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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

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.

24
playing now
91%
positive of 820 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10h
to beat · completionist 48h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$13.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 820 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

2442026-08-12 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

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