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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. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
53 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“still has plenty of players as of february 2026 the game seems a little complicated at first especially if you go in blind, once you get the hang of recipes and what you need to do it becomes an enjoyable gameplay loop”
“I have no idea… but my first life my mother left me to starve. My second life I had caring mother who raised me in a village, and once I was of age to safely feed myself told me good luck. I wondered the village having…”
“I think the concept of the game is very interesting. I do find the game complicated for a new person but I would have continued if it wasn't for my very first life experience to be born from a very racist person. I am…”
24 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“still has plenty of players as of february 2026 the game seems a little complicated at first especially if you go in blind, once you get the hang of recipes and what you need to do it becomes an enjoyable gameplay loop”
“This is a game made for those that have given up on humanity. This will teach you community. Unless u r born a guy.. and then you have a 50/50 chance of being killed off immediately - or abandoned in the wild.”
“I love this gmae, as frustrating as it can be sometimes, the community is sweet for the most part. Low pop tends to happen but then there will be hugeeee cities the next day, its insane how dedicated some people are.…”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A lot of people criticize this game because it can be quite hard to grasp initially, but maaan is it worth it! I've been a mother, a son, a daughter, an uncle, a grandmother in so many different lives. I've been…”
“Wholesome, but sad”
“I am born crying in a village "YOU ARE MARY" My mother feeds me, I have no idea what to do I can only type one letter F She feeds me again I can type 2 letters now TY Out pops a baby My sister is born "YOU ARE LAVENDER"…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A lot of people criticize this game because it can be quite hard to grasp initially, but maaan is it worth it! I've been a mother, a son, a daughter, an uncle, a grandmother in so many different lives. I've been…”
“I love this gmae, as frustrating as it can be sometimes, the community is sweet for the most part. Low pop tends to happen but then there will be hugeeee cities the next day, its insane how dedicated some people are.…”
“spawn as baby in giant colony. didnt place home marker. Search for milkweed. get lost. walk for 27 years. survive on berries. die by wolf. 10/10”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The longer i play this game i reflect more and more about life in general how our decisions effect not just ourselves but others around us our place in the universe and how every action we take can have vast…”
“Gameplay- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Nothing special ☐ Okay ☐ Bad Graphics- ☐ Masterpiece ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Will do ☐ Bad ☐ Awful Audio ☐ Amazing ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad Audience ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☐…”
“Complex and fun, great survival game.”
16 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I think the concept of the game is very interesting. I do find the game complicated for a new person but I would have continued if it wasn't for my very first life experience to be born from a very racist person. I am…”
“First life was killed and called a griefer for "destroying town", toxic community”
“My mom told me to die 5 seconds after my birth, excuse me!?”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“not a bad game Just really hate when tutorials are super long and not entirely self explanitory and honestly thought the whole point of this game was to start with minimal knolage so why isnt there a way to skip the…”
“For ALL NEW PLAYERS Here is a Big Tip to help you enjoy the game Go to google and type tech tree one hour one life or this website HELPS YOU TONS AND DOESNT WASTE YOUR TIME BY PRESSING TAP on the crafting thing hehe…”
“This game sounds very cool, but it needs way more love. The game overall is cool when the playerbase and the town is working how they should be and when there is new towns and new players to balance knowledge and new…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“One Hour One Life has one of the most unique and emotionally engaging concepts in gaming — building civilizations across generations where every life matters. Unfortunately, the experience is being steadily ruined by a…”
“i wish we could IP ban griefers. they teaming up and they are impossible to stop”
“This game peaked in 2020, or before. No clue why steam believes i obnly played for 5 hours, when its closer to 500 hours. Curse Jason Rohrer. He made many sad small games, about how short life is, which is demonstrably…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“still has plenty of players as of february 2026 the game seems a little complicated at first especially if you go in blind, once you get the hang of recipes and what you need to do it becomes an enjoyable gameplay loop”
“This is a game made for those that have given up on humanity. This will teach you community. Unless u r born a guy.. and then you have a 50/50 chance of being killed off immediately - or abandoned in the wild.”
“This is a great game once you get to experience a couple full lifes. Starting off its a little rough and youre not sure what to do, but someone will eventually teach you how to farm, then you will teach your children…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Its fun yes but theres alot of things that could be added including somthing for more Mature Audiances to enjoy or possibly a mouse because trying to find the ok in the died screen is a pain.. i spent 31 minuites trying…”
“I find the controls terrible. I couldn't get through the tutorial because the controls are counter-intuitive. Picking things up and crafting tools should be intuitive actions, not an annoying puzzle in themselves.”
“Very fun, nice people. the controls are weird but for a game this intricate i cant be mad.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 79.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“- 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 data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Update #157
/NOCHAT in the chat box to disable chat at any time, and /YESCHAT to re-enable it. When toggled, /NOCHAT mode will replace all player-generated text with X's. Thus, you can still see that people are t
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
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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.
| 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 |
| 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