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Our Life: Beginnings & Always

GB Patch Games · 2020-11-16

SteamGOG

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 16, 2020 (Android), Nov 16, 2020 (Linux), Nov 16, 2020 (Mac)

A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

157
playing now
99%
positive of 14k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

157 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 157 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 828 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~104/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 9,649 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Current store prices

GOG$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 2 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
69569520202026Week of 2020-11-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 673 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

161722026-08-06 22:00 — 135 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 109 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 136 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 135 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 118 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 121 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 146 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 110 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 118 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 136 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 119 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 102 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 126 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 107 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 134 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 113 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 120 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 124 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 150 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 138 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 114 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 141 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 156 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 117 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 131 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 138 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 89 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 123 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 151 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 157 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
88.6%
earned "Your Life"
24.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing9 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,15126%22

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

Player tags

CuteOtomeLGBTQ+RomanceRelaxingDating SimFree to PlayReplay ValueSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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