[DaSpood]

That's a very personal take but I don't think this genre of game would be beneficial or even appropriate. I can see it in other comments with how people who play these types of games react, it doesn't really "educate people about the challenges these people face", quite the opposite, it gamifies real struggles and makes it look like a lifestyle choice rather than what it really is: a bad situation people find themselves in and that puts their life in danger especially in some countries.

The result of that is looking down on poor people as "they just aren't good at the game" except it's their life at play, not a high score or virtual currency. People who enjoy "janitor simulators" would very likely not enjoy having to scrub toilets all day long for minimum wage, people who enjoy bus driving simulators would very likely not enjoy having to deal with grumpy and sometimes violent passengers in real life, but they don't realize that, they look at the game and think "it's not so bad it's even fun I could totally do that for real". I don't think we need people to start thinking "being poor is kinda fun lol it's just about management".

A game that accurately portrays poverty would not be fun to play, and nobody would be playing it, because there's no end game and no win for a lot of people in poverty and many simply stay in that situation their whole life. Otherwise, just play GTA, that's as fun as it gets for a "start poor become billionaire" game.