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DevLife

Roman Studio · Mesote Games · 2020-08-21

Steam

CasualSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 21, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 21, 2020 (Mac), Aug 21, 2020 (Linux)

In DevLife you start your career just before hitting 18. It's up to you to choose who you want to be - a graphic designer or maybe a programmer? Will it be a Website design or Mobile Applications? It is up to you to decide! And what if you chose wrong? Well... You will have to live with that!

64%
positive of 67 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$10.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 16,430 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 67 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.19 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620202026Week of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$10.99$2.192020-08-212026-08-172020-08-21 — best price $5.092020-11-02 — best price $5.992020-12-22 — best price $4.492021-02-15 — best price $5.992021-06-07 — best price $10.992021-07-21 — best price $8.792021-10-11 — best price $10.992021-11-24 — best price $8.792021-12-13 — best price $10.992022-01-27 — best price $8.242022-02-16 — best price $10.992022-05-02 — best price $8.682022-07-07 — best price $10.992022-10-24 — best price $6.592022-11-29 — best price $10.992023-03-16 — best price $5.382023-05-01 — best price $10.992023-11-21 — best price $4.392024-01-04 — best price $10.992024-03-14 — best price $3.842024-06-10 — best price $10.992024-11-27 — best price $3.842025-01-02 — best price $10.992025-03-13 — best price $3.842025-05-12 — best price $10.992026-05-18 — best price $5.492026-07-09 — best price $10.992026-08-17 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Polish, Russian

Player tags

3DVoxelCasualModernBuildingLife SimStylizedManagementProgrammingEarly Access

Census log

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

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