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This Grand Life

Poking Water Games · 2018-04-17

Steam

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A life simulator that leans heavily into the personal finance aspect. Pay taxes, take out mortgages, trade stocks, buy real estate, start businesses, or grind your way to victory as an employee.

This Grand Life is a 2018 Indie, RPG and Simulation game priced at $11.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mostly Positive sentiment (75% of 240 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 240 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (46 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.0k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 240 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.39 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820172026Week of 2017-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 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: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.992017-10-242026-08-032017-10-24 — best price $9.992018-08-02 — best price $14.992019-01-03 — best price $11.992019-11-04 — best price $11.992020-04-14 — best price $9.962020-06-04 — best price $9.962020-06-23 — best price $11.992020-07-11 — best price $11.992020-07-31 — best price $11.992020-08-18 — best price $11.992020-09-10 — best price $10.792020-10-08 — best price $11.992020-11-06 — best price $11.992020-11-24 — best price $11.992020-12-14 — best price $10.082021-01-01 — best price $10.082021-01-19 — best price $11.992021-02-05 — best price $8.992021-02-26 — best price $10.082021-03-16 — best price $10.082021-04-05 — best price $10.082021-04-24 — best price $10.082021-05-12 — best price $10.082021-05-30 — best price $10.082021-07-29 — best price $8.992021-11-02 — best price $8.992021-12-28 — best price $8.992022-03-28 — best price $7.792022-06-24 — best price $7.192022-09-12 — best price $11.992023-05-07 — best price $8.992024-01-14 — best price $9.492024-07-31 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-08-03 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
84.4%
earned "My First Life"
25.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4366%24

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

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyEconomyLife SimSurvivalEducationCapitalismManagementOpen World

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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