From Expensive clothes, fast cars and glittering industry parties to the average person, the lives of the rich and famous may seem way out of reach.
But the growing slew of celebrity gaming apps, from the likes of Kim Kardashian promise to immerse you in it all, temporarily.
This is what it's like to 'live' the life of a celebrity for a day.
The 34-year-old launched the highly lucrative app last June, and has an estimated 28 million downloads
Kim Kardashian's highly lucrative app, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, developed by Glu Mobile, has already been downloaded an estimated 28 million times since it was launched last year..
The quest-based adventure game requires users to create a character (customising a 'cute' look is compulsory), become friends with Kim Kardashian and then embark on social-climbing, empire-building adventures.
The character of Kim, voiced by the reality star herself, is your best friend in the game
YOU'RE NOBODY UNTIL YOU MEET KIM
At the beginning of the game, your character works in retail, takes public transport everywhere, her apartment is essentially bare and can't even afford to adopt stray cats.
That is, until you meet Kim Kardashian by chance (voiced by the reality star herself), and she slowly introduces you into the industry.
The game puts an emphasis in being charming and friendly to almost everyone, and also taking every opportunity
TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY
At the beginning, your boss trusts you to lock up the clothes shop, and Kim Kardashian turns up begging you to help her.
You are given no choice but to break into the shop, choose her an outfit and give it to her for free. Luckily she rewards you by inviting you to a impromptu photo shoot.
This type of sporadic activity is rife throughout the game and actively encouraged.
MONEY AND CHARM IS KEY
Obediently completing mini-quests will win you cash and K-stars (which you can collect by paying real money), but as is expected, to actually complete many of the tasks and buy new clothes, money is also required.
customise yourself: It's necessary to constantly change your outfit and appearance in order to fit in at all the industry events
IMAGE IS EVERYTHING
Within ten minutes of living Kim Kardashian's life, users have changed their outfits three times and checked their reflections twice.
Seemingly, no one makes it big in Hollywood without constantly considering how their image can be improved.
Vogue's Andre Leon Talley (pictured left) makes an appearance in the game. No doubt as a career booster
PEOPLE FIT INTO 3 CATEGORIES
Strangely, it seems Kim is your only friend in the game, and you'd be wrong if you think you're allowed to make new ones.
Characters fit into solely three categories: potential love-interests, career-boosters, or an arch-nemesis.
Your very own 'momager': Early on in the game, Kim sites that a necessity of making it in the game involves having your own 'momager' (mother/manager), just like real-life parent Kris Jenner (pictured right - in the game)
(Pictured left to right) the cartoon recreations of Kourtney, Khloé, Kim and Kris Kardashian. They are characters you eventually meet later in the game
YOU'LL NEED A 'MOMAGER'
One of the first things Kim Kardashian mentions to you is that you need a 'momager'. Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian's very own, makes an appearance later in the game.
You eventually also meet Kim Kardashian's real life family, who have all lent their likeness and voice to the app.
This includes Kris, Kourtney, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie (but no Rob).
YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO
Although the game allows you to fly to Milan with Kendall, and hang out with Vogue's Andre Talley Leon eventually, you have to do many things that aren't entirely favourable.
This includes: dating (and marrying) people you don't want to for exposure, 'charming' people with K-Stars (which is a currency in the game) and partaking in sketchy photo shoots.....
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