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One Hour One Life

Jason Rohrer · 2018-11-08

Steam

IndieMassively MultiplayerSimulation

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Feb 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 27, 2018 (Linux)

A multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building. Get born to another player as your mother. Live an entire life in one hour. Have babies of your own in the form of other players. Leave a legacy for the next generation as you help to rebuild civilization from scratch.

One Hour One Life is an Indie, Massively Multiplayer and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 4678 reviews).

7
playing now
80%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

One Hour One Life is a 2018 massively multiplayer online game developed and published by Jason Rohrer. Each player in the survival game lives for, at most, 60 minutes in a large, persistent world, with each minute representing a year of life. They must gather and grow food, craft tools and build societies in order to survive. The game's source code and assets are placed into the public domain, and are freely available on GitHub, with accounts being sold for access to the primary servers hosting the game. Originally available only on the website onehouronelife.com, it was later released on Steam in November 2018.

Trailer

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One Hour One Life - Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 206 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 49,851 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 116k–277k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,622 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2026-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32732720182026Week of 2018-11-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2432026-09-15 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 16 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 16 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30216Nov 2018Aug 2026Nov 2018 — avg 302 · peak 590Feb 2019 — avg 122 · peak 190May 2019 — avg 81 · peak 133Aug 2019 — avg 48 · peak 82Nov 2019 — avg 68 · peak 208Feb 2020 — avg 58 · peak 96May 2020 — avg 45 · peak 73Aug 2020 — avg 43 · peak 67Nov 2020 — avg 52 · peak 259Feb 2021 — avg 46 · peak 89May 2021 — avg 34 · peak 80Aug 2021 — avg 29 · peak 53Nov 2021 — avg 26 · peak 64Feb 2022 — avg 26 · peak 76May 2022 — avg 100 · peak 211Aug 2022 — avg 43 · peak 80Nov 2022 — avg 34 · peak 68Feb 2023 — avg 86 · peak 187May 2023 — avg 50 · peak 90Aug 2023 — avg 51 · peak 86Nov 2023 — avg 38 · peak 78Feb 2024 — avg 44 · peak 78May 2024 — avg 43 · peak 103Aug 2024 — avg 42 · peak 66Nov 2024 — avg 34 · peak 82Feb 2025 — avg 35 · peak 64May 2025 — avg 26 · peak 52Aug 2025 — avg 30 · peak 51Nov 2025 — avg 21 · peak 37Feb 2026 — avg 19 · peak 46May 2026 — avg 22 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 32
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.742018-11-092026-09-282018-11-09 — best price $19.992019-11-21 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-09-21 — best price $19.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-05-31 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $7.492021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-06-23 — best price $7.492022-08-01 — best price $7.492022-11-22 — best price $7.492022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $7.492023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-03-14 — best price $7.492024-04-27 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-11-29 — best price $7.492024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-06-26 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-03-16 — best price $3.742026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-09-28 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

52122026-06-02 — 46 pageviews2026-06-06 — 28 pageviews2026-06-10 — 25 pageviews2026-06-14 — 21 pageviews2026-06-18 — 23 pageviews2026-06-22 — 36 pageviews2026-06-26 — 26 pageviews2026-06-30 — 26 pageviews2026-07-04 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 18 pageviews2026-07-12 — 22 pageviews2026-07-16 — 28 pageviews2026-07-20 — 33 pageviews2026-07-24 — 38 pageviews2026-07-28 — 34 pageviews2026-08-01 — 30 pageviews2026-08-05 — 36 pageviews2026-08-09 — 36 pageviews2026-08-13 — 35 pageviews2026-08-17 — 32 pageviews2026-08-21 — 45 pageviews2026-08-25 — 44 pageviews2026-08-29 — 47 pageviews2026-09-02 — 49 pageviews2026-09-06 — 35 pageviews2026-09-10 — 25 pageviews2026-09-14 — 38 pageviews2026-09-18 — 36 pageviews2026-09-22 — 20 pageviews2026-09-26 — 21 pageviews2026-09-30 — 24 pageviews2026-10-04 — 32 pageviews2026-10-08 — 30 pageviews2026-10-11 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

DramaFunnyIndieBuildingCraftingLife SimSurvivalColony SimHand-drawnOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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