Heirlines: what’s free and what the Heirloom adds
Heirlines is free to play, including every event, both eras, all country settings and every eligible heir. The optional Heirloom is a one-time purchase for 9 save slots, second chances without ads and the choice of the family you are born into. It does not unlock a separate set of stories or remove the limit on second chances.
Free game versus Heirloom
| Feature | Free game | With the Heirloom |
|---|---|---|
| Events | All included | All included |
| Modern and medieval eras | Both included | Both included |
| Country settings | All included | All included |
| Continue as an eligible heir | Included | Included |
| Save slots | 3 | 9 |
| Maximum second chances per life | 3 | 3 |
| How second chances are paid for | First free; optional reward ad for each of the next 2 | No ads required |
| Starting family circumstances | Left to chance | You can choose |
| Subscription | None | None |
If your main question is whether you must buy the Heirloom to play a full life, reach medieval settings or continue the family, the answer is no. Those are parts of the free game.
How the 3 second chances work
A second chance is an option after a death when there is a saved point to return to. It takes you back to the start of the fatal year, rather than starting a completely new life or taking over as an heir.
For a free player, the first second chance in that life needs no ad. The next 2 each require choosing to watch a reward ad. With the Heirloom, none of the 3 requires an ad. The purchase changes that step, not the total number of chances.
For example, a free player who has already taken 1 second chance can have up to 2 left in that life, using the reward-ad option. A Heirloom owner at the same point also has up to 2 left. Neither has an unlimited supply.
An heir is a new life with a fresh allowance. The heirs guide explains why continuing the family and replaying a fatal year are different decisions.
When are extra save slots useful?
The free game can hold 3 saved lives on the phone. The Heirloom raises the number to 9. That is useful if you want to keep several family stories available—for example, modern lives in different countries alongside a medieval family line.
A slot holds a saved life; it is not a cloud-backup destination. When your available slots are full, starting another saved life means replacing one of the existing saves. The game asks you to confirm that replacement. More slots let you keep more stories locally, but they do not turn deletion into a reversible action.
If you mainly play 1 family line at a time, you may not need the extra space. Play the free game first and decide whether you are actually running out of slots.
What does choosing a starting family change?
The free game leaves the family’s starting circumstances to chance. The Heirloom lets you choose among poor, modest, comfortable and rich starting families.
That choice concerns the circumstances a new character is born into. It does not guarantee a particular career, successful relationship, fulfilled dream or ending. It also does not replace the separate rules for sharing an estate when you continue as an heir.
Choose it if you want more control over the opening of a story. There is no need to buy it just to experience a particular era or to meet the events available in the game.
Is it a subscription, and what does it cost?
The Heirloom is bought once. There is no recurring subscription. The in-game purchase screen shows the current price offered by your store; use that price rather than expecting a single amount to apply to every country and currency.
Purchases are handled through Google Play for the Android release. The game needs to reach the store to complete or restore a purchase, even though ordinary life simulation works offline.
Restoring a purchase is not restoring a saved life
Restoration checks whether the store account owns the Heirloom. Use the same store account that bought it and choose the restore option in the Heirloom screen when needed.
Restoring that entitlement does not recreate deleted local lives. Your family stories are stored on the phone. Uninstalling the game or clearing its storage can remove them, and an eligible restored purchase does not bring them back.
If a completed purchase does not appear, try restoration while online. If it still fails, contact support with the Google Play order number and what happened. Never include payment-card details.
Should you buy it before your first life?
You can learn the game without it. Try a life, make choices, read the ending and review the eligible heirs. Then decide whether the extra slots, starting-family choice or ad-free second chances would improve how you play.
Read the beginner’s guide, or get Heirlines on Android. It is not yet available on the App Store.