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Sometimes to Deal with the Difficulty of Being Alive, I Need to Believe There Is a Possibility That Life Is Not Real. cover art

Sometimes to Deal with the Difficulty of Being Alive, I Need to Believe There Is a Possibility That Life Is Not Real.

Jeremy Couillard · Akupara Games · 2019-05-22

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: May 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Wander through a shifting simulation that feels both tragic and hilarious. Observe, interact, or simply exist as the world reshapes around you — a meditative, overstimulated reflection on what it means to keep going when everything’s falling apart.

Sometimes to Deal with the Difficulty of Being Alive, I Need to Believe There Is a Possibility That Life Is Not Real. is a 2019 Simulation game priced at $0.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (88% of 121 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

86%
positive of 129 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 129 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.46 at GameBillet (2026-09-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.00 · on sale 57 of 80 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520192026Week of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.00$0.492019-05-232026-08-152019-05-23 — best price $0.992020-10-29 — best price $0.492020-12-01 — best price $0.992021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.842023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-06-29 — best price $0.892024-07-11 — best price $0.992025-09-08 — best price $0.752025-10-06 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.752026-01-15 — best price $0.992026-01-21 — best price $0.992026-01-28 — best price $0.992026-02-17 — best price $0.652026-03-02 — best price $0.752026-03-09 — best price $0.582026-03-16 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $0.992026-04-10 — best price $0.572026-04-17 — best price $0.832026-04-24 — best price $0.832026-04-29 — best price $0.992026-05-09 — best price $0.842026-05-14 — best price $0.572026-05-19 — best price $0.842026-05-22 — best price $0.992026-05-30 — best price $0.742026-06-05 — best price $0.572026-06-12 — best price $0.992026-06-18 — best price $0.752026-06-26 — best price $0.642026-07-12 — best price $0.752026-07-26 — best price $0.832026-08-05 — best price $0.992026-08-13 — best price $0.642026-08-15 — best price $0.84
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

3
achievements tracked
39.2%
earned "Shooter"
13.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam Achievements#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Player tags

SurrealSimulation

Census log

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

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