What is Salifu & Master?
Salifu & Master is a free browser-based simulation game where you play as a trotro mate hustling through the streets of Ghana. Your job is to pick up passengers at real-world stops, collect fares, manage your hunger, health, and sanity, and hit your daily sales target before the three-minute round ends. The game features multiple cities including Accra, Kumasi, and Cape Coast, each with routes based on actual roads and neighbourhoods. With upgradeable vehicles, seasonal leaderboards, and an ever-expanding map, Salifu & Master captures the energy and chaos of everyday life on Ghana's most iconic form of public transport.
What is a Trotro?
A trotro is a shared minibus that serves as the backbone of public transportation across Ghana and much of West Africa. The name comes from the Ga word 'tro', meaning a coin or fare, reflecting the affordable nature of the service. Each trotro operates with a driver who owns or leases the vehicle and a mate who hangs out the side door calling out destinations, collecting fares, and managing passengers. Trotros follow fixed routes but have no official timetable, departing only when enough passengers have boarded. They are packed, loud, and often decorated with colourful slogans and religious messages. For millions of Ghanaians, the trotro is not just transport but a daily ritual and a shared cultural experience that cuts across class, age, and ethnicity.
Why We Built This
We built Salifu & Master to capture a slice of everyday Ghanaian life that rarely makes it into video games. The trotro experience is universal in Ghana. Nearly everyone has a story about a memorable ride, a loud mate, or a driver who somehow navigated an impossible traffic jam. We wanted to take that shared experience and turn it into something interactive that people around the world can enjoy. Whether you grew up riding trotros or have never set foot in West Africa, this game is our way of sharing the hustle, the humour, and the humanity of life on Ghana's streets with everyone.
How It Works
Each round lasts three minutes. Pick a city and route, collect passengers at stops along the way, manage your resources by visiting NPCs, and try to earn enough cedis to meet your daily sales target. The better you perform, the more stars you earn and the higher you climb on the leaderboard.
Read the full guide →About the Creator
Salifu & Master is built by Joojo Dontoh, a Ghanaian software engineer and Technical Lead based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With experience building platforms at bp, Astro, and AirAsia, Joojo created this game to capture a slice of everyday Ghanaian life that rarely makes it into video games. Growing up riding trotros through Accra's busiest streets inspired the characters, routes, and hustle that define the game.