It's Only Money is a 'lowlife simulator' that looks like an indie GTA Online with silly mini-games

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It's Only Money(opens in new tab) is an upcoming open-world co-op «lowlife simulator» for 1-4 players that begins with an interesting premise: The new mayor of Rockhaven is looking to gentrify the city in a hurry, and to make it happen he's throwing everyone who doesn't fit his vision into a hole—a literal, giant hole. 

The residents of the Undercity, as it's more formally known, decide they're not going to take this forceful subterranean eviction, and so they band together to strike back—which in this case means starting fights, stealing things, destroying stuff, and causing general chaos wherever the opportunity presents itself. But it's not just mayhem without mercy: You can also buy up houses and businesses, cars and clothes, or whatever else strikes your fancy, all with the longer-term goal of taking down the mayor's corporate lackeys.

It sounds a bit like GTA Online by way of a small indie studio, but at a much smaller scale: The Steam page describes the city of Rockhaven as having «several dense 'territories,' each with their own micro narratives and Mayor businesses to destroy.» There will also be an assortment of mini-games to help keep things rolling, including snail races, street racing, and prop hunt.

The plan is to launch It's Only Money into early access with one territory to play with and take over, and then add more—with new hubs, businesses, minigames, narrative missions, and other content—as development continues.

«I'd say in terms of raw size for launch, it's comparable to one island from GTA 4, though we plan to continually add to the world size as we go,» Aaron Alexander, co-founder of developer Usual Suspects, told PC Gamer. «The Early Access launch will have the first territory that players can