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Race of Life - Act 1 cover art

Race of Life - Act 1

Underground Studio · 2025-01-09

Steam

AdventureIndieRacing

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2022 (Mac), Sep 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Race of Life is an adult visual novel. You play as Jake Miller, a divorced Professor who has taken up teaching after his past mistakes cost him his lucrative job and his marriage. When tragedy strikes, Jake must use every ounce of skill, smarts and ruthlessness to save the one he loves the most.

Race of Life - Act 1 is an Adventure, Indie and Racing game released in 2025, priced at $13.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (94% of 1212 reviews).

94%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$13.99
steam price (US)

Meet Jake, a 30-something divorcee rebuilding his life. He’s smart, attractive and confident, and he knows it. You’ll need to guide Jake through a challenging workplace, dealing with a vicious ex-wife who wants to keep Jake away from his six-year-old daughter, personal tragedy, navigating the dangerous underground racing scene, and the various tempting women who want to grease Jake’s dipstick.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 50 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (146 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,243 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2026-02-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14014020252026Week of 2025-01-10: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-17: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-24: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-04: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$13.99$6.992025-01-102026-08-082025-01-10 — best price $11.892025-01-19 — best price $13.992025-03-03 — best price $9.792025-03-10 — best price $13.992025-03-13 — best price $9.792025-03-20 — best price $13.992025-04-18 — best price $9.092025-04-27 — best price $13.992025-05-30 — best price $9.792025-06-08 — best price $13.992025-06-27 — best price $9.792025-07-10 — best price $13.992025-07-11 — best price $9.092025-07-20 — best price $13.992025-08-22 — best price $9.092025-08-31 — best price $13.992025-09-29 — best price $9.792025-10-06 — best price $13.992025-10-10 — best price $9.092025-10-19 — best price $13.992025-11-21 — best price $9.092025-11-30 — best price $13.992025-12-18 — best price $8.392026-01-08 — best price $13.992026-02-07 — best price $6.992026-02-21 — best price $13.992026-03-19 — best price $8.392026-04-01 — best price $13.992026-05-01 — best price $8.392026-05-15 — best price $13.992026-06-14 — best price $8.392026-07-09 — best price $13.992026-07-25 — best price $8.392026-08-08 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
85%
earned "Life’s a beach"
54.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Italian, French, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-01-14, latest 2025-01-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)25817%56

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

Census log

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

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