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The Way of Life Free Edition

CyberCoconut · 2016-05-31

Steam

Free To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 31, 2016 (Mac), May 31, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 31, 2016 (Linux)

The Way of Life makes the player relive the same life's experiences from the point of view of three characters of different ages: an adult, an old man and a child.

The Way of Life Free Edition is a free-to-play Free To Play, Indie title released in 2016, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 6131 reviews).

0
playing now
74%
positive of 6.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

The Way of Life Free Edition trailer thumbnail

The Way of Life Free Edition gameplay

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (87 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 9,495 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
545420162026Week of 2016-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Italian, French, German

Where its players are

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

Player tags

IndieShortActionSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldSimulationStory RichAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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