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One Hour One Life

One Hour One Life

A multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building. Get born to another player as your mother. Live an entire life in one hour. Have babies of your own in the form of other players. Leave a legacy for the next generation as you help to rebuild civilization from scratch.

Released Nov 8, 2018 Developer Jason Rohrer Platforms Windows IndieSimulationSurvivalCraftingMassively Multiplayer
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

80.6%positive4,410 reviews
Recommended · 376 found this helpful

“- spawn in - the dead bodies lying on the ground annoy me - learn how to bury peaople from a lady - befriended uncle - live life as a fulltime graveyard keeper - uncle asks to be buried next to his mother - uncle dies - bury uncle - teach a lad how to bury people and ask to be…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 116 found this helpful

“I don't even know what to say. To me, this will always be a perfect game. I've been desperately looking for another that might light the same spark, but alas, the quest continues.”

— a player, Steam review · 2,915 hrs played
Not recommended · 60 found this helpful

“So… I can feel the positive vibe, as the game and its concept are truly unique. But I've never in my life experienced such a user-unfriendly and beginner-unfriendly mess. It starts with the main menu, which seems completely arbitrary and confusing. The tutorial explains how to…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

19playing at last check
2724-hour peak
590all-time peak
0 250 500 2019 2021 2023 2025 302 avg · Nov 2018

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.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU12.49 EUR
UK11.39 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada17.49 CAD
Japan1,700 JPY
Brazil36.99 BRL
China54.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$7.3 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

May 10, 2026
Update #156

LOGIN from the FRIENDS screen, and you're off to the races.

Nov 12, 2025
Weekly Update #155

All logged bugs and issues have been fixed. I first started working on this game more than 10 years ago. My first commit, on May 28, 2015, bears the message, "Got basic client skeleton in place. It co

Oct 31, 2025
Last Hunt
Jan 14, 2025
Weekly Update #154

People have been asking for some kind of censorship around bad words in speech for a long time. I don't want to censor things globally, and even if I did, it would be a never-ending arms race as peopl

May 11, 2024
Weekly Update #153

Launch pads must now be built in populated areas, with coordinates discovered from the remote orbital alignment location. This brings rocket-building home, returning it to to community endeavor that i

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation
Player tagsIndie · Simulation · Survival · Crafting · Massively Multiplayer · Life Sim · Open World · Colony Sim · Building · Hand-drawn · Drama · Funny (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Online PvP · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://onehouronelife.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or newer Processor: 1.7+ GHz or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce G210M or better; 256 MB or higher Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 250 MB available space Sound Card: Any