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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!

Life is Hard is a 2021 Adventure, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 555 reviews).

1
playing now
62%
positive of 555 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (26 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920152026Week of 2015-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
571Nov 2015Mar 2021Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Jan 2016 — avg 5 · peak 19Mar 2016 — avg 7 · peak 55May 2016 — avg 4 · peak 17Jul 2016 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2018 — avg 57 · peak 2,594May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 196Jul 2018 — avg 8 · peak 203Sep 2018 — avg 29 · peak 1,084Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 102Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 92Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 9May 2019 — avg 3 · peak 16Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 19Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2019 — avg 5 · peak 386Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 17Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Mar 2021

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
36%
earned "Roof over your head"
15.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-11-05 (Steam store data)

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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