How to play
Start broke. Build an empire. Become a Zefville Legend.
Zefville Mogul is a free business tycoon game with South African zef humour. You begin as a Broke Boykie with a handful of Zoins, and you hustle, invest and squad up with your chommies until the whole town knows your name.
Play Zefville Mogul
Free to playRuns in your browserNothing to downloadPhone or computer
How the game works
- Earn your first ZoinsZoins (Ⓩ) are the only currency in Zefville. Tap the Hustle button to earn your first ones, then buy a Car Wash that earns for you every hour.
- Put your Zoins to workUpgrade your businesses, buy property and collect rent. Your empire keeps earning while you are away.
- Climb the ranksOnly the Zoins you earn count toward your rank. Every new rank unlocks bigger businesses, new property and new ways to invest.
- Tick off your goalsEvery level has its own list of goals on your Control Console. Reach one, tap Claim and collect the reward.
- Build your networkStart or join a Skema, your crew of up to ten players. Every member boosts everyone's income.
What you can do in Zefville
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Run businesses
From a Car Wash and a Boba Shop to a Drone Delivery network and an AI Startup Lab. Give each one your own name, logo and colour.
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Buy property
Start with a Wendy House on Pantoffel Lane and work your way up to Gatsby Towers and Biltong Island. Renovate to raise the rent.
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Trade the markets
Buy stocks and crypto low and sell high. From level 3 the Zefville Times Market News gives you tips, and not every rumour is true.
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Save and bet
Park Zoins in a savings account that grows every hour, or back a startup founder with an Angel Bet and hope for a big exit.
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Squad up
A Skema has its own private chat and a shared goal. The leaderboard ranks real players by the Zoins they earned.
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Survive Bad Luck
From level 3 real life starts: tax bills, parking fines, loadshedding and tenants who do a runner. Pay up or take a payment plan. Later on, ZefSure insurance covers robberies, fires and hacks.
The ten ranks
You move up a rank when your lifetime earnings reach the amount shown.
| LV | Rank | Earned needed |
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| 1 | 🩴 Broke Boykie | Ⓩ0 |
| 2 | 🧢 Side Hustler | Ⓩ2 000 |
| 3 | 😎 Street Smart | Ⓩ12 000 |
| 4 | 🤝 Deal Maker | Ⓩ60 000 |
| 5 | 🚐 Taxi Tycoon | Ⓩ300 000 |
| 6 | 🕶️ City Slicker | Ⓩ1.5 million |
| 7 | 💎 Big Baller | Ⓩ8 million |
| 8 | 🏗️ Empire Builder | Ⓩ40 million |
| 9 | 👑 Zef Royalty | Ⓩ200 million |
| 10 | 🐐 Zefville Legend | Ⓩ1 billion |
Invite your chommies
Every player has a personal invite code. When a friend joins with your code you earn bonus Zoins, and the reward grows as your rank grows. You earn more again when your recruits reach level 3, 5 and 7. In Zefville your network is your net worth.
Questions people ask
- Is Zefville Mogul free?
- Yes. You can play the whole game for free.
- Do I need to install anything?
- No. The game runs in the browser on your phone, tablet or computer at zefville.com.
- How do I sign in?
- With a Google account, or with an email address and password. Signing in keeps your empire, your name and your Skema yours.
- Are Zoins real money?
- No. Zoins are play money. They only exist inside the game and can never be cashed out or exchanged for real money.
- Does my empire earn while I am offline?
- Yes. Your businesses and properties keep earning while you are away, at a lower offline rate, for up to eight hours.
- What does "zef" mean?
- Zef is South African slang for a loud, proud, make-a-plan style. Zefville is a made-up town full of it: spaza shops, taxi tycoons, braais and loadshedding.