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Life is Hard

Pirozhok Studio · 2021-08-14

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 03, 2015 (Linux), Nov 03, 2015 (Mac), Nov 03, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Life is Hard is a godsim town simulator game developed by a two-man-team. Your main aim here is to manage your town. Expand your domain, prevent famine, make war, trade with others, attract new people. Make history!

0
playing now
62%
positive of 555 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 39% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 555 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at IndieGala Store (2015-12-04) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-11-032021-08-212015-11-03 — best price $7.192015-11-25 — best price $5.592015-12-04 — best price $1.992015-12-11 — best price $1.992015-12-18 — best price $1.992015-12-22 — best price $6.392016-01-13 — best price $3.992016-02-05 — best price $5.592016-02-17 — best price $1.992016-02-29 — best price $1.992016-04-11 — best price $3.192016-04-19 — best price $8.992016-05-17 — best price $7.992016-05-30 — best price $7.992016-06-10 — best price $7.992016-06-13 — best price $7.992016-06-20 — best price $7.992016-06-24 — best price $1.992016-07-12 — best price $7.992016-08-22 — best price $8.992016-09-14 — best price $7.992016-10-10 — best price $7.992016-10-28 — best price $7.192016-11-07 — best price $7.992016-11-17 — best price $7.992017-01-02 — best price $8.992017-10-16 — best price $8.992017-11-01 — best price $8.992018-01-04 — best price $8.992018-02-19 — best price $8.992018-11-01 — best price $8.992018-11-27 — best price $8.992019-01-03 — best price $8.992019-06-26 — best price $8.992019-10-28 — best price $7.492019-12-19 — best price $6.992020-01-24 — best price $7.992021-08-15 — best price $8.992021-08-21 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5560%31

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

Player tags

2DDwarfIndieEconomyGod GameMedievalStrategySurvivalAddictiveAdventure

Census log

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

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