She made it from scratch.”
Driving to Marco's birthday party. She's doing her lipstick in the visor mirror.
“Can we leave by eleven? I've got an early start tomorrow.”
Best move: “Eleven. I'll be the one who says it's time.”

You're a parent, not her assistant. Take whole jobs, including the boring ones.

She's packing two lunchboxes, signing a school form and hunting for Mia's left shoe, all at once.
“Can you do something? Anything?”
Best move: Find the shoe, then take over the lunchboxes without asking how.
Leo, in pyjamas, is standing on his bed. She's been trying to get him down for twenty minutes.
“Dad lets me stay up till ten!”
Best move: Nice try, champ. Mum's rule is my rule. Lights out.

Her plans count as much as your spreadsheet. Decide together.

She opens her laptop next to the croissants and turns the screen towards you. It's a spreadsheet. It has colours.
“I made us a family budget. Five minutes. Look at it with me?”
Best move: Pull your chair next to hers. “Show me. Start with the colours.”
She's folding Mia's pyjamas on the little bed, slower than usual, not looking at you.
“I've been thinking about doing a master's. Is that crazy?”
Best move: Not crazy. Which one? Tell me everything.

Small, steady effort beats one big gesture a year.

First date night in two months. She's reading the menu. Your phone buzzes on the table.
“Just us. Nobody needs a snack for two whole hours.”
Best move: Phone in your jacket. “Two hours. Tell me everything.”
Kids asleep. She's drying plates when her favourite song from her twenties comes on the radio.
“Oh! I haven't heard this in years.”
Best move: Take the tea towel off her. Offer your hand. Dance badly.

The game follows your language setting. Gioca in italiano. Juega en español.

Made by Better Husband, the app that gives you one small action every day to be a more present husband and father.