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Life Goes On: Done to Death cover art

Life Goes On: Done to Death

Infinite Monkeys Entertainment Ltd. · k-Critical · 2014-04-17

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 23, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 17, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Apr 17, 2014 (Mac), Apr 17, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 17, 2014 (Linux)

A comical puzzle platformer where you must die to progress. The bodies you leave behind are your only tools to solve puzzles on your quest to find the Cup of Life.

2
playing now
96%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (160 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 61k–146k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,438 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15015020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$1.942015-01-012021-03-152015-01-01 — best price $7.792015-06-11 — best price $6.492015-08-28 — best price $8.702015-11-25 — best price $6.492015-12-22 — best price $6.492016-02-05 — best price $6.492016-05-17 — best price $9.742016-06-23 — best price $9.742016-07-25 — best price $8.702016-10-17 — best price $6.492016-11-23 — best price $6.492016-12-22 — best price $6.492017-01-16 — best price $4.412017-04-24 — best price $4.412017-06-22 — best price $3.892017-10-09 — best price $4.412017-11-22 — best price $4.412018-01-04 — best price $3.242018-02-15 — best price $4.412018-03-12 — best price $5.192018-07-05 — best price $2.592018-08-05 — best price $2.592018-10-22 — best price $5.192019-01-04 — best price $2.592019-01-25 — best price $3.892019-02-04 — best price $12.992019-03-11 — best price $3.892019-03-18 — best price $12.992019-05-24 — best price $12.992019-07-22 — best price $12.992019-12-17 — best price $12.992020-02-02 — best price $12.992020-03-02 — best price $12.992020-07-20 — best price $12.992020-10-12 — best price $12.992021-01-18 — best price $12.992021-02-15 — best price $12.992021-03-15 — best price $2.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
89%
earned "Meet Jeff"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)4995%20

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

Player tags

FunnyIndieCasualComedyPuzzleFantasyPhysicsAdventureDark HumorPlatformer

Census log

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

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