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a new life.

Angela He · 2020-05-15

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 15, 2020 (Android), May 15, 2020 (Mac), May 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 15, 2020 (Linux), May 15, 2020 (iOS)

When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

a new life. is an Indie game released in 2020, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 2420 reviews).

0
playing now
97%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (16 downloads)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 134 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 49,704 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 49k–109k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,425 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2020-05-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24624620202026Week of 2020-05-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
83.6%
earned "Wrong"
59.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, German, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-05-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)87460%7

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CuteIndieShortLGBTQ+RomanceEmotionalStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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