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Lifecraft
Survive and evolve as an organism with this simulation game in which you will literally start as a single cell and manage and organize all its functions to a fully fledged system! Assemble, breathe, eat, fight threats, produce energy, grow, anything is possible!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I absolutely do not recommend Lifecraft The gameplay and UI is completely alien even for an automation veteran. I've beaten factorio, dsp, and shapez multiple times and played dozens of automation games in total. I have no idea what is going on in this game”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-02 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
THE HEART IS STILL BEATING: MODDING, MULTIPLAYER & WHAT’S NEXT
Hi everyone! So well, Lifecraft has not been abandoned. We know that there have been some long periods of silence between updates. Development has been slowed down by the same personal and family
Circulation, Scale & UI improvements (again)
Hi everyone! We’re back with some updates on the development, here’s what we’re currently working on: PATHWAYS & DOCUMENTATION We are upgrading the Pathways, adding more details that hopefully will he
UI, Interactions & getting warm with lipids
Hi everyone, We’ve been reading your feedback, and it’s clear that the UI can be confusing and some mechanics aren't as intuitive as they should be. We are still working on finishing and fully integra
Blueprints, Logic Refactors & Modding Prep!
MAJOR UPDATE Blueprints, Logic Refactors & Modding Prep! Hi everyone! We’re finally back with a Lifecraft update! First off, we want to apologize for the silence recently. We haven’t updated the game
Lifecraft is evolving again!
HELLO EVERYONE! Here we are to update you about upcoming updates for Lifecraft! We spent a lot of time implementing a flexible system to manage and let organism live inside and outside your organism.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Sandbox · Automation · Building · Crafting · Management · Science · Base-Building · Strategy · God Game · Life Sim · 2D · Isometric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * * |
| Achievements | 33 |
| Official site | http://lifecraft.life/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bit Processor: Dual Core x64 CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+ Integrated GPU, 512MB VRAM Storage: 500 MB available space