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UNREAL LIFE

hako life · room6 · 2020-11-19

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 28, 2022 (iOS), Dec 03, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 19, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 19, 2020 (Mac), Feb 27, 2022 (Android)

And now, for today's story.

3
playing now
96%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 180 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 29,161 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 40k–90k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,993 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at GamersGate (2024-09-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12012020202026Week of 2020-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
203Nov 2020Jul 2026Nov 2020 — avg 15 · peak 43Jan 2021 — avg 17 · peak 67Mar 2021 — avg 11 · peak 53May 2021 — avg 8 · peak 25Jul 2021 — avg 15 · peak 68Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 27Jan 2022 — avg 12 · peak 57Mar 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19May 2022 — avg 10 · peak 48Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 43Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 30Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 34Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 30May 2023 — avg 8 · peak 29Jul 2023 — avg 11 · peak 37Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 23Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 32Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 29May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 25Jul 2024 — avg 20 · peak 82Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 35Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 34May 2025 — avg 12 · peak 45Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$7.492020-11-192026-07-142020-11-19 — best price $19.992021-05-06 — best price $11.892021-07-21 — best price $10.352021-09-09 — best price $13.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-04-29 — best price $11.992022-06-18 — best price $19.992022-09-30 — best price $11.992022-11-22 — best price $11.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-11 — best price $19.992023-07-03 — best price $19.992023-09-18 — best price $8.992023-11-04 — best price $19.992023-12-09 — best price $19.992024-02-13 — best price $19.992024-04-01 — best price $19.992024-07-12 — best price $19.992024-09-23 — best price $7.492024-11-18 — best price $8.992024-12-23 — best price $19.992025-02-17 — best price $8.992025-04-18 — best price $9.682025-05-24 — best price $19.992025-09-15 — best price $8.992025-10-27 — best price $10.002025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-04-25 — best price $11.992026-06-21 — best price $11.992026-07-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88.4%
earned "Red marble"
49%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-12-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)57818%64
Switch (Nintendo)70%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

2DIndiePuzzleMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExplorationDark FantasySingleplayer

Census log

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

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