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THE GAME OF LIFE cover art

THE GAME OF LIFE

Marmalade Game Studio Ltd · 2015-11-03

Steam

AdventureCasualSimulation

Franchise: The Game of Life · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 03, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 03, 2015 (Mac)

THE GAME OF LIFE showcases a beautifully rendered digital game board, cards and spinner that capture the fun of the Classic game full of adventure & surprises! THE GAME OF LIFE will take players on a journey where fortunes can be won…and lost!

THE GAME OF LIFE is an Adventure, Casual, and Simulation game released in 2015 priced at $6.49, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 2731 reviews).

9
playing now
72%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.49
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 131 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 68k–164k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,731 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2019-11-16) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.49 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
747420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2122026-09-14 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
712Nov 2015Aug 2026Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 17Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2016 — avg 4 · peak 19Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2017 — avg 4 · peak 16Jul 2017 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2017 — avg 7 · peak 21Mar 2018 — avg 13 · peak 43Jul 2018 — avg 19 · peak 48Nov 2018 — avg 18 · peak 84Mar 2019 — avg 14 · peak 49Jul 2019 — avg 23 · peak 77Nov 2019 — avg 50 · peak 325Mar 2020 — avg 35 · peak 112Jul 2020 — avg 34 · peak 83Nov 2020 — avg 38 · peak 112Mar 2021 — avg 27 · peak 109Jul 2021 — avg 25 · peak 79Nov 2021 — avg 19 · peak 73Mar 2022 — avg 16 · peak 57Jul 2022 — avg 18 · peak 60Nov 2022 — avg 12 · peak 44Mar 2023 — avg 11 · peak 40Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 42Nov 2023 — avg 17 · peak 59Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 40Jul 2024 — avg 13 · peak 44Nov 2024 — avg 12 · peak 40Mar 2025 — avg 19 · peak 65Jul 2025 — avg 15 · peak 43Nov 2025 — avg 12 · peak 41Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 30Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.49$1.242015-11-032026-07-272015-11-03 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $2.492018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-06-25 — best price $2.492019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $2.492020-02-10 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $3.492020-10-26 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-05-10 — best price $4.992021-08-30 — best price $2.492021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $2.492022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-05-23 — best price $2.492022-08-17 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $2.492023-02-20 — best price $3.242023-04-10 — best price $6.492023-06-30 — best price $2.592023-11-08 — best price $6.492024-02-12 — best price $1.292024-04-22 — best price $6.492024-08-06 — best price $2.592024-11-06 — best price $6.492025-01-18 — best price $1.292025-03-20 — best price $6.492025-06-27 — best price $1.292025-09-15 — best price $6.492025-11-27 — best price $1.292026-02-02 — best price $6.492026-05-16 — best price $1.292026-07-27 — best price $6.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
44.3%
earned "When it comes to skill..."
23.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,35711%10
WP (Xbox)1,28052%11

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

CasualClassicStrategyTabletopAddictiveAdventureCard GameBoard GameSimulationTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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