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The Use of Life

だらねこげーむず/Daraneko Games · PLAYISM · 2025-11-26

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 21, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.

The Use of Life is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2025, priced at $13.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 829 reviews) sentiment.

4
playing now
91%
positive of 829 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10h
to beat · completionist 48h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 263 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity up 146% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 829 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.59 at Steam (2025-11-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11411420222026Week of 2022-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
461May 2022Aug 2026May 2022 — avg 32 · peak 172Jun 2022 — avg 7 · peak 34Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 21Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 17 · peak 82Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2023 — avg 11 · peak 54Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 19 · peak 70Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 36Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 15Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 28Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2025 — avg 46 · peak 201Dec 2025 — avg 33 · peak 127Jan 2026 — avg 19 · peak 51Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 33Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 33Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 35Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 26Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$12.592022-05-212026-08-202022-05-21 — best price $17.992022-09-19 — best price $17.992022-12-10 — best price $17.992023-03-23 — best price $17.992024-01-04 — best price $17.992024-03-21 — best price $17.992024-06-01 — best price $17.992024-08-14 — best price $17.992024-10-07 — best price $17.992024-12-04 — best price $17.992024-12-13 — best price $17.992025-01-02 — best price $17.992025-02-05 — best price $17.992025-03-20 — best price $17.992025-04-20 — best price $17.992025-06-04 — best price $17.992025-07-10 — best price $17.992025-10-06 — best price $17.992025-11-26 — best price $19.992026-01-09 — best price $19.992026-03-02 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-24 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-20 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
43.6%
earned "Where it all begins"
16.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)697%35

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

Player tags

2DRPGCRPGJRPGIndieFantasyAdventureStory RichDark FantasyEarly Access

Census log

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

Recent updates

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