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No Time to Relax

No Time to Relax

No Time to Relax is a life simulation game where up to 4 players online or locally compete against each other in the ultimate game of life.

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Fun competitive play with friends” (19 of 78 reviews) and “Strategic life-management decisions” (13); the most common complaint is “Long runs and slow modes” (6). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Aug 21, 2019 Developer Porcelain Fortress Platforms Windows · Mac Multiplayer4 Player LocalBoard GameFunnyCasual
View on Steam ↗ $13.99 (US · as of 2026-10-23)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

92.1%positive2,919 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 78 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 78 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12

Recommended · 15 found this helpful

“Very fun little time waster, either solo or with friends. It's a solvable puzzle, but very cute. Some adult-ish themes if you're thinking of buying this for your kids. Loved it! Edit: saw another review stating that it takes a 4-hour game to understand how to play. This is…”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“A spiritual successor to Jones in the Fast Lane from the 90's. Great gameplay loop. Online play works flawlessly. Worth your money!”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“if you ever played Jones its exactly like that”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

1,630all-time peak
0 250 500 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 229 avg · Jul 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.

67achievements
17.7%median completion
1.0%rarest: Intense Hunger Games
82.1% of players 79.4% of players 75.5% of players 70.2% of players 66.4% of players 66.1% of players 62.2% of players 60.0% of players 58.1% of players 56.9% of players 55.3% of players 53.3% of players 52.9% of players 51.3% of players 50.1% of players 48.6% of players 46.9% of players 45.9% of players 43.8% of players 43.5% of players 42.1% of players 40.0% of players 37.9% of players 32.4% of players 29.9% of players 26.9% of players 26.3% of players 25.8% of players 22.2% of players 21.7% of players 21.6% of players 19.9% of players 19.2% of players 17.7% of players 15.9% of players 15.4% of players 15.2% of players 13.7% of players 13.7% of players 13.1% of players 12.8% of players 10.9% of players 10.3% of players 9.6% of players 7.9% of players 7.5% of players 7.4% of players 6.6% of players 6.3% of players 5.6% of players 5.1% of players 4.6% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 82.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
82.1%No Experience Needed — Achieve a total of 200 work experience.
79.4%Requirement: Kindergarten — Achieve a total of 400 work experience.
75.5%Requirement: Elementary School — Achieve a total of 800 work experience.
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%Intense Hunger Games — Win a long game without eating once.
1.1%Where are the Developers? — Find all the developers in the game.
1.2%Hey Friend — Visit the girl in the Culture center every week in a game.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$13.99current · sampled 2026-10-23 11:42 UTC
$4.19lowest since tracking began2026-07-23
US13.99 USD
EU11.59 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia19.95 AUD
Canada15.49 CAD
Japan1,420 JPY
Brazil27.89 BRL
China47.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.5 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-30 08-20 09-10 09-30 10-23

Latest official news

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

Oct 02, 2026
No Time to Relax and Walk of Life are on the Steam Autumn Sale!

But that's not all! The successor to No Time to Relax, Walk of Life, is also available at a discount, a whopping 40%! If you want to start the month of October with some competitive life sim action, d

Sep 28, 2026
No Time to Relax and Walk of Life: What's the difference?

It's been over a few months since Walk of Life, the successor to No Time to Relax, got its full release here on Steam. Ever since then, we have gotten endless questions about whether the two games are

May 01, 2026
No Time to Relax + Walk of Life Full Release Bundle!

Heyo!With Walk of Life officially out of Early Access and into full release, it felt like the right time to mention something we sort of ninja released a while ago: the No Time to Relax Adventures bun

Mar 05, 2026
Spring Cleaning Update version 1.4.0

Another big update, what could it hold?This is what we are calling the "Spring Cleaning" update and while this project has a lot of changes, you are unlikely to notice most of them. What it entails is

Jan 27, 2026
Version 1.3.1 - The Online Regions Update

This was originally supposed to be a part of a bigger update that we have been planning but as the other half of our No Time to Relax development team fell out of a tree and broke his programming hand

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsMultiplayer · 4 Player Local · Board Game · Funny · Casual · Simulation · Strategy · Local Multiplayer · Indie · Singleplayer · Controller · 2D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America, Icelandic, Thai
ControllerFull support
Achievements67
Official sitehttps://www.notimetorelax.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 8 Processor: 1.5GHZ + Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB VRAM Intel HD 4000 / GeForce 200 Series / Radeon HD 4000 Series DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space