AI Chat is RentRivals' signature feature: turn it on and your CPU rivals stop being silent dice-rollers and start negotiating with you in the in-game chat, powered by a large language model. Ask what they'd take for a street and you get a real answer — grounded in the actual cash, deeds, and color sets on the table at that moment, not a canned line.
What it looks like
Say Casey the CPU snapped up Singapore and you want it. Just ask in Table Talk:
You: Casey, what would you want if I bought Singapore off you?
Casey 🤖: I'd want San Francisco plus $400 — Singapore's my moneymaker and you've got the cash to match its value.
You: What if I trade you Lima instead?
Casey 🤖: Lima for Singapore straight up favors me — send it over in the Trade Center and it's done.
Every reply is generated live from the real game state: what each player holds, what it cost, whose color sets are close to complete, and who's flush or broke. CPUs drive hard bargains for streets that finish their sets, warm up fast to deals that favor them, and set conditions ("not unless you get me Abu Dhabi first") when the price isn't right.
They open negotiations too
AI rivals don't just wait to be asked. When a CPU wants something you own, it may skip the formal paperwork and open in chat instead — "Hey, what can I trade you for San Francisco?" — and your answer kicks off a real back-and-forth. When you land on terms you both like, the deal executes in the Trade Center; chat is where it gets hammered out.
How to turn it on
On the home screen, tick 🤖 AI Chat under Game Options when creating your room.
Add at least one CPU rival (any difficulty).
Start the game, open Table Talk, and talk to them — by name, or about any property.
It's free and works on desktop and phone. Human players in the same room chat with each other exactly as usual.
The ground rules
Replies stay short — a sentence or two, so the chat never floods.
Replies are limited per game so the AI stays a seasoning, not a flood — chat as fast as you like.
Gibberish is ignored. Keyboard-mash gets no reaction; real questions do.
"Stop sending me offers" actually works. Tell a rival you don’t want their trade offers and the game enforces it — no more offers from that CPU until you say you’re open to deals again.
Name your price and it sticks. Say “I want $500 for Monaco” and CPUs take you at your word — future cash offers for that street meet your number instead of lowballing (or they walk away if it’s rich for their blood).
Chat never moves assets. Deals agreed in conversation are executed in the Trade Center, where both sides confirm.
If the AI goes quiet, the game plays on. AI Chat has a monthly capacity; if it's ever used up, CPUs simply stop chatting — dice, trades, and everything else continue normally.
Privacy, briefly
When AI Chat is enabled in a room, chat messages and a summary of the public game state (player names, cash, and holdings) are sent to an AI service to generate the CPU's reply. That's the whole exchange — see the Privacy Policy for the full picture of what the game handles.
Get the best haggling
Name your target. "Casey, what do you want for Singapore?" beats a vague "anyone selling?"
Make concrete offers. The AI responds to specifics — a named street, a dollar figure — with specifics of its own.
Use their needs. A CPU one street short of a color set will pay a premium; that's leverage. (More in Tips & Strategy.)
Close in the Trade Center. When they say yes, send the formal offer before the board changes the math.
This month's AI capacity
AI Chat runs on a fixed monthly compute budget — when it's fully used, CPUs go quiet until the month rolls over (games are never affected). Live usage right now:
