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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“- 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“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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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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
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
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
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation |
| Player tags | Indie · Simulation · Survival · Crafting · Massively Multiplayer · Life Sim · Open World · Colony Sim · Building · Hand-drawn · Drama · Funny (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://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