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The Way of Life: DEFINITIVE EDITION

CyberCoconut · 2018-03-15

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 15, 2018 (Mac), Mar 15, 2018 (Linux), Mar 15, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience a swirling of emotions in this touching adventure through the lives of three characters of different ages. 10 Experiences, 30 Levels and more than 70 choices. Can you face yourself?

68%
positive of 109 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 41,931 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 109 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2020-04-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.492018-03-162025-01-022018-03-16 — best price $13.492018-06-22 — best price $9.742018-10-29 — best price $4.492018-11-21 — best price $4.492018-12-20 — best price $4.492019-06-25 — best price $2.992019-09-02 — best price $3.742019-10-28 — best price $5.992019-11-26 — best price $4.492019-12-19 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-04-03 — best price $1.492020-05-25 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-09-07 — best price $2.992020-10-29 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $2.242021-02-11 — best price $2.242021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-09-06 — best price $2.992021-10-28 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-01-27 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $1.492022-12-22 — best price $1.492023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-12-21 — best price $1.492024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-11-27 — best price $1.492024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
34.8%
earned "YupTuber!"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Italian, Russian, French, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-03-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerWalking Simulator

Census log

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

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