Game Overview
Salifu & Master is a trotro conductor simulator set in the bustling cities of Ghana. You play as Salifu, a young mate working under Master Kofi, navigating real routes through Accra, Kumasi, and Cape Coast. Your job is to pick up passengers at each stop along the route, collect their fares, and hit your daily sales target before the three-minute round ends. Every run is a balancing act between earning enough cedis, keeping yourself fed and healthy, and staying sane under the pressure of the streets. The decisions you make about when to spend and when to save determine whether you walk away with stars or stumble home empty-handed.
Pick a City and Route
Before each run, you choose which city to hustle in and which trotro route to drive. Each city offers a different set of routes based on real roads and neighbourhoods across Ghana. Routes vary in length, number of stops, and the fares passengers are willing to pay. You also select a difficulty level, which affects how much traffic you face, how tight your sales target is, and how quickly your resources deplete. Beginners should start with shorter routes on easy difficulty to learn the rhythm of the game before tackling the longer, more demanding corridors.
Pick Up Passengers
As your trotro moves along the route, it stops at designated passenger stops based on real locations in each city. At each stop, passengers appear waiting by the roadside, and you tap to collect them and their fares. The number of passengers varies from stop to stop, and some stops are busier than others depending on the time of day and the route you have chosen. Fares are added directly to your earnings for the day. The faster you collect passengers and the more stops you serve, the closer you get to hitting your daily sales target and earning bonus stars.
Manage Your Resources
Salifu has three vital stats that you need to keep an eye on throughout each run: hunger, health, and sanity. These stats gradually decrease as you work, and if any of them drops to zero, your performance suffers and your run may end early. To restore your stats, you can visit NPCs along the route. Amelia the food vendor sells waakye and jollof rice to restore your hunger. Dr. Panie runs a small roadside clinic where you can patch up your health. Serwaa, your girlfriend, helps restore your sanity when the stress of the hustle gets too much. Each visit costs cedis, so you need to weigh the cost of staying healthy against your need to hit your sales target.
Make Your Sales
Every run has a daily sales target set by Master Kofi, the driver who owns the trotro. At the end of the three-minute round, Master Kofi takes his cut from your total earnings first. Whatever remains counts toward your target. If you meet the base target, you earn one star. Exceed it and hit the bonus targets, and you can earn up to three stars per run. Stars are the main measure of your progress in the game and contribute to your position on the seasonal leaderboard. The best mates in Ghana compete for the top spots each season, so every cedi counts. Plan your spending carefully and maximise your passenger pickups to climb the ranks.
Pro Tips
Earning More Money
Focus on routes with more stops and higher passenger density to maximise your fare collection each run. Upgrading your trotro to a larger vehicle lets you carry more passengers at once, which means more cedis per stop. Pay attention to which routes offer the best fare-to-distance ratio and replay them to build up your earnings before moving on to harder challenges.
Managing Resources
Do not wait until your stats are critically low before visiting an NPC. Keeping your hunger, health, and sanity above the halfway mark ensures you perform at your best throughout the entire run. Learn the location of each NPC on your chosen route so you can plan your visits efficiently. Amelia is the cheapest option, so prioritise eating regularly and save Dr. Panie visits for when you truly need them.
General Strategy
Start each session by picking a route you know well to warm up and build some cedis. Once you are comfortable, push into harder difficulty levels where the rewards are greater but the margin for error is thinner. Keep an eye on the leaderboard to see what scores the top players are hitting, and use that as a benchmark for your own runs. Consistency beats luck in Salifu & Master, so develop a routine and stick to it.