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Imagine Lifetimes

Imagine Lifetimes

Satirical, short and simple point-and-click "simulation" game about the meaninglessness of life.

Released Nov 26, 2020 Developer Frycandle Platforms Windows Point & ClickSimulationSatireLife SimMultiple Endings
View on Steam ↗ $5.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

65.7%positive140 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“fun game”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Imagine Lifetimes is one of those games I wish Steam would let me give a half rating to. It feels empty and a little aimless. There are obviously different endings to unlock, but the game never gave me enough reason to care about seeing them. The art is fine, but nothing about…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

39achievements
25.0%median completion
4.0%rarest: Meaningless
98.1% of players 75.9% of players 71.0% of players 66.8% of players 64.3% of players 49.1% of players 41.8% of players 39.7% of players 39.5% of players 34.7% of players 31.2% of players 30.3% of players 29.6% of players 28.2% of players 27.8% of players 27.5% of players 25.9% of players 25.6% of players 25.3% of players 25.0% of players 22.4% of players 21.0% of players 19.9% of players 19.3% of players 18.2% of players 16.7% of players 16.2% of players 15.9% of players 14.5% of players 13.3% of players 12.0% of players 11.3% of players 10.6% of players 9.5% of players 6.9% of players 6.7% of players 6.2% of players 5.3% of players 4.0% of players 98.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
98.1%Effortless — Hidden achievement
75.9%Retirement Ending — You successfully died of old age.
71.0%Imagine Lifetimes — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
4.0%Meaningless — Hidden achievement
5.3%True Ending — You embraced your reality.
6.2%Sloth — You barely lifted a finger.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 08, 2024
Announcement Sale (-80%)

Hi there! Today I'm announcing my next game, The Button Effect , a minimalist first-person puzzler! To celebrate, Imagine Lifetimes will be on sale at -80% this weekend! Compared to Imagine Lifetimes,

Nov 08, 2024
The Button Effect - Game Announcement

Hi there! Today's a big day for me. I've just announced the trailer and title for my new game: The Button Effect After over a year of secretly, quietly working on this new project in Unreal Engine 5,

Mar 16, 2023
Steam Spring Sale

Hey Steam, In celebration of finding a random coil spring in one of my drawers and measuring its length twice to determine the compression percentage to be roughly 72.9810%... Imagine Lifetimes is now

Aug 19, 2022
Imagine Lifetimes - Language Update 2.0.3

Hey Steam! It's been quite some time since the last update, but we've added 3 new languages to the game! In-game translation options are now available for: - English - Dutch - Spanish (NEW) - Brazilia

Oct 28, 2021
Halloween Sale: Existential Crisis (-50%)

Imagine Lifetimes ( the existential dread simulator ) is half off ( -50% ) for Halloween! Spooky Features: - Dread - Death - Despair - Darkness - Nihilism - Mr. Cloth

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsPoint & Click · Simulation · Satire · Life Sim · Multiple Endings · Narration · Dark Humor · Choose Your Own Adventure · Philosophical · Singleplayer · 2D · Experimental (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Dutch, Spanish - Spain, Greek, Portuguese - Brazil
Achievements39
Official sitehttp://imaginelifetimes.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 or 10 Processor: i3 or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 128MB Storage: 500 MB available space