Unofficial fan guide
I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator
Pizza up front. Shady work out back. Build 1.02.
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StartFirst day and the debt
Relax has no debt timer. Challenging keeps the ten installments.
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KitchenPizza shop and staff
Recipes unlock by level. Cashiers can finish the whole order.
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Back roomShady jobs and stations
Wash and incinerator start at 5 BTC. Forgery timer is back.
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CameraPhoto jobs
No name on the camera means the photo will not hand in.
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ListAll 32 achievements
32 achievements. One was pulled in 1.02 until it is reworked.
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1.021.0 and 1.02 patch notes
1.02 adds a quest reset and caps sabotage at once a day.
Read →Updated 2026-09-27Version 1.0 left Early Access on 25 September 2026. The build on the store today is 1.02, which added a quest reset for washing-machine jobs, incinerator jobs, and item quests such as Eleanor's chest.
The loop is two businesses in one building. The front is a pizza shop in Hobarey Town. The back room, the yard, and the shady window are how you work off a debt to Tony. Solo play runs fully offline. Online co-op takes up to four players.
First hour, in five steps
- Start a new campaign. Saves from before 1.0 are marked old, and the debt, jobs, and economy were rebuilt.
- Pick Relax or Challenging before the first debt timer matters. You can switch later.
- Serve a pizza, then take the first shady deal. Those two actions are the opening achievements.
- Buy the camera from the pizza computer's misc section before you accept a photo job. A shot only counts if the name appears on the camera.
- If a washing, incinerator, or chest job jams, use the 1.02 quest reset instead of restarting the day.
Quick answers
| Question | Short answer | Page |
|---|---|---|
| How do I pay the debt? | Ten BTC installments. Relax Mode has no timer. The payment steps were fixed in 1.0.1. | Debt |
| Where are the prisoners? | Two are in town. Two visit the shady window in orange jumpsuits. | Photos |
| Where are creature photos? | At night, in woods and remote corners. Zoom. Do not walk up. | Photos |
| Where is Sierra Bloom? | She is a front-counter pizza customer, not a map pin. | Photos |
| What did 1.02 change? | Sabotage once a day, and a reset for stuck item quests. | Patch notes |
Still unlisted
The 1.0 notes name Lucid Pizza and 18 mushroom spots. They do not print toppings or coordinates. A topping list that is not in those notes is not confirmed.