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SLUDGE LIFE
SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Sludge Life is a trippy sandbox game where you go around and spraypaint your graffiti tag on various surfaces. It's a lot like Goat Simulator or Untitled Goose Game, where you just walk around, find funny things in the environment, and explore to your heart's content. The visual…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“This game drips with character. --literally-- Go around explore The Sludge, meet other taggers and stick it to GLUG! Don't forget to listen to the sick tunez of Big Mud while you're doing it. Fairly short runtime of about 3-4 hours of playtime. In this game you'll effectively be…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“crunchiest game you'll ever smork your blork to”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:20 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
BOMB BUG update
New build of the game is up with two small fixes: - Fixed bug where if the player killed the boss in Crypt Creeper after damaging it with a bomb, the win state would not trigger. - Fixed being able to
SLUDGE LIFE 2
Announcing SLUDGE LIFE 2, the grimiest first-person vandalism sim since the first SLUDGE LIFE — but, like, twice as dense. The search for BIG MUD starts soon. Wishlist now! Oh, and SLUDGE LIFE 1 is FR
February 21 2023 Update
V230221 -> FIXED DISAPPEARING ITEMS BUG!!!! -> Added REALTIME CSG to CREDITS under TOOLS -> FIXED BIG MUD zoom eyes on CREDITS -> FIXED crouch on CARRIERS bug
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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 | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Adventure · Atmospheric · Open World · 3D Platformer · Funny · Exploration · Walking Simulator · Action · Psychedelic · First-Person · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.shopsludgelife.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 x64 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 (2*1866) or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 7600 GS (512 MB) or equivalent Storage: 2 GB available space